Pitcher Plants of the Americas Paperback – December 1, 2006

This book is worth the price just for the photographs, to be sure. The coverage here is incredibly deep and you will find information on plants that no other carnivorous plant text covers, at least not with such depth and breadth of information.The avid CP grower, and indeed anyone truly interested in pitcher plants in particular, should not miss this wonderful new book!

Great book for both photography and natural history reports of the North American pitcher plants. Wonderful photos of these plants in their natural habitats. Detailed reports of the natural history of all species, especially Heliamphora. This book's focus is on these plants in their evnironments and includes detailed range maps for all species.

I've been waiting for years to get my hands on a book that covers Heliamphora more than superficially. This was it. Very in depth info on specific habitats for each species, full descriptions, amazing photos. A great mix of science and personal observation/commentary by the author.Definitely recommend it!

Pitcher Plants of the Americas by Stewart McPherson is a very nice addition to any carnivorous plant enthusiast's library. It is very well written and easy to understand. The photography is spectacular. This book will give one a better understanding of the pitcher plants native to North and South America.

Nice book. Just love the graphics of all the plants in their natural lands.

We purchased this book as a gift for someone who raises pitcher plants as a hobby. He loved it and felt it was an excellent book.

Very nice nook. WILL ENJOY

Finally - a book that introduces the genus Heliamphora in all its glory. This is really the first book to do them justice. It includes dozens of stunning photos, morphology and habitat descriptions, fascinating analysis of trapping mechanisms, speculation about the environmental conditions that lead to the forms and the distribution of present day species, as well as some tentative discussion of the relationship between the three genera. Two minor disappointments - no mention of the new fossil discovery of an ancient member of the Sarracenia family from China (Archaeamphora), and no photos of Heliamphora sarracenioides, which it seems might be one of the more important species discovered in the last decade. I suspect both discoveries occurred too late to be incorporated because the book is otherwise quite thorough (and these new discoveries leave me hoping for a revised edition in the future). "Pitcher Plants of North America" is now by far my favorite carnivorous plant book ever.