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Carnivorous plants in nature

1. Pitcher plant: pitcher plant must be the most well-known carnivorous plant. The plant can be found in Southeast Asia, China, India, Madagascar, and other places. Pitcher plants have a trap that can lure insects. When insects enter its cage, they are broken down by mucus and there are no bones left.

2. There are more than 400 species of carnivorous plants. A tropical pitcher plant of Sulawesi that eats Cordyceps and is characterized by an internal chamber trap that attracts insects with nectar and then traps them in a pitcher to decompose and digest them.

3. The world's top ten carnivorous plants are: pitcher plant, thatched vegetable, flycatcher, civet algae, bottle grass, pansy, style grass, rainbow grass, insect-catching tree. Pitcher plants, like other carnivorous plants, grow in barren or acidic soils, mainly in Southeast Asia, Australia and North America.

4. Variety of carnivorous plants: Cordyceps, pitcher plant, bottle grass, pansy, rattan and so on.

5. Pitcher plants and pitcher plants should be carnivorous plants that everyone has heard more. It is shaped like a bottle, the mouth of the bottle is facing up, and the mouth of the bottle has a lid with nectaries on the inside of the lid, which will secrete honey-scented liquid to attract insects.

6. Carnivorous plants include cobra pitcher grass, pitcher plant, thatch greens, raccoon algae, and so on. These carnivorous plants generally prey on insects that are much smaller than themselves, and then digest them with mucus secreted from the leaves.

How to tell the difference between pitcher grass and pitcher plant

1. Regional distinction. Bottle grasslands are found in southern Canada and the east coast of the United States, and are mainly scattered along the Atlantic coast of North America.

2, the difference between leaves: the leaves of bottle grass are very strange and have many shapes, and the outside bottle-shaped leaves are surrounded by a circle; the leaves of pitcher plants are generally long and oval, and the tail is rolled into a bottle. Flower difference: the bottle grass flower is larger, the color is yellowish green or crimson; the pitcher plant flower is smaller, the color is yellow and white.

3. The leaves of pitcher plants are generally rectangular and the tail is wound into a bottle. The difference between flowers: bottle grass flowers are large, the color is yellowish green or crimson; pig grass flowers are very small, the color is yellow and white. According to the difference of varieties, the former is pitcher plant, and the latter is pitcher plant, which belongs to pitcher plant. The leaves are different from the bottle grass.

How to cultivate bottle grass to make big bottle

Bottle grass family cultivation method bottle grass likes wet and fertile soil, which can be mixed with peat, perlite or coarse sand. It likes a sunny environment and can be maintained in plenty of sunlight. Shade is needed when the light is strong in summer. The suitable growth temperature is between 20 and 30 degrees, and the winter temperature needs to be above 10 degrees.

Soil cultivation: bottle grass can be cultivated directly with water moss, which is more suitable for leaf insertion or seedling cultivation medium. Environment: bottle grass requires an environment with good ventilation and permeability, which is suitable to grow in a semi-overcast and sheltered environment. Temperature: the temperature required for bottle grass is 21 ℃ ~ 35 ℃.

Maintenance method temperature: bottle grass likes a warmer environment, the normal growth temperature is 20 degrees to 32 degrees, the winter should not be too cold, the lowest temperature should be kept above 5 degrees, otherwise it will be easy to frostbite, of course, the temperature should not be too high in summer, but also to cool down when necessary.

Under normal circumstances, bottle grass needs to keep the soil moist, and for bottle grass, it is best to not only water the basin soil in time, but also avoid stagnant water in the basin, and keep the soil moist according to soil demand. In summer, it is best to increase watering frequency and water to prevent insufficient water supply.