The Cobra Plant

With their bulbous green heads, twisted red tongues, and long, tubular pitchers, the cobra plant is very suitably named. Cobra plants, (Darlingtonia) are native only to extreme Northern California and southern Oregon. Darlingtonia is very closely related to the Sarracenia. There are striking similarities between it and S. minor and S. psittacina. Cobra plants have a bad reputation for being difficult to grow. This is not far from the truth, but the difficulty can be overcome. We recommend reading The Savage Garden to fully explore these incredible plants.