Sarracenia purpurea in bloom

[WhiteRabbit]

Sarracenia purpurea ("Northern", or "Purple" pitcher plant)
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Blooming for the first time. It had been growing on a windowsill for a few years, so it never bloomed before - it needs a cool - cold, dry winter to go dormant, in order to bloom.

I have another - a quite small pup from this that I separated and potted last year - that has three, still small, buds on it.

The first couple of years I had this, I didn't care about getting it to bloom - the pitchers (when they aren't all dead after a freeze, and being rather dry over winter) are cool looking themselves - but then, I saw pictures of the flowers, and thought they were very pretty, and wanted mine to bloom! So, outside it went! The pitchers also get a lot bigger growing outside, getting full sun much of the day in summer. It probably gets more to "eat" outside, as well, although, I would find some flies or gnats in the pitchers occasionally inside.

Thanks for looking!