Thousands of carnivorous and rare tropical plants are hidden inside greenhouses on a dusty Hill Country road. For the first ...

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 ...

Perhaps the most recognisable among the three species at The Green Planet is the Venus flytrap ... shut as soon as it detects movement. Pitcher plants, on the other hand, are known for their ...