swap_horiz Pitcher Plant Alternatives

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Cherry Blossom

The cherry blossom, or sakura, is a flowering tree native to East Asia. It’s notable for its short but spectacular bloom...

Pink Japanese Spring Ephemeral

9.4 Excellent

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Kadupul

The Kadupul is a unique night-blooming cactus flower native to Sri Lanka. It belongs to the Epiphyllum genus and is nota...

White Fragrant Cactus Sri Lankan

9.3 Excellent

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Lotus

The lotus (Nelumbo nucifera) is a perennial aquatic flower valued for its beauty and symbolic significance. Originating...

Sacred Fragrant Aquatic Pink White

9.2 Excellent

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Tecophilaea

Tecophilaea is a unique flowering plant native to Chile’s Andean highlands. The species, *Tecophilaea cyanocrocus*, prod...

Blue Spring Rare Bulb

9.2 Excellent

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Wisteria

Wisteria is a flowering vine recognized for its spectacular displays of cascading purple blooms. Native to East Asia and...

Spring Fragrant Purple Cascading

9.1 Excellent

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Ghost Orchid

The ghost orchid (Dendrophylax lindenii) is a unique white flower native to Florida’s coastal regions. It's notable for...

Orchid Florida Rare White

9.1 Excellent

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Water Lily

Water lilies are perennial flowering plants native to ponds and lakes. They belong to the Nymphaeaceae family and are re...

Floating Fragrant Aquatic Perennial

9.0 Excellent

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Monkey Face Orchid

A cloud-forest orchid (Dracula simia) from Ecuador and Peru whose arrangement of lip, column, and petals closely resembl...

Orchid Rare Ecuador Unusual

8.5 Great

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Bee Orchid

A European orchid (Ophrys apifera) that mimics the appearance and scent of a female bee to lure male bees into pseudocop...

European Spring Orchid Unusual

8.5 Great

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Black Bat Flower

A tropical plant (Tacca chantrieri) from Southeast Asia with dark purple-black flowers and thread-like 'whiskers' up to...

Black Exotic Tropical Unusual

8.3 Great

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Parrot's Beak

A Canary Islands native (Lotus berthelotii) with vivid red claw-shaped blooms, critically rare in the wild because its o...

Unusual Canary Islands Endangered Red Orange

8.2 Great

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Fritillaria

Bulbous plants in family Liliaceae with about 130 species; Fritillaria imperialis, the crown imperial, has been cultivat...

Spring Bulb Checkered Unusual

8.2 Great

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Kangaroo Paw

Australian plants (Anigozanthos species) with velvety tubular blooms shaped like a paw, with Anigozanthos manglesii name...

Australian Tubular Unusual Drought Tolerant

8.0 Great

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Cobra Lily

Cobra lily (Darlingtonia californica) is a carnivorous pitcher plant native to Northern California and Oregon, notable f...

Carnivorous Tubular Unusual Bog

7.8 Good

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Banksia

Banksia is a genus of Australian wildflowers named after 18th-century botanist Sir Joseph Banks, notable for their chara...

Australian Honey Unusual Shrub

7.5 Good

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Naked Man Orchid

A Mediterranean orchid (Orchis italica) whose clusters of small pink flowers have hanging petal lobes shaped like a tiny...

Mediterranean Humanoid Spring Orchid

7.5 Good

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Fly Orchid

A European orchid (Ophrys insectifera) that mimics the appearance and sex pheromones of female digger wasps to attract m...

European Spring Orchid Unusual

7.5 Good

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Trollius

Trollius, commonly called Globeflower, is a genus of perennial plants native to wet environments in the Northern Hemisph...

Spring Yellow Orange Bog Perennial

6.8 Fair

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Dutchman's Pipe

A climbing vine (Aristolochia macrophylla) native to eastern North America, named for its distinctively curved, pipe-sha...

Woodland Native Unusual Vine

6.8 Fair

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Sundew

Sundew (Drosera) is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, found on every continent except Antarctica, capturi...

Small Carnivorous Bog White Pink

6.5 Fair