Last Sunday morning, before we knew what would be happening this week with the invasion of the Twin Cities, I went to see the last day of an exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum. It was called Curious Allies: Exploring Relationships in Fungi, Parasites, and Carnivores. Parasitic and carnivorous plants, that is.
It was primarily an exhibit of botanical illustrations, and within that, almost all watercolors. These three stood out to me. The level of detail and control in the paintings is something that just makes me blink.
Ghost pipes, Monotropa unitropa, a parasitic plant, by Jessica Daigle. 
Pitcher plant, Saracenia purpurea, a carniverous plant, by Robin Jess. (In addition to the painting itself, check out Jess's beautiful pencil handwriting.)
Another pitcher plant, Saracenia purpurea, this time by Beverly Simone.
Click any of them to enlarge.
I know the resolution in the photos, especially as saved for web, is not the best for appreciating what I'm talking about, but I wanted to share them anyway.
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