What is a purple pitcher?
known as the scientific name Sarracenia purpurea, the purple pitcher is a carnivorous plant located along the east coast of the United States, the region of Velká Lakes and Southeast Canada. A growing plant that grows in areas such as wetlands and swamps, where the soil is wet and acidic. Plants are usually about eight to 24 inches (about 20 to 61 cm) tall with dark red flowers that stretch two inches (about five cm). The Purple jug also commonly called the Sidesaddle, Huntsman's Cup and Frog Britches, gets its name from its ability to maintain water and for its strangely shaped leaves.
As the purple pitcher grows in the soil that lacks nutrients, the plant depends on the nutrients from the captured prey. The upper surface of the leaves of the plant is coated with hair that spirals down into its pitcher. The prey is attracted to the nectar of the plant. When the prey gets in a sticky liquid, the plant closes its leaf to capture the prey inside. The plant then dissolves its prey and sucks the necessaryIviny.
Mostly prey for insects such as ants, bees and wasps, the purple pitcher is able to attract other creatures with its nectar. Spiders, small frogs, moths, snails and butterflies are also attracted to nectar plants. Some creatures use the ability of the plant to attract prey. Some spiders build a web inside the plant to capture the insects that fall inside. Flies are also able to survive inside the plant and live outside the crumbling mistakes and some mosquitoes survive on the nectar of plants.
Purple pitcher can survive for about two years unless it faces extreme low temperatures. Its pitchers are full of fluids that include enzymes that help her live. Its lifetime can be shortened by caterpillars that thus planted into the plant and gorge on the plant from the inside. While the plant can have a two -year lifetime, its roots are able to live up to 30 years.
the plant is found in the marshy areasCH, but can also be kept as a houseplant or grown outdoors. The plant requires at least six hours of sunshine a day. A lot of sunlight gives the plant a dark red shade. The plant grows preferably in acidic soil. The watering mixture made of the same amount of peat moss and sand provides a fertile environment for plant growth.