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pitcher plant
pitcher plant any of several insectivorous plants with leaves adapted for trapping insects. Each leaf forms a "pitcher," a somewhat trumpet-shaped enclosure, usually containing a liquid. An insect that enters, lured by nectar and sometimes by brilliant coloration, is prevented from retreating... Read more |
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Carnivorous plants
Carnivorous Plants Plants that trap and digest tiny animals have fascinated people for centuries. It was known by 1790 that sundews, pitcher plants, and the Venus's-flytrap could catch insects. This interest led Thomas Jefferson to collect Venus'sflytraps near Charleston,... Read more |
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Exotic plants are brimming with character Writer's pitcher overflows with...
...species of pitcher plant for sale at the garden...repeat people who want pitcher plants," McCain said...brown and fairly plain pitchers and grows more like...s nothing. The pitchers on my large plant are so ... |
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Colonization and Development of the Asian Tiger Mosquito (Aedes albopictus)...
...albopictus, into pitchers of the carnivorous pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea...within S. purpurea pitchers was not present...development of an exotic mosquito species...exist within the pitchers of the purple ... |
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Exotic plants go on show at Techniquest.(News)
...bottoms. It will be among a display of exotic plants, including meat-eaters like the Pitcher plants. Cath Winkler, the gallery's primary...de Mer. They can hardly believe it is a plant seed so it is a rare treat.' |
 "The Independent (London, England)")
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The award-winning plant that dines on rats and reptiles
...Queen of Hearts" pitcher, one of the...science. The plants are big and dramatic...a carnivorous plant. The pitcher plant was filmed by...growing pitcher plants. He found two...staff at Borneo ... |
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Let these plants swat the bugs for you: they're widespread and hungry, but...
...Hinkley has found small clumps of pitcher plants in Volo Bog. The pitcher plants are a "dazzling thing to see," he says. Pitcher plants (plant family, Sarraceniaceae) have an exotic urn or ... |
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Gardening: Climate control With a lot of dedication and muscle work, Will...
...people. Against a frieze of exotic ginger lilies, banana palms...So in my mind, tropical plants - banana palms, ginger lilies...curtains of ivy, with malevolent pitcher plants dangling in my face, I thought...banana had settled in, I had to ... |
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Plant care tips a click away
...this fascinating site on an exotic tropical plant supplier who specialises in pitcher plants. The site, www.malesiana...species such as pitcher plants, gingers, tropical yams...and palms. The pitcher ... |
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Original Plant Plant.(Brief Article)
...cascade from hand-painted tole containers at $180 and $250. Also bowing at OPP is an understated exotic arrangement of cyperus, pitcher plants and bamboo in a tall glass vase at about $470. The company shows in Dallas only. eLink 508 |
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Tropical pitcher plants gobble up insects
...shorten the life of the pitcher. Pitchers are found on very poor...colonizers, the first plants found growing where...in the canopy. The plants attract prey through...produced all over the plant. The brim or edge of the ... |
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Biting back: Exotic carnivorous plants remarkably easy to grow
...buzzing around the American pitcher plants, then it smelled the...Amato, carnivorous plant expert and one of the...slides down the pitcher plant's "throat," where...acids and enzymes. The plant will absorb the ... |
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