Carnivorous plants, arguably the most "strange" beings in nature, are autotrophic plants that capture and digest animals for nutrients (non-energy). Carnivorous plants, with their peculiar shape and beautiful shape, are deeply loved by flower lovers.
Carnivorous plants, also known as carnivorous plants or carnivorous plants, are the "killers" of the plant kingdom. There are only about 600 known carnivorous plants in the world. It is mainly distributed in tropical or poor soils.
1. Nepenthesis
Nepenthes is named for its unique nutrient-absorbing organ , the pitcher. The pitchers are cylindrical in shape, slightly enlarged in the lower half, and have a lid on the mouth of the pitcher. This bottle is also the tool of " Nepenthes " to prey on insects.
The double cap of the bottle body can distinguish the fragrance and attract insects. When insects fly to the insect trap, because of their smooth bottle mouth, insects will slide into the bottle, drown by the liquid secreted at the bottom of the bottle, and decompose the nutrients of the worm body and gradually digest and absorb.
According to records, pitcher plants are the most powerful insecticides in tropical rainforests, and their diet is extremely amazing, eating up to tens of thousands of insects a day.
2. Flycatcher
Flytrap is a perennial herb native to North America. Flytrap, can be said to be a very interesting carnivorous plant, its stem is short, at the tip of the leaf there is a "shell" like an insect trap, and can secrete honey, when a small insect intrudes, it can clamp it at a very fast speed, and digest and absorb.
The main characteristic of flytraps is their ability to close their leaves very quickly to prey on insects. It has 6 sensory hairs at its "mouth", and if it touches two of them at the same time, its "mouth" will close immediately, and the speed is extremely fast, up to 0.3 seconds.
Flytrap, because of its unique insecticidal ability and cool appearance, like Nepenthesis, is the most popular carnivorous plant among florists.
3. Drosera
Drosera is a very delicate and charming small carnivorous plant. It has glandular hair as clear as dewdrops, which can stick insects like sticky paper and digest and absorb them. This glandular hair, which is their trap.
At the tip of the Drosera glandular hair there is a spheroid that secretes a mixture of honey and mucus that attracts insects and digestive enzymes, while also showing bright colors to attract insects.
When insects that can't resist the temptation come to feed, they find that they have been sticky, and they struggle hard in panic, and the surrounding glandular hairs and leaves will bend over together, firmly sticking and absorbing them. When absorbed, its leaves and glandular hairs unfold again, waiting for new prey.
4. Insectivorous pineapples
Insectivorous bromeliads, a plant in the genus Bulo bromeliads, are trap-type carnivorous plants that trap insects through their straight tube-shaped leaves.
The axils and center of the insectivorous bromeliads form an impermeable "trough" that secretes a nectar-like scent to attract prey, which, combined with its bright yellow appearance, also helps attract prey. When the prey is attracted into the sink, it will fall into the liquid at the bottom of the sink because it cannot grasp the smooth blades, and it will eventually be digested and absorbed.
5. Cobra grass
Cobra grass, also a very well-known carnivorous plant species, looks a bit like a cobra standing up and sticking out its tongue and got its name. Cobra grass, like bottle grass and pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant that feeds on small insects by bottle-shaped insect leaves.
The leaves of Cobra grass are distributed in a rosette-like shape, and the edge of the bottle mouth is curved inward, forming a shape similar to the mouth of a lobster cage. At the mouth of the bottle, a two-pronged fishtail-like appendage is linked, which secretes a large amount of molasses and emits a strong odor. Tempted insects will be attracted to the mouth of the bottle and crawl along the nectar glands, and the transparent markings in the insect trapping bottle will confuse the insects, causing them to mistake these markings for an exit and be trapped in the insect trapping bottle.
Cobra grass, also loved by people because of its interesting shape and the characteristics of insects, has become an indoor plant.
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