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minus-squaretigeruppercut@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-227 days agoPitcher plants do the same thing They have these really unique looking flowers too
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoDamn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·27 days agoThen there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
minus-squaretroybot [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoAh so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
minus-squaresploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoAnother fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant’s (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.
Pitcher plants do the same thing
They have these really unique looking flowers too
Damn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.
Then there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
Ah so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
Another fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant’s (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.