Amazing Carnivorous Plants

carnivorous plants are fascinating members of the plant kingdom which get nutrients by trapping into solving their prey there are more than 600 recognized species of carnivorous plants which employ various kinds of traps to capture preys including insects and small vertebrates we are sure that you will be amazed there are 10 most amazing carnivorous plants in the world number 10 Roe keenya reducta the broken reducta is native to the blue yonder Highlands of South America the plan effectively uses what is known as a pitfall trap in order to tempt and trap its prey because of its waxy and overlapping leaves water is collected at the bottom of its cup like leaves and sand under insects are attracted to water pit by its odor and the UV rays which it reflects once inside the insect slips into the water and eventually drowns the plant then begins digestion with the helps of enzymes and bacteria number 9 Ultra von der physik callosum commonly known as the waterwheel plant ultra vonda vesicle OSA is an underwater flytrap that feeds on small aquatic invertebrates much like the Venus flytrap this plant uses two lobes which are folded together under water in order to catch its prey there is a coating of sensitive hairs inside which triggered the trap when coming to contact with the prey the trap closes within 20 milliseconds and then digestion begins number eight sarracenia another native to North America the genus of sarracenia contains about ten species of carnivorous plants which use smell nectar and color to attract their prey into the pitcher once the insect is trapped it finds it impossible to escape due to the slippery surface and the fine hairs in the tube the pitcher contains fluid with digestive enzymes which drowns the insect and starts digestion a number of species have hoods above the pictures to keep out the rainwater number seven Eliam Fora commonly known as the Sun Fisher plants allium flora is the genus that consists of about 23 species of carnivorous plants that use pitfall traps to attract and kill mainly ants but also flying insects much like the sarracenia if digests plants with the help of bacteria after the prey has fallen and drown in its water the interesting thing about this genus of plants that only one species can produce its own bacteria so the others needs the help of symbiotic bacteria to digest insects number six ping Akula commonly known as butter works and equal is a genus of carnivorous plants consisting of around 80 species they are mainly found in America Europe and Asia the trapping mechanism is aided by two glands found on the leaves the first one called appendicular glands it's a gluey muscle a genus substance with digestive enzymes which forms droplets on the leaf surface these droplets attract an insect and when it lands the gland produces more Musil itch which covers the insect the digestion triggers the second type of glands sessile glands which produce enzymes that further break down the components of the insect in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtained from the environments number 5 you chick ilaria most commonly called bladderworts if you Gloria is a genus consisting of more than 200 species of carnivorous plants they have presence in every continent except Antarctica in both terrestrial and aquatic types each the Gloria employs bladder like traps to capture prey such as mosquitoes for Tuzla larvae and fish fry the trap doors are connected the sensitive hairs when they're triggered by the prey the bladder which is a negative pressure when compared to its surroundings sucks the brain to itself the whole activity takes place in a very small amount of time number 4 Bible Asst native to Australia Bible is also known as rainbow plants are small plants with the passive trapping mechanism the leaves of the plants are covered with small glandular hairs which produce a kind of a sticky substance this sticky fluid attracts flying insects and when they land on the leaves they get stuck to the leaf unless they're able to escape the insects starve to death the digestion is aided by the juices produced by the sessile gland on the leaves number three in the pen fees also known as monkey cuffs or tropical pitcher plants Nepenthes is a genus of around 150 different species these plants are found in Southeast Asia China India Madagascar seashell and Australia the name monkey Cubs comes from the fact that the monkeys often drink water from the pitchers of the plan the trap includes a picture of home at the tip of the tendrils on the leaves it contains a fluid which is slippery it drowns the prey the down portion of the trap contains glands which absorb nutrients from the prey the plants mainly consumed insects although the largest species are found to trap even rats and small birds number two darling Tonio californica the darlingtonia californica is mainly found in northern california and uses pitcher traps to capture prey however unlike other pitcher plants the plant does not store rainwater but pumps the water from its roots in addition to the common parts of a pitcher trap the plant has also many false exit points aimed to exhaust the prey this technique makes a darling Tonio California one of the most efficient carnivorous plants number one venus flytrap the venus flytrap also known as diono Musa Qala in the scientific world is perhaps the most famous of all carnivorous plants the plant native to the eastern coasts of the United States heaves on small insects the trapping mechanism is triggered when the sensitive hairs on the leaves are stimulated the leaves snap shut immediately once the prey is trapped inside the plant digests and absorbs it it takes the Venus flytrap about 10 days to consume the prey completely very small prey can escape the trap and it will reopen in 12 hours

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Length: 5min 42sec (342 seconds)

Published: Mon Aug 17 2015