HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Nepenthes-the Monkey Cups. Drosophyllum. Triphyophyllum peltatum. Drosera-the Sundews. Dionaea muscipula-The Venus Flytrap. Cephalotus follicularis-the Albany Pitcher Plant. Darlingtonia californica-the Cobra Lily. Sarracenia-the Pitcher Plants. Sarracenia alata. More items

Detailed explanation-2: -Venus flytrap, (Dionaea muscipula), also called Venus’s flytrap, perennial carnivorous plant of the sundew family (Droseraceae), notable for its unusual habit of catching and digesting insects and other small animals.

Detailed explanation-3: -Insectivorous plants usually grow on soil deficient in nitrogen. Hence, they feed on insects to meet their nitrogen deficiency. In insectivorous plants leaves are modified to trap insects. E.g., Drosera, venusflytrap, etc.

Detailed explanation-4: -Currently kept under observation in a separate enclosure, the four species of carnivorous plants that were procured from Chandigarh are Pinguicula or butterworts, Drosera or sundews, Dionaea or Venus fly trap and Sarracenia or trumpet pitchers.