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Nepenthes, also called tropical pitcher plant or monkey cup,
The pitcher plant is a type of plant that eats insects, also called a carnivorous plant. They are rare and unique. Typical plants consume nutrients from the soil, but carnivorous plants are found in nutrient-poor soil. They get their nutrition from insects they "catch," after converting them into a form they can digest or absorb.
The pitcher plant is a carnivorous type of plant that includes several species. It attracts insects to it using the scents of nectar and already-captured dead insects, and once inside, insects cannot escape and drown in a pool of water at the bottom. Instead of getting nutrients from the soil, the pitcher plant uses enzymes to digest the insects for its nutrition. It is located along the east coast of North America, in bogs and other wet locations with acidic soil.
Carnivorous plants have a variety of methods to get prey: pitfall traps (like the pitcher plant), snap traps (like venus flytraps) and flypaper traps (like sundews) are just a few. In North America there are 10 known species in the genus Sarracenia, the pitcher plants. Sarracenia purpurea is probably the most common.
According to the International Carnivorous Plant Society, pitcher plants of the genus Sarracenia are located in the eastern United States, from the southeast and along the coastline up through British Columbia.
Pitcher plants are mostly found in bogs, often in the wettest sections. Although they don't require acidic soil, they are well-adapted to nutrient-poor and acidic dirt. They live in areas that are prone to fires, and can survive fire under some circumstances.
Pitcher plants resemble their name: they look like pitchers. Inside the elongated structure is a pool of water. Decaying insects that have been trapped inside, along with nectar from the "lid," attract flies, beetles, butterflies and other insects to the plant. The plant's flowers are the color of raw meat, which further serves to attract flies.
Once inside, many insects find it difficult to exit the structure, so they eventually drown in the liquid. The interior walls are waxy and slippery, and there are hairs toward the top that aid in keeping prey trapped. The plant's enzymes digest the meal and the plant is then able to absorb the nutrients.
While pitcher plants are popular houseplants, it is not a good idea to harvest them from the wild because some species have become extinct this way. Instead, obtain them through a nursery. They are best-suited to bog gardens and indoor terrariums, and they require sunlight and mildly acidic soil.
Some insects and animals live harmoniously with pitcher plants. Some predators, like spiders, use the lid to hide under, and some insect larvae, like mosquitoes, live inside the pitcher plant itself. Ants that die inside the plant are used for their decaying scent to attract other prey. Sometimes small frogs will hide in pitcher plants, eating flies that are attracted to the plant.
Fleischfressende Pflanze, Klappfalle der Venusfliegenfalle - Carnivorous plant, Venus Flytrap snap trap
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Dionaea muscipula
Venus flytrap
Venusfliegenfalle
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The Venus Flytrap (dionaea muscipulae) attracts his prey (flies, insects) using sweet nectar. Touch a trigger hair twice, or two hairs in quick succession, and an electric charge closes the trap, its interlocking teeth forming a cage. The insect's continued struggles will cause the trap to seal, at which point digestive enzymes will dissolve the victim's soft tissues. The trap reabsorbs this nutritious soup, and - after about a week - reopens.
Fleischfressende Pflanzen: Blüte der Venusfliegenfalle (Dionaea muscipula) * Carnivorous Plants: Venus Flytrap Flower
Even in snow you'll sometimes see pretty Catchfly. But now it's a cold Spring and there are many of these flowers in the shady areas of the Gaasperplaspark. I haven't yet seen any, though, with foam. That foam is secreted by the little hairs on the stems and foliage of female plants. It functions as a kind of flytrap. No, Catchfly doesn't 'eat' those insects. It is thought that the mechanism serves to protect forming seeds from predators.
When I was wandering arount Mt. Tomah botanical gardens, (on the way to Lithgow, NSW), I came across a garden filled with different types of carnivorous plants. There was quite a few different types (some that I hadn't seen before). I just love the earthy colours of these few. There were lots of little lizards scurrying around the garden, no doubt waiting to feed on some of the insects.
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The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. It catches its prey—chiefly insects and arachnids—with a trapping structure formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves, which is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces.
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Dionaea muscipula
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I did not feed the insect to the venus flytrap. I just happened upon this scene when I walked out onto my deck.
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This Venus flytrap is the creation of Jason Gamrath, glass sculptor and blower.
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I was really surprised when I saw this rather clever creation. To its left were some Venus flytraps, some real, some also made of Lego.
For those interested in viewing this, it is located within Cloud Forest, on the left as one makes their way to the top.
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Looking at a pretty cluster of Venus Flytraps in the fine bog for insectivorous plant of the Hortus, I noticed that a Wasp had been captured not very much earlier. In fact, the trap was still slowly closing on the already dead insect. A Flesh Fly alighted to see what it could see, and have a lick or two of terminal waspy body fluids. After a minute or so, it flew off to land right in the middle of another trap. It overstayed its welcome; generally those traps close within about twenty seconds of two or three of its trigger hairs having been touched. The drama unfolded before my eyes; relatively slowly the trap closed and Fly could no longer break loose... If you examine the inset you can see its red left eye looking through the 'bars'. As I left it was still struggling against digestion. An hour or so later all was still.