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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1997
Page
11
The article explains about 350000 plant species with 500 common carnivorous types. It notes these plants do not eat people but capture insects slugs and spiders using pitcher plants with hollow leaves and downward hairs. Insects drown in sweet juice and are dissolved for nourishment.
Carnivorous plants use trap leaves to capture small prey. Venus flytraps seize insects while bladderworts, aquatic plants, engulf prey. Scent cues may lure prey, with sweet or rotting odors reported to attract animals.
Carnivorous plants grow in soggy bogs where soil lacks nitrogen. Nitrogen comes from air and living things. insects provide a crucial boost when trapped. Draining swamps threatens these species, though many are cultivated in botanic gardens and hothouses.
This guide covers watering only with distilled rain or melted snow water to avoid minerals from tap water, and keeping plants in moist terrariums. It suggests a peat and fine sand mix, a cool dry period in winter, and checking local nurseries or mail orders for availability. The piece credits Bill McLaughlin Christine Flanagan of the U S Botanic Garden and hints at upcoming features with old friends in books.
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