7 Indoor Carnivorous Plants For Beginners | Best Carnivorous Houseplants
19.06.2023 - 07:57
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Carnivorous plants can be an excellent addition in your houseplant collection, as these insects eating plants are unique and beautiful and act as a repellant too. Apart from the appearance, they also grab attention with their surprising way of trapping insects!
Carnivorous plants are native to the boggy environment, where the soil is thin and lacks essential nutrients. To fulfill their needs, these plants trap and consume insects. They attract their prey through sweet-smelling nectar and bright colors and trap them inside in specialized leaves. After trapping the prey, they extract vital nutrients by breaking down the body through their digestive enzymes.
To learn how to grow carnivorous plants in pots, read this growing guide here.
Venus flytrap is one of the most popular indoor carnivorous plants. With its unique insect catching toothed leaves, it looks so cool and mysterious that you’d love having it in your home. It primarily eats ants and flies, but you can feed it other insects as well.
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Pitcher plant comes in different shades of purple, yellow and, pink, which makes it an attractive carnivorous houseplant. The plant’s leaves have an upward tabular trap with a cavity filled with digestive liquid (nectar) that lures the prey.
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Sundew plant, as its name suggests, has hairy stems, adorned in drops of sticky substance that looks like morning dew. These drops are digestive enzymes that entice and dissolve its prey.
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Butterworts are commonly available online and in garden centers. They stand out with their tiny appearance with their colorful flowers. Further, it attracts insects like flies through its sticky resin on the leaves, trapping and digesting the prey.
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