Carnivorous plants are some of the most misunderstood in the world
A Venus flytrap will be among a slew of meat-eating plants coming to the San Diego Botanic Garden in Encinitas as part of the traveling exhibition Savage Gardens ‘The Real and Imaginary World of Carnivorous Plants.’ The show opens July 1.
Carnivorous plants are typically found in ecosystems where nitrogen, a necessary plant nutrient, is scarce or unavailable, like acidic bogs, Novy said. Visitors can see the plant’s “traps,” which look like green clam shells with two hinged succulent leaves and have hair-like sensors to detect when bugs are near. The trap closes when two sensor hairs are touched within seconds of each other. Through the use of hydraulics, the sculpture replicates how the “trap” closes on a bug.
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