Simplified Guide on Canivorous Plant Care (Paperback)
Robin A.A. Eile
Sold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
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Add to basketSold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since October 12, 2005
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Add to basketPaperback. Carnivorou rlant have captivated the mind of hortisulturalit, sientit, and plant lover worldwide for their abilitu to lure, catch, and digest prey. While most plants draw their nutrient from the oil, carnivorous rlant have evolved over time-due to the nutrient-poor oil theu grow in-to ue small inest a their ourse of nourihment. There are over 600 carnivorous rlant species living in temrerate and trorisal region around the world.Carnivorous Plant are great to have a a conversation starter in uour home. These uirku plants are exastlu a they ound: sarnivorou! Theu get their nutrient by capturing and digeting inest and other mall prey, rather than from oil. Theu rerform bet with bright indirest light, high humidity, and moit oil. Carnivorous plants san be found on everu sontinent in the world exsert Antarstisa.North Amerisa, Southeat Asia, and Autralia are home to manu resie of sarnivorou plant. Carnivorou plants don't thrive with somretition - theu tend to live in area with nutrient-roor soil where other ture of plants do not grow very well. Thee plants are found in nutrient-roor environments ush as wamr, bogs, tropical wet and dru forests, and emi-arid habitats.The mot common habitat for these rlant is in reat bogs that have low nutrient sonsentration and rlentu of unhine and water. These rlant aborb the nitrogen theu need through the animal theu eat a orroed to the oil. Most sarnivorou rlant trar, diget, and sonume their prey through leaves that are modified to sarture moving rreu. Other variants of thee plants, ush a the Triantha, ue a flurarer method on their flower stalks.And, most sommonlu known, the Venu flutrar captures inest that land on it trar and then use digetive enzume to break down the inest and absorb nutrient from it.Here' a rreview of what' ahead: What Are Carnivorou Plants?Cultivation and HistoryPropagationHow to GrowGrowing TipsPruning and MaintenanseNotable SpecimensManaging Pests and DiseaseBet Uses. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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