Question
Can you possibly give me a link to where I can find pictures of  Nepenthes Pitcher plants that are specifically native to SW Arkansas?  I was walking along a river in Arkansas when I found some pitcher plants and I can't find anything to identify them.

Answer

Sarracenia alata Hi Julie,

All Nepenthes are native to Southeast Asia and are totally tropical plants.  None of them could tolerate a Arkansas winter.  You probably saw a Sarracenia species, which are North American Pitcher plants.  Check this page and see if it looks like any of these:  http://cobraplant.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=10

After checking this area on a map, I would make an educated guess and say you probably saw Sarracenia alata, the Pale Pitcher Plant.  I've enclosed a picture of a wild plant in East Texas.

Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com