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How long does it take a nepenthes pitcher plant to grow a full size pitcher cup?
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How big does a pitcher plant get?
I don't know how big a regular pitcher is but the biggest one is the Rajah Pitcher Plant and has pitchers as big as footballs.
Are there plants that swallow rats whole?
Yes! The Nepenthes attenboroughii can eat rats Scientists discovered a flesh-devouring plant that swallow rats whole! It's has a large and distinctive bell-shaped lower and upper pitcher, and a narrow, upright lid and can grow up to 4 feet long. This plant, named Nepenthes attenboroughii, eats flesh. The plant captures animals in its large, hollow "pitcher'" and then dissolves them with acids and enzymes, secreting a nectar to attract the animals, where they drown or die of exhaustion, and then are dissolved. The fluid breaks down the soft parts of the animals, and only the bones remain.
How does pitcher plant eat?
A pitcher plant captures insects and dissolves them to obtain nutrients. These and photosynthesis provide them the necessary energy to grow.
What is the height of the pitcher plant?
Some types of pitcher plants can grow as tall as three feet. The average pitcher plant reaches heights of eight inches.
What type of plant is the pitcher plant?
it can live as much as 1,000,000 years
When does the flowers start to grow on tomatoes?
It depends, if you are planting the flower in fall then it will be a full grown plant by winter. Or if you plant it on Halloween then it will be a full grown plant by Christmas eve. So basically, A seed can grow into a full grown plant in a month and a half.
Will a pitcher plant stop 'eating' insect if enough fertilizer is added into the soil where it grow?
no
What is the biggest meat eating plant?
According to a report from The Sun on 19 August 2009, scientists in the UK have discovered a mammal-eating plant that they believe is the largest and the rarest of the meat-eating plants, a pitcher plant named Nepenthes. It grows only on the high, windswept slopes of Mt Victoria in the Phillipines. This plant is believed to be the largest meat-eating flora in the world. It is green and red and has a stem that can grow up to 4ft long. See the related link for the article.
How do pitcher plants reproduce?
Sarraceniaceae and Nepenthaceae are the two largest families of carnivorous pitcher plants, which capture prey in liquid-filled cavities. Both families reproduce sexually, though Sarraceniaceae can also reproduce asexually from rhizomes . So basically the pitch plant captures the prey(anything flying around!) in the place where they reproduce. And everything else is pretty clear
How tall does the carnivorous plant grow and who discovered it?
That depends upon the species. There are records of tropical pitcher plants (nepenthes) that have grown over sixty feet tall on their vine, however, this is quite rare. The largest and tallest sundew (drosera) was a d. erythrogyne that grew seven feet tall, had over a thousand leaves and seven hundred flowers. Some larger sarracenia (north American pitcher plants) can grow four foot tall traps, which make these the largest plant traps in the world. Examples include the endangered S. Oreophila and the common S. Alata. The discoverers were multiple. I can only give the data recorded.
Why does pitcher plant feed on insects even it is green and carries out photosynthesis?
pitcher plant is an insectivorous plant all plants need nitrogen insectivorous plants usually grow in an area which lack nitrogen insects contain nitrogen so it traps the insects
Why do pitcher plants grow in bogs?
bog are filled with plant eating insects that plants need to def end against
