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minus-squaretigeruppercutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·edit-26 months agoPitcher plants do the same thing They have these really unique looking flowers too
minus-squareqjkxbmwvz@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·6 months agoThen there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
minus-squaretroybot [he/him]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAh so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoVictory bell is probably based off of highland pitchers (Nepenthes). Fun fact: In some parts of the world they’re called “monkey cups”. I don’t know if the monkeys actually drink out of them or not but that’s where the name came from lol.
minus-squaresploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·6 months agoAnother fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant’s (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 months agoDamn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.
minus-squaretigeruppercutlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agopitcher plant is just a generic term for a few species, including sarracenia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant?useskin=vector
minus-squarebatmaniam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoYeah sorry! I had deleted it I didn’t see where you mentioned it was a pitcher and thought you meant vft!
Pitcher plants do the same thing
They have these really unique looking flowers too
Then there’s the pitcher plant that isn’t really carnivorous, but relies on excrement…it’s not so much a pitcher as a toilet: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
Ah so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
Victory bell is probably based off of highland pitchers (Nepenthes). Fun fact: In some parts of the world they’re called “monkey cups”. I don’t know if the monkeys actually drink out of them or not but that’s where the name came from lol.
Another fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant’s (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.
Damn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.
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pitcher plant is just a generic term for a few species, including sarracenia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitcher_plant?useskin=vector
Yeah sorry! I had deleted it I didn’t see where you mentioned it was a pitcher and thought you meant vft!