Carnivorous plants (sometimes called insectivorous plants) are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not energy) from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants appear adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs and rock outcroppings. Charles Darwin wrote the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants in 1875.
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I love carnivorous plants! I had several dionaeas
It’s a pleasure to visit Oxford’s botanical garden… the carnivorous green house is awesome
I love carnivorous plants! Anything that eats spiders gets my vote!
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