Some flowers force visitors to stay against their will. The mechanisms tend to be really cool... and quite diverse.
Named after resemblance to an exquisitely carved pipe (such as Meerschaums). Flies enter an invitingly rancid tunnel mouth and traverse the passageway to the deepest part of the flower, only to discover that no delightful rotting food awaits… and there’s no way out.
Jacks are wild. There are male and female ‘jacks’. Both deceive: they offer no reward. Both kidnap, but females (sometimes called Jill-in-the-Pulpit) proceed to murder. And the ‘jack’ in the pulpit isn’t even the flower—they’re hidden in the pulpit at Jack’s feet!
