What is a carnivorous plant?

What is a carnivorous plant?

Carnivorous plants are plants which get nutrients from trapping and eating animals. They are often called insectivorous plants, because they usually trap insects. Since they get some of their food from animals, carnivorous plants can grow in places where the soil is thin, or poor in nutrients.

What is Gigantti?

Gigantti on norjalaisomisteinen Suomessa toimiva kodinelektroniikkaketju. Gigantti-ketjuun kuuluu 42 myymälää ympäri Suomen, verkkokauppa gigantti.fi, Helsingissä sijaitseva asiakaspalvelukeskus ja Gigantti Yritysmyyntipisteet. Tuotevalikoimaan kuuluu kodinelektroniikan ja -koneiden lisäksi myös keittiökalusteita.

What are the easiest carnivorous plants to grow?

The easiest carnivorous plants for beginners are those from the cool temperate zone. These plants will do well under cool greenhouse conditions (minimum 5 °C in winter, maximum 25 °C in summer) if kept in wide trays of acidified or rain water during summer and kept moist during winter:

What are the adaptations of carnivorous plants?

Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs. Charles Darwin wrote Insectivorous Plants, the first well-known treatise on carnivorous plants, in 1875. Carnivorous plants can be found on all continents except Antarctica, as well as many Pacific islands.