Carnivorous plants

Carnivorous plants get nutrients not only from the soil, but also from insects or other small animals in their traps. Often these plants in a nitrogen-poor area, such as a marsh.

Types of traps and known species

Plants with sticky traps include the sundew, fatleaf, Drosophyllum and Byblis. A cling trap looks like a mouth and these are found in the venus flytrap and the water fly trap. A cup trap is also wildly popular among lovers of carnivorous plants. Well-known species include the trumpet pitcher plant, sun pitcher plant and the tropical pitcher plant Nepenthes. The suction trap occurs only in the Utricularia. The trap trap occurs in the genus Genlisea.

Care

Caring for the carnivorous plant is often more for the experienced enthusiast of houseplants. They need to be in high humidity, but do generally like a temperature of about 23-27 degrees Celsius during the day and a night temperature of about 15 degrees Celsius. The Nepenthes, for example, cannot stand adding nutrients to the soil. It gets its nutrients from the flies it catches.