Beyond Beauty – Carnivorous Plants

When I was little, I saw a pretty scary movie with a carnivorous orchid. The strange plant was surrounding a house and eating people inside it… Creepy… this and The Birds were the movies that shocked me as a child… now, I’m afraid of birds… I can’t say if a carnivorous plant can scare me, because I only saw them in pictures… and they look wonderful. Another mystery of nature.

Don’t worry… these ones only eat bugs I think Most of them were found on Sarracenia.com.

Pinguicula Titan

Aldrovanda

On Sarracenia.com you can also find detailed information about each one of these plants, but… as a resume:

Carnivorous plants are flowering plants with the ability to capture and digest animals as a source of nitrogen. (they have a clear means of capturing the prey; while in the captivity of the plant, the prey dies and the plant digests the prey and assimilates the nutrients). As a result of a constant research, botanists have described till this day about 670 species and subspecies of carnivorous plants. Wonderful and mysterious, they live in wetlands and bog areas, and extremely love sunlight.

Drosera capensis bend

Dionaea

Drosera peltata

Drosera burmanii

Red Dragon

Drosera paradoxa

Drosera graomogolensis

Nepenthes

Dragon’s Mouth orchid

Pictures source: Native Orchid, Carnivorous Plants Forum, Sarracenia.com, Lady Fi

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11 Responses to “Beyond Beauty – Carnivorous Plants”

1. Acilius, on February 14th, 2010 at 3:42 pm Said:

   Beautiful pictures, Alexandra! Another well-curated post.

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3. Demetrius Tzicah, on February 15th, 2010 at 8:21 am Said:

   Beautiful! Unfortunately(?) for the poor insects it seems that beauty attracts unconditionally.

   Even if it may harm you you can’t get enough of something beautiful. And if you manage to escape you want back. Desperately.

   Funny how nature works, isn’t it?

4. Alexandra, on February 15th, 2010 at 8:39 am Said:

   what you said is so true… beauty attracts us no matter what it will follow. even when it’s dangerous…. maybe more when it’s dangerous )

5. Demetrius Tzicah, on February 15th, 2010 at 9:23 am Said:

   I’m always right am i not?

   I can even take it further … beautiful outside means nothing if it’s not beautiful inside as well.

   The real beauty must is inside, judging by looks alone is usually deceiving.

6. mutuelle santé, on February 15th, 2010 at 12:30 pm Said:

   Marvellous monstrous plants :p

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8. Mrs. Acilius, on February 16th, 2010 at 11:53 pm Said:

   I really like the 5th one from the bottom.

9. Farhan Shaykh, on March 11th, 2010 at 11:45 pm Said:

   lovely and great pics of all time weird as well.

10. Farhan Shaykh, on March 11th, 2010 at 11:47 pm Said:

    great and weird pics i have ever seen.

11. mutuelle, on June 22nd, 2010 at 1:49 pm Said:

    beautiful but killing plant as well.

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