Carnivorous Plants
Tips On Growing Carnivorous Plants Such As Venus Fly Traps.
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Most Popular Carnivorus Plant
I would say the most popular carnivorous plant is the venus fly trap (Dionaea muscipula) The venus fly trap is quite a cool plant you can see the venus fly trap in action below.
Carnivorous Plants Trapping Mechanisms
Most Carnivorous Plants have 5 trapping mechanisms the carnivorious tapping mecanisams are listed here
Fly Paper Trap
Snap Trap
Bladder Trap
Lobster Pot Trap
- Pitfall traps (pitcher plants) trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria.
- Flypaper traps use a sticky mucilage.
- Snap traps utilize rapid leaf movements.
- Bladder traps suck in prey with a bladder that generates an internal vacuum.
- Lobster-pot traps force prey to move towards a digestive organ with inward-pointing hairs.
Fly Paper Trap
Snap Trap
Bladder Trap
Lobster Pot Trap
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