Good vs. Evil

In the very same woods where we found the Devil's walking sticks, we found many Jack-in-the-pulpits. Good versus evil. . . even among plants. Here is why the plant is called by this name.

Historical Canopy Pulpit or some were built up in lofts towering over the congregation.

Here is the pulpit with its canopy.
With the canopy lifted we can see Bro. Jack preaching from the pulpit.

This is a really interesting plant and one of my favorites. It looks like the carnivorous pitcher plant I would see up in the bogs of New Hampshire and we might be tempted to think that like a pitcher plant it tries to capture and devour insects. But instead the purple stripes are used to attract insects to pollinate the flower inside.