Pitcher plants can be grown outdoors year-round in tropical climates or indoors as houseplants in cooler climates. They grow best with lots of bright light, regular fertilizer or access to insects ...

Let’s go! Pitcher plants aren’t the easiest plants to grow indoors. They are recommended for advanced rather than beginner ...

and even small mammals into the pitcher. Once inside, slippery walls and downward-pointing hairs prevent escape, causing the prey to drown in the liquid. The plant then digests its meal slowly ...

The pitcher plant Nepenthes x ventrata is gorgeous and popular with horticulturists, but it’s deadly for the insects that fall into the trap for which it is named. Yet the enzymes in the digestive ...