Drosera commonly known as sundews comprises the largest genera of carnivorous plants which contains at least 194 species. Sundews trap prey like this, when an fly for example lands on it can't get of again because the plant contains very sticky stuff. For this reason the fly cannot get of again. Once a meal is stuck on the plant the plant rolls up with the prey on it.
The trumpet pitcher
This is the trumpet pitcher (in afrikaans beker plant). The trumpet pitcher can't find enough water where it lives so it gets its water from insects when an insect gets to close to the mouth of the plant it falls in and drowns because at the mouth of the plant it is very slippery so the insect stay on it but why do the insect go to it in the first place? Well, the insect smells nectar and then go to the plant to collect it but instead of getting a meal it becomes a meal. Sometimes other animals like frogs tries to catch the insects before the plant does ,but if the frog gets to near the mouth the plant will eat him too. Other plants do pretty much the same, for example the cobra lily which gets its name from that it looks like a cobra, has a opening and when an insect goes through there it can't get out again.
The Venus flytrap
I have one of these myself. The Venus fly trap is the most easiest carnivorous plant to take care of. All it needs is it must be soaking in water and it only needs to be fed once a weak, it needs no fertiliser. The Venus flytrap catches insects by luring them with sweet nectar to the leaf and then it closes it. Venus flytraps is found originally in California. Venus flytraps needs up to 14 hours of strong sunlight everyday and can come in different colours like green and red.
There are to many different kinds of carnivorous plants to write about. For more information on carnivorous plants look on the net.
Nou het ek van 'n nuwe plant geleer "the sundew" dankie! Voer jy daai venus flytrap of is daar genoeg insekte vir hom? Het jy hom binne of buite?
ReplyDeleteDie venus flytrap is binne op n vensterbank en ek voer hom maar wanner hy genoeg blare het. Op die oomblik het hy geen blare nie want ek het die fout gemaak om hom in die yskas te sit omdat el in n boek gelees het dat hulle se n mens moet dit in die winter doen. Ek kon nie glo dat hy dit oorleef het nie meeste koop nie die plant nie want hulle is bang dat hy dood sal gaan maar dit is nie waar nie.Baie dankie dat Tannie kom kuier het.
ReplyDeleteDankie vir die inligting Mathys. Ek het lekker hier gekuier en maak weer so.
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