Carnivorous Plants
Pitcher Plant
While at my aunt’s place over the weekend and spotted these plants in her garden. It was the first time the kids and I saw a pitcher plant up close. They were surprised to hear that this plant actually eats insects.
Hanging Pitcher plant
Insects are attracted to the sweet nectar within the pitcher. When they enter the pitcher to taste the nectar the top of the picture closes trapping the insect inside. The insect has no way to escape and the liquid within the pitcher actually is a liquid which dissolves the body of the insect and hence the plants “eats” the insect that way. Interesting isn’t it?
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October 15, 2013 @ 7:09 pm
Very interesting! It’s so ironic because the plant looks so beautiful and harmless. It could easily attract insects! 🙂
October 15, 2013 @ 7:15 pm
I can’t believe that those pretty flowers eats insect, Interesting! It can attract insect at anytime..:)
October 15, 2013 @ 8:01 pm
I have never seen a plant like that. Beautiful and dangerous. I want one.
Sophia
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October 15, 2013 @ 8:37 pm
So beautiful!!
October 15, 2013 @ 9:42 pm
Wow! That’s cool…
October 15, 2013 @ 10:13 pm
I’ve read about this plant countless of times ever since I was a kid, but never had a chance to see one in actual. Thanks for sharing the photos! 🙂
October 15, 2013 @ 10:18 pm
They look so innocent too. 🙂
October 15, 2013 @ 10:33 pm
I have never seen a plant like that before. So beautiful and exotic!
October 15, 2013 @ 10:51 pm
Uniquely beautiful! They look like elongated vases! I’d love to have this displayed in our home too 🙂
October 15, 2013 @ 11:11 pm
I would have been so tempted to throw in a bug of two myself to see how the plant eats them up!
October 16, 2013 @ 12:26 am
Those are majorly cool!
October 16, 2013 @ 4:20 am
that must be some potent nectar to be able to dissolve an insect… i hope it’s safe for humans 🙂
October 16, 2013 @ 7:15 am
So very cool!
October 16, 2013 @ 9:26 am
Thanks for sharing this interesting information on this beautiful flower Dominique and also for hosting the linky party.
October 16, 2013 @ 5:03 pm
Immediately I imagined, what if a little boy put his fingers inside it? Isn’t that dangerous?
October 16, 2013 @ 9:50 pm
@Glenda,
not sure if it will affect kids but I think that it shouldn’t be that deadly.. Definitely not a plant I will keep at home with small kids… My aunt has her own florist shop so she keeps lots of plants at home 🙂
October 16, 2013 @ 9:39 pm
My ma has tried to grow those for years with no success. Those are beautiful!!
October 16, 2013 @ 9:51 pm
This is a great plant to have in Manila especially during the rainy seasons. So many mosquito and dengue fever.
October 17, 2013 @ 1:11 am
What a beautiful flower!
October 17, 2013 @ 8:18 am
I always see these plants back when I was still mountaineering. there are a lot of these up in the mountains. so pretty. now, just thinking, can these plants be kept at home (away from kids) so it could lessen mosquitoes. hmm, i wonder. if so, it could help a lot as dengue is rampant.
October 17, 2013 @ 10:29 am
I always found carnivorous plants to be fascinating. I believe there is a pitcher plant that is large enough that it has been known to eat rats!
October 17, 2013 @ 10:02 pm
This is so interesting. As Bethany said, fascinating. For some reason, I envisioned them to look differently. It’s crazy the way they attract insects, also. (Sort of scary!!!!)
October 18, 2013 @ 5:13 am
So cool! I’ve heard of these but didn’t realize how gorgeous they are. Nature amazes me every day…
October 18, 2013 @ 10:00 am
Plants can be pretty amazing, huh. So pretty too.
October 18, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
Oh my those are something else, I could use some here. We are over run with Lady beetles.
October 19, 2013 @ 12:25 am
Plants that are dangerous in any way freak me out. I always think they have teeth somehow, whether they physically hurt you or not. This is a bit scary 🙂
October 19, 2013 @ 7:23 am
You might want to read this book by a local author, ” Jack and the CarnivorousPitcher Plant”.
October 19, 2013 @ 11:30 am
@Lay Hong,
thanks for the intro..will check out that book.
October 19, 2013 @ 11:10 am
I love your pictures. My daughters love those type of plants. I enjoyed learning about them. 🙂
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