PetPitcher Forum - stefan: How do pitchers attract their prey

stefan
New Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/star.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Sept 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 18
Location: United Kingdom
http://s4.images.proboards.com/smiley.gifHow do pitchers attract their prey?
« Thread Started on Sept 6, 2007, 12:22am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif I know that they fall into the traps, but what attracts them to the plant, is it scent or the liquid inside?

Thanks. Stefan http://s4.images.proboards.com/wink.gif
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 82.44.97.133 jonathan
Senior Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif
member is offline

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x...g/IMG_0641.jpg

http://s4.images.proboards.com/msn.gif
http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: May 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 357
Location: sg buloh
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #1 on Sept 6, 2007, 12:40am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif
Hi Stefan...

Actually as far as i know pitcher plants attract their prey with it's color, scent's, and nectar that the pitcher produce... the liquid inside the pitcher is for digestion usage...

everyone... i'm kinda new in cps so if i'm wrong of my info is not complete pls correct me...

Regards Jonathan
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 219.95.149.223 A dangerous plant and yet so unique and extraordinary... carnivorous plants.....

zakhren
Senior Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif
member is offline

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a87...n/TreeManS.jpg

I'm back!

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Feb 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 473
Location: Subang Jaya, SS19
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #2 on Sept 6, 2007, 12:44am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif Scent,nectar and colour. Neps have nectar on the bottom of the lid, sarras can have nectar around the lip of the tube. The nectar give off it's own scent I expect but I'm sure some would produce their own scent, plus the smell of dead things inside can attract more bugs. Plus colours, sarracenia laucophylla is white for example, white seen in ultraviolet (what bugs see) is very bright purple and a very attractive colour for them. « Last Edit: Sept 6, 2007, 12:44am by zakhren »Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 60.49.32.184 stefan
New Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/star.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Sept 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 18
Location: United Kingdom
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #3 on Sept 6, 2007, 11:44pm »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif Thanks guys http://s4.images.proboards.com/rolleyes.gif Seems a silly question, really http://s4.images.proboards.com/wink.gif Thanks though http://s4.images.proboards.com/wink.gif
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 82.44.97.133 David
Administrator
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif
member is online

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2..._cartoon1c.jpg

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Dec 2006
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 2,326
Location: Kuala Lumpur
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #4 on Sept 7, 2007, 8:59am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif There are no silly questions here. Everyone is learning and as I've mentioned before, we never stop learning. So, keep the questions coming. http://s4.images.proboards.com/smiley.gif
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif LoggedMy Wantlist cindy
Global Moderator
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 412
Location: Singapore
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #5 on Sept 7, 2007, 1:06pm »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif From what I know, the speckling on the pitchers is not visible to the bugs but apparently, the Nepenthes peristome glows as the insects see it. http://s4.images.proboards.com/cool.gif
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 165.21.154.17 David
Administrator
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif
member is online

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2..._cartoon1c.jpg

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Dec 2006
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 2,326
Location: Kuala Lumpur
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #6 on Sept 7, 2007, 2:05pm »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif That make sense Cindy, since the insect have to be at the peristome if the plant wants to trap it. If it attracts the insect to other parts of the pitcher, the trap/pitcher would not be as effective to trap insects.

Thanks Zak, now I know why my D. filiformis captures more insects than my burmanii or other drosera under my grow lights. The filiformis has green leaves but white/clear tentacles and dews whereas my burmanii has red tentacles (which made the dews look redish).
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif LoggedMy Wantlist cindy
Global Moderator
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 412
Location: Singapore
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #7 on Sept 7, 2007, 7:33pm »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif David, the filiformis is like octopus tentacles in the air...it should catch more flying insects than the burmannii. http://s4.images.proboards.com/wink.gif

The peristome is very effective. I saw a video on how ants slip into pitcher because the peristome is moist.
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 165.21.154.15 stefan
New Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/star.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Sept 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 18
Location: United Kingdom
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #8 on Sept 8, 2007, 2:07am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif Well, thanks for the other method… I might have to check my conditons soon http://s4.images.proboards.com/rolleyes.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/shocked.gif
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 82.44.97.133 lisham
Senior Member
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starblue.gif
member is offline

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Jun 2007
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 393
Location: Langkawi
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #9 on Sept 8, 2007, 9:21am »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif A combination of Scent, color and intoxifying bait (nectar)- me thinks http://s4.images.proboards.com/cheesy.gif

Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif 218.208.227.140 David
Administrator
http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/starred.gif
member is online

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2..._cartoon1c.jpg

http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/www_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/email_sm.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/message_sm.gif
Joined: Dec 2006
Gender: Male http://s4.images.proboards.com/male.gif
Posts: 2,326
Location: Kuala Lumpur
http://s4.images.proboards.com/xx.gifRe: How do pitchers attract their prey?
« Reply #10 on Sept 8, 2007, 3:09pm »http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/modify.gif http://s4.images.proboards.com/buttons/delete.gif True also. Thanks Cindy

Quote:David, the filiformis is like octopus tentacles in the air...it should catch more flying insects than the burmannii. http://s4.images.proboards.com/wink.gif

The peristome is very effective. I saw a video on how ants slip into pitcher because the peristome is moist.
Link to Post - Back to Top http://s4.images.proboards.com/ip.gif Logged