I Feed My Enemies to My Plants

A Source for Daily Carnivorous Plant Content (I'm a plant scientist, beginner carnivore collector, and general plant nerd)

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

My drosera. As you can see, I almost killed it a while ago but I've managed to bring it back.

[therudegarden]

Sarracenia leucophylla, probably my favorite sarracenia.

[therudegarden]

Bog update. Kinda having an explosive growth. Super happy about it.

[wild-e-eep]

Pale butterwort - Pinguicula lusitanica.

[windowsill-nepenthes]

Hi all, Here is an interview I did with Carnivero: How To Quickly Grow Nepenthes From Seeds? Have a great day and stay safe guys. #nepenthes, #windowsillnepenthes

[wild-e-eep]

Pale butterwort - Pinguicula lusitanica.

[iamredsquirrel]

they look like they have nice milk inside I want to drink the nice nectar milk from them

AAAH I have just looked it up!

It wants to eat me..... (well winged insects/sometimes frogs and rodents)

if you drink the nice liquid inside you will be trapped.....

must not drink the nice liquid will be stuck if I drink the nice liquid

[unintentionalpenis]

[clovers-carnivores]

PLANTS!!!!!!

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Drosera capensis, a sundew-type of carnivorous plant. The little dots are sticky, and if you touch the plant it'll feel wet and a string of sticky will end up on your fingers. They're good for catching little houseflies.

[clovers-carnivores]

ITS A FEMALE!!!!!!!

[clovers-carnivores]

this one is also flowering at the same time!!!

sad that my nepenthes alataxmaxima isnt flowering anymore bc its cooler than this one i couldve made better hybrids.

the female is n.bosciana x fusca and the male is tobaica x ventricosa

[clovers-carnivores]

[typhlonectes]

[wiley-treehouse-gardens]

Venus flytrap, July 2024

[breenanabread]

[sleepy-bebby]

[botanyshitposts]

when I was in college in botany classes we talked about ‘cheap’ vs ‘expensive’ leaves and how some leaves are grown to be shed at the end of the fall and some leaves have a lot more resources invested and are meant to last years and then I think about the Doohicky of leaves, the Asian pitcher plant carnivorous leaves that have all the bells and whistles…..the shit has glands secreting digestive enzymes in the bottom and slippery teeth on the top and wax crystals lining the inside so insects can’t climb out….fangs on the top lid and hairs on the outside and mottled special colorization….some of them are woody or otherwise reinforced and take years to make… local guy in rural sumatra forced to make elaborate luxury saw traps by hand every single day of his life, it is the only way he can live,