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[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 52 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Pitcher plants do the same thing

They have these really unique looking flowers too

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 17 points 5 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: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes_lowii

[-] troybot@midwest.social 11 points 5 months ago

Ah so that's why Victreebel is a poison type

[-] batmaniam@lemmy.world 1 points 5 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.

[-] sploosh@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago

Another fun fact is the Yellow Trumpet pitcher plant's (sarracenia flava) flowers smell like cat pee.

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

Damn, I had no idea these flowered. I could never keep them alive either.

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