as pitcher plants were being offered for sale online. Due to their striking appearance, they are often sought after on the black market for gardening, further threatening their survival.

But carnivorous plants have evolved to grow in very poor ... stop feeding and water sparingly. Remove black leaves as they appear and resume normal care in spring. You may be able to avoid ...

The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...

Long stalks anchor the plant to the ground. A lack of nitrogen in the soil where they grow means that these carnivorous plants use their hollow, jug-shaped pitchers to obtain the nutrient from ...