Damn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.
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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
Pitcher plants do the same thing
They have these really unique looking flowers too
fossilesque@mander.xyz 4 months ago
sploosh@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Another fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant’s (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.
qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 4 months ago
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: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii
troybot@midwest.social 4 months ago
Ah so that’s why Victreebel is a poison type
batmaniam@lemmy.world 4 months ago
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.