Pleurothallis sarracenia

Pleurothallis sarracenia is a small growing species from the Mata Atlantica, Brazil with 1cm long leaves and unusual dark purple flowers with just a tiny opening for the pollinating ant to enter the flower.

The species enjoys conditions in our Cloud Forest Greenhouse where we grow plants mounted on cork and in small pots.

We haven’t yet identified what the ants find attractive about the flower and have never seen a British ant visiting flowers so perhaps the reward is specific to the local Brazilian ants.