Wonderful But Harmful

@magallon (19280)
Philippines
February 23, 2017 1:18am CST
Have you seen this plant before? This is a Pitcher Plant. This is one of the fascinating endemic floras found in Mount Guiting - Guiting. This plant is not insect friendly. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose deep cavity filled with liquid is known as a pitfall trap. The sides of the pitcher plant are slippery which ensure that the trapped insects cannot climb out. They are very attractive that any person could be attracted to peep into its pitcher - shaped structure.
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arbie bee
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
I haven't seen one yet, only in pictures. Is it also harmful to humans?
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
Actually, i do not know if it is harmful to humans. Maybe those really big ones. I have seen the small red variety of it.
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
I used to take care of a pitcher plant. I 'fed' it insects. What a blast!
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
So it is really an insect eating plant. what insects do you normally feed?
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allen0187
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
@magallon yes. Usually flies.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
I saw this kind in our place but it's smaller than the photo above.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (328039)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Feb 17
We have similar plants in Australia. They are wonderfully adapted for catching insects.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (328039)
• Rockingham, Australia
23 Feb 17
@magallon I've never heard that it is harmful to humans.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
So maybe it is not really harmful to humans. Just for insects only..
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
@JudyEv yeah. Maybe it is not because it only eats insects.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
yes i see this in books but i have not seen one in reality yet, even the Venus fly-trap.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
I have seen the small variety and it looks wonderful.
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ingrid
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
26 Feb 17
@magallon do these plants automatically close when an insect enters their os?
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
@ridingbet I do not know if it closes. the one i saw in the internet is a frog which was trapped inside. the plant did not close while the frog is inside it.
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Tokz
@ilocosboy (45157)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
Seems like a big flower, you mean this is located in the Philippines.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
Yes . It is found in Mt. Guiting Guiting. Maybe it grew that big because it is in a thick forest.
Amanda
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
23 Feb 17
I have seen. But not the same.. Different type..
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
I think there are other varieties of this plant too.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
@amandajay they are wonderful to look at, right?
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Amanda
@amandajay (23264)
• New Zealand
27 Feb 17
@magallon yeah here we have something smaller and yellow in color, we call it "badura"
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Always smiling
@allknowing (130518)
• India
26 Feb 17
Nature is not all that great that it has such traps for those poor insects
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
27 Feb 17
That is what we call food cycle. We rely on each other in order to live.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (134734)
• Roseburg, Oregon
23 Feb 17
Those bugs are caught once they go inside that plant.
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
25 Feb 17
Yes that's right. There is a chemical like in the spout of the plant that attracts insects.
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Kristy
@jalo770 (197)
•
23 Feb 17
You know what else is wonderful and harmful? When you wake up early in the morning and take your morning poo & it's so wonderful.. but then, eew what is that smell? HARMFUL
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Cristy
@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
23 Feb 17
that's awful but wonderful because we feel relieved.