The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation

The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation by Wilhelm Barthlott (Author), Stefan Porembski (Author), Rudiger Seine (Author), Inge Theisen (Author). Vegetation that entice and eat animals: a tremendous phenomenon that has impressed awe since before the days of Darwin. The victims may be flies and butterflies, small crustaceans, or even vertebrates the scale of rats.

Lured into the danger zone by optical, tactile, and olfactory strategies, the prey succumb to ingenious traps and face their doom. However unlike crops that quickly catch bugs for pollination, the true carnivores go significantly additional: they digest them for the nutrients they should survive in extremely inhospitable websites on land and in water.

Anybody captivated by the unearthly fantastic thing about the “flowers of evil” will treasure this stunning, encyclopedic exploration, which additionally contains animal-trapping mosses and fungi, as well as recommendation for rising and buying carnivorous vegetation and an intensive international bilbliography. It’s an important reference for hobbyist, naturalist, and collector alike.

This e-book covers all the fundamental features of Carnivorous Vegetation from their taxonomy, by ecology, physiology and evolution of how to develop them. I’d say it’s the one essential text for all enthusiasts. The textual content is illustrated with many superb pictures and micro-photographs. I cannot suggest this ebook highly enough. It even makes an interesting coffee table ebook for the uninitiated.

This ebook is fantastic. I used to be looking for an e book with with the ecology of carnivorous vegetation, their physiology, and their cultivation. I obtained all the information I needed. Great e-book with nice pictures.

The Curious World of Carnivorous Plants: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Biology and Cultivation

Wilhelm Barthlott (Author), Stefan Porembski (Author), Rudiger Seine (Author), Inge Theisen (Author)

224 pages

Timber Press; Reissue edition (October 26, 2007)

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