A challenge for all garden lovers!!!

Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

26 Mar 16

I don't think it grows in the UK. I've never seen one anyway.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

It is being highlighted to promote tourism to India.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6827)

• United Kingdom

2 Apr 16

I've just said it's popular here in the UK. lol

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

27 Mar 16

This particular one is found in the southeastern United States of America (North Carolina, South Carolina). There are others found in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia.

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weird_oh_me

@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

25 Mar 16

I haven't actually seen one.

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weird_oh_me

@LdeL0318 (6400)

• Philippines

27 Mar 16

@Daljinder Oh I see. Or maybe I have come across with it already though I am not yet familiar with it.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

27 Mar 16

@LdeL0318 Maybe...

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

I haven't either. But I sure had read and heard about it in my school days... It is an interesting plant...

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@allknowing (137553)

• India

25 Mar 16

i have heard of carnivorous plants that do that.

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Insectivorous Plants - Insectivorous Plants Exporter, Manufacturer & Supplier, New Delhi, India

Always smiling

@allknowing (137553)

• India

27 Mar 16

@Daljinder I am not sure if they are available here in India.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

Yeah I have heard of those too. I was curious to know if any of you garden lovers that are good at handling and caring of plants and such had ever planted such plants. Or even if saw one plant like that. I see you haven't if I am assuming right.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

27 Mar 16

@allknowing I searched and apparently they are available....

www.nckansil.com

N. C. KANSIL & SONS - Exporter, Manufacturer & Supplier of Insectivorous Plants based in New Delhi, India

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

25 Mar 16

I had a carnivorous plant exactly the same you see in the movie and it did not eat sushi or nothing bigger than a fly.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (471969)

• Switzerland

26 Mar 16

@Daljinder Yes they eat flies and small insect that come neat the plant. They do not need special care, they need a lot of light and a sunny spot and to be regularly watered. I have tried to put my finger near the plant, it closed on it, but it did not even hurt.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

Thank you @LadyDuck for sharing that. I was actually wondering what would happen if I put my finger in its mouth. You already answered it...

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

So, you had experience with an insectivorous plant. Do they need special care? I can imagine they ate a fly since they are named insectivorous for a reason.

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DianneN

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

27 Mar 16

I had one in my home. I only saw it catch one fly in all the years I had it.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

It was anorexic.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

@Daljinder ..Ours is a mutual admiration society..

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

27 Mar 16

Interesting plants they are....

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

25 Mar 16

I think I will pass on this plant and I don't really want something like that around.

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marcyaz

@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

26 Mar 16

@Daljinder Yep I did for sure.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

@Marcyaz Aww!! Sorry to scare you... LOL

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

Got heebie-jeebies did you?

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scheng1

@scheng1 (24649)

• Singapore

25 Mar 16

Land is very scarce in Singapore. If we have a plot of land, we will plant something to eat, and not plants that we can find in nature reserve.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

We are soon going to reach there because people here are reveling at the fact that labor is cheap and so we are getting those contracts, forgetting that when equilibrium in incomes is reached, we will be left high and dry.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

Understandable!! In that case you mention it would be beneficial for the people and nature both.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

25 Mar 16

This is something for @DaddyEvil to see. He is back...and creating tornadoes. Awesome ..especially bubble gum and smoking..it is exaggerated sweetheart.. I don't know if you have touched mimosa pudica...it used to be so fascinating. There is a plant in my neighbor's home which is supposed to keep mosquitoes away. I don't know if it is true, but they have that plant and we seem to have noticed lower number of mosquitoes this year. It could also be because of less rains. lol

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

26 Mar 16

@Daljinder ...it is touch me not..lol I am trying to learn how to upload pictures. Once I do that, I am sure you will realize which plant it is. Frankly I did not know. I was made aware of its properties at a herbal garden.

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@DaddyEvil (137460)

• United States

29 Mar 16

@Daljinder Yes, I am back and no, I am no longer hesitant/cautious as I was before I left.... (I was VERY down before I left... It was something I very rarely experienced before in my life... Not a good way for me to be, at all! It scared ppl who know me in real life, even... )

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

26 Mar 16

Oh yeah! He returned. He sounds normal which is good. Before he left he sounded kind of down and hesitant. Mimosa pudica? Are you talking about "touch me not" plant? Yes, I have heard of it. I think even saw one when I was a kid. What plant is that? That should be planted by everyone to keep mosquitoes away. It is healthier way than using all those mosquito repellants and other things.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6827)

• United Kingdom

2 Apr 16

Yes, it is popular here in the UK, but it tends to be an indoor plant. I have had one in the past but not now. I don't know what happened to it. Not enough flies on me to feed it? I dunno.

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Max Crisp

@Orson_Kart (6827)

• United Kingdom

3 Apr 16

@Daljinder Not me. I like to smell of roses at all times. You never know who might drop by.

@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

3 Apr 16

Oh! Sad... Did you try abstaining from bathing?

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Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

30 Mar 16

If planted near fertilied soil with the right source of light and conditions it might grow well and then I would be afraid one morning while walking through the garden I would disappear.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

30 Mar 16

At least you will make the headlines the come morning in the newspapers and such. An unsolved mystery.....

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Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

30 Mar 16

@Daljinder I'd be afraid of no one missing me for a while only to find an empty house. Would they be clued in if the fly trap made a big burb?

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

30 Mar 16

@Bluedoll If you had been missing for a while then it would be late to catch the burping even... lol

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@DaddyEvil (137460)

• United States

29 Mar 16

Yes, your plant doesn't look quite like the ones I grew, but they are the same type of plant... The differences I see could be because Venus Flytraps are houseplants only here. Our climate is not suitable for growing the Venus Flytrap in a garden... We go outside suitable range for its growth in both directions. We get too hot during the summer and can have a sustained temperature that is too cold for the root to hibernate like it might do in North Carolina. The Venus Flytrap also can't handle the high ratio of clay found in the natural soil in Missouri. It needs a looser soil that allows slow moving water to constantly seep past the plant's roots. In my area the plant could only be outside in a container during the Spring and Fall months... and even then we would have to watch it closely because of the sudden changes in weather Missouri is prone to having... The only carnivorous plant that grows wild here is a type of pitcher plant. It grows a bowl-like set of leaves that has a pool of water and chemicals insects fall into that provide it with the nutrients it can't get from the soil here.

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

Wow...did you see the clip...I loved it smoking and eating bubble gum. Ok...a serious question...are there large trees in Amazon jungles that eat human beings? I seem to have seen it in some movie....like all branches bend down and hold the person in trap. Is it true or is it fiction?

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@vandana7 (100526)

• India

29 Mar 16

@Daljinder ..I saw that one too..

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

29 Mar 16

Is that the one? Pitcher plant is another example of insectivorous plants. Photo by pixabay...

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341743)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 16

They grow wild in our bush and we see them quite often.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (341743)

• Rockingham, Australia

6 Apr 16

@Daljinder It's late here so I'll get back to this tomorrow and answer it properly.

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

6 Apr 16

How do they work? I mean, their functioning etc..,

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@Daljinder (23236)

• Bangalore, India

6 Apr 16

@JudyEv No worries! Take your time

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****DANIELLE****

@VivaLaDani13 (60794)

• Perth, Australia

5 May 16

I was so relieved when I read that there was no challenge cause I didn't want to do anything haha We have a very small area at the front of our house that I often think about doing up. But motivation stops me. But whenever I can fix it up the way I want, I will try to make it really nice. Not really sure what I would do to it. I love thinking about it though. I love being creative. But that plant is not going to be in my garden lol

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