Nepenthaceae - Pitcher Plant moon The horse is a magnificent

The horse is a magnificent creature

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Date: 1953

art educator

only five years before his untimely death at age thirty-five

Nepenthaceae - Pitcher Plant moon The horse is a magnificentEqual parts beautiful and slightly sinister, the tropical pitcher plants on this Haeckel plate are nature's most elegant traps. Their hanging, lidded pitchers evolved to lure and digest insects dangle from curling tendrils in greens, reds and speckled patterns, drawn by Ernst Haeckel with all the drama these extraordinary carnivorous plants deserve. The image belongs to Kunstformen der Natur (Art Forms in Nature), Haeckel's celebrated portfolio of 100