Thomas Peschak's Image

For this shot, Thomas had to lean a ladder against his assistant, who was all that stood between him and a tumble down the mountainside. His faith, however, was rewarded when at the top of his rickety platform he caught sight of these magnificent pitcher plants – the only ones to grow in the Seychelles.

Nepenthes are carnivorous plants that lure their victims to their death with their colourful pitchers and sweet scents. Once they land, the insects soon lose their grip on the pitcher’s inner wall and slip and slide their way to the liquid below, where they are slowly digested by the fluid’s enzymes.