Insectivorous Plants

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Jam Lady

Joined: 28 Dec 2006
Posts: 2573
Location: New Jersey, USA

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 19 5:15 pm Post subject: Insectivorous Plants
I thought this might intrigue some of you. As you'll see if you follow the link I was recently at a wholesale water plant nursery that specializes in Sarracenia which are insectivorous plants.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46249
Location: yes

Posted: Thu Aug 01, 19 7:27 pm Post subject:
nice, i have kept drosera and venus fly traps , a chum had jungle pitchers of various sorts. fun but high maintenance in captivity. some of his pitchers on vines were big enough to eat a mouse once a year and he never seemed to have insects flapping or buzzing in the house never seen those ones before but the form of the pitcher is similar to very different spp.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 16000

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 19 6:53 am Post subject:
Very interesting Jam Lady, but I am afraid I am not a fan of insectivorous plants. We have sundew in the UK, but I rarely see it as I live on dry chalk and it likes wet acid conditions, but I do know somewhere it grows naturally. A good thing that he is growing those so that the natural growing places are protected to some extent.

gz

Joined: 23 Jan 2009
Posts: 8959
Location: Ayrshire, Scotland

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 19 9:09 am Post subject:
They are fascinating...they were included on our BBC Scotland gardening programme last week, "Beechgrove " they were being grown in a greenhouse within a greenhouse with other insectivorous plants.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Fri Aug 02, 19 10:02 am Post subject:
Nice read JL I do like plants that eat things. I should have a few around the house to get those pesky flies. I did used to keep Venus fly traps a good number of years ago but found them hard to keep. Should maybe try again now I'm a little older.

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