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This trapping mechanism is for the Trumpet pitcher only.
The lid is basically an advertisement in the pitcher plant. The bottom side of the pitcher plant is covered with nectar and microscopic downward pointing hair. When any insect comes to collect the nectar the ant gets a downward thrust from the microscopic hair and falls into the liquid. Without the lid the pitcher plant will not be able to catch insects.
Referance: David Attenborough [BBC Wildlife]
What else can I help you with?
What are the parts of the Pitcher Plant?
rims lid pitcher ridge petioles
What is a pitcher plant's response to the environment?
A pitcher plant senses changes in air pressure when it's about to rain, and it closes a leaf over it's "pitcher" to act as a lid so that the rain will not diluet the mixture inside.
What are the adaptations of a pitcher plant?
Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants. They grow in bogs and poor soil, so they need insects to make up for the nutrients that they miss from the soil.
What is the use of the pitcher on the pitcher plant?
to trap an insect in the pitcher and digest it. so it can have nutrients.
How are bugs lured into a tropical pitcher plant?
They use there oder
What is an Australian pitcher plant?
An Australian pitcher plant is another name for a Western Australian pitcher plant - also known as the Albany pitcher plant, a carnivorous plant of Western Australia, Latin name Cephalotus follicularis.
What types of nutrition Pitcher Plant takes?
Pitcher plant is insectivorous.
What is pitcher in pitcher plant?
Anthophyta
Is the pitcher plant a producer?
Yes the pitcher plant is a flowering plant. It flowers in spring.
Which part of the pitcher plant absorbs sunlight?
The entire "pitcher" of the Pitcher plant contains chlorophyll is green and can photosynthesise
What group of plants does pitcher plant belong?
The pitcher plant belongs to the Sarracenia Family. :)
How is the Pitcher plant helpful to humans?
The pitcher plant catches bugs and flies and eats them
