The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation. Wilhelm Barthlott, Rudiger Seine, Stefan Porembski, Inge Theisen

The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation



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The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation Wilhelm Barthlott, Rudiger Seine, Stefan Porembski, Inge Theisen ebook
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Page: 224
ISBN: 9780881927924


Plants that trap and eat animals: an amazing phenomenon that has inspired awe since before the days of Darwin. The victims may be flies and butterflies, small crustaceans, or even vertebrates the size of rats. Lured into the danger zone by optical, tactile, and olfactory strategies, the prey succomb to ingenious traps and face their doom. But unlike plants that temporarily catch insects for pollination, the true carnivores go considerably further: they digest them for the nutrients they need to survive in extremely inhospitable sites on land and in water. Drosophyllum lusitanicum can digest a mosquito within 24 hours. The common butterwort, ...

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