Tropical Pitcher Plants

Tropical Pitcher Plants or Nepenthes are a very interesting and beautiful,they eat meet such as insect. There are about 76 species of Nepenthes and 30 of them live on the island of Borneo. Nepenthes usually grow as vines or epiphytes, which are plants that grow on other plants. They look like a tropical, broad leaf plant, except at the end of the leaf on the tip is a pitcher full of acidic digestive juices. Nepenthes use colors and certain smells to lure insects and other small animals into their pitchers so that it can digest them for food. The largest pitchers grow on the Nepenthes rajah. They can grow up to 14 inches long and 7 inches wide. The most interesting Nepenthes fact is that larger species of these plants can digest small animals like rats! Considering the large number of species of Nepenthes and the beauty of these plants, the Nepenthes have been a widely explored and collected. The Nepenthes plants have traps which grow as a closed container. The trap grows with a sticky, clear liquid inside them that is present before opening, but this is not capable of digesting insects. When an insect is caught in the trap, the trap starts to secrete enzymes to digest the insect. The pitchers use a basic pitfall method to capture pray. As mentioned above, the insect is attracted to the trap by nectar on the leaves and the trap edge. The insect is attracted to the plant and moves toward the trap where the highest nectar concentration is at. When the insect falls in, the plant digests it. Tropical Pitcher Plants are divided into three basic classes: Highland, Lowland, and Intermediate. The Highland species are pitchers that grow on high mountain tops where it gets cooler at night, but very hot in the day. The Lowland pitchers grow in lower tropical areas with a more consistent temperature. Intermediate pitchers are loosely defined and can tolerate growing conditions under highland or lowland conditions.Nepenthes grow in tropical areas of northern Australia, Southeast Asia, Southern China, India, and Madagascar.

Question : 1. plant type of Tropical Pitcher Plants is ?

a. herbivorous e.insectivorous c.omnivorous d.sanguivorous b.carnivorous c.how Nepenthes use their liquid d.the use of keen eyesight e. how to secrete enzymes 5.we can find Nepenthes here,except : a. Northern Australia b. Southeast Asia c. Southern China Southern China d. India e. Europe

2.how Trophical Pitcher Plants to catch their prey ? a.use their smile and certain smell b.with their colour c.light from their eye d.use the liquid from their body e.cut their body 3. Tropical Pitcher Plants are divided into three basic classes,they are : a.slowland,highland and lowland b. Highland, Lowland, and Intermediate c.bigland,small land and intermediate d.bigland,Lowland and slowland e. small land,bigland dan slowland 4.the main idea of the last paragraph is about a.how they use parts of its body b.how Nepenthes catch their prey

By: Dian Rahma Yoni Dian Rahmawati