The Architecture of Capture

Crimson and gold in Nepenthes serve as pitfall signals — pigment as trap architecture, not decoration.

The peristome's corrugated surface channels insect footing toward the interior — a staircase with no return.

The digestive pool below the constriction zone is not wasteful — it is a specimen jar, keeping the record intact.

Six seasons among the highland forests, and the specimens that stayed are the ones that changed the observer.