Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pitcher Plant is the general name for green flowering plants with pitcher-shaped leaves. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants that have prey-trapping mechanisms in the form of a deep cavity filled with liquid known as pitfall trap. Foraging, flying or crawling insects are attracted to the cavity formed by cupped leaf. The sides of the pitcher are slippery and grooved, which ensure that the insects cannot climb out. The liquid drowns the insects where the body of the insects is gradually dissolved.

Enzymes secreted by the plants or bacteria help in dissolving the bodies of insects. The insects or any other preys are converted into amino acids, peptides, phosphates, ammonium and urea, from which the plant obtains its nutrients, mainly nitrogen and phosphorous. Pitcher plants grow in locations where the soil is poor in minerals and where the soil is too acidic for the plants to grow properly. There are many varieties and species of pitcher plants depending upon the type of mechanism for trapping their prey. Except certain moths and mosquitoes, most of the insects trapped in the pitcher plants are killed.

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind

Pictures of Flowers Pitcher Plant Pictures and Pitcher Plant Kind