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Carnivory in Plants (mander.xyz)
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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Pitcher plants and flytraps use sugary secretions to attract prey not flowers.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Why would they want to attract flowers?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Because they're pretty, duh

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Both use flowers with long stems to keep the pollinators out of harm's way. I grow both, seen it IRL.

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