Carnivorous plants

[summer_jackel]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8195000/8195029.stm

I want to go backpacking in the Philippines now. Giant potentially rat-eating pitchers. Bliss.

Appropos of nothing, and and and are chewing on your bandwidth. I hope that hatches into a male, since I have females of its species already.

Comments

[troubleagain.livejournal.com]

Carnivorous plants are fun, yay!

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

I loooooove them so much. I don't think that they would survive in my environs so I do not have any (very sad!) but they are so very good.

The passion flowers seem to be thriving, which is nice. They are not carnivores, but they have creeping, clinging tendrils with really bizarre blooms, and that is almost as good.

[lynnenova.livejournal.com]

That... looks like a pokemon.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

oh yeah, the planty ones!

I want a huge garden of these. OK I don't, because collection is one of the biggest threats to carnivorous plants in general, but if there was sustainable captive propagation, I want a huge garden of these!!!!

[alcimines.livejournal.com]

You might find this interesting (and it features the plant you referenced -- among others): http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/earth/4331026.html