HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -The plant which catches insects and feeds on them is the pitcher plant. The numerous carnivorous plants in the pitcher plant family have modified stems named pitfall traps. Insectivorous plants trap nutrient-rich insects because they grow in shallow soil which is nutrient deficient.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pitcher plants grow in a place where the soil has a deficiency of nitrogen compounds so to fulfil the need of nitrogen they feed on insects.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nepenthes, also called tropical pitcher plant or monkey cup, genus of carnivorous pitcher plants that make up the only genus in the family Nepenthaceae (order Caryophyllales). About 140 species are known, mostly native to Madagascar, Southeast Asia, and Australia.

Detailed explanation-4: -pitcher plant, any carnivorous plant with pitcher-shaped leaves that form a passive pitfall trap. Old World pitcher plants are members of the family Nepenthaceae (order Caryophyllales), while those of the New World belong to the family Sarraceniaceae (order Ericales).