The Venus fly trap is a great option ... light like fluorescent or LED grow light that will provide the plant with enough light. However, he does warn to keep the lights at least 10 to 18 ...

As the fly struggles to escape, the trap squeezes shut ... prey in order to build light-harvesting enzymes. Eating animals, in other words, lets carnivorous plants do what all plants do: grow ...

Photosynthesis is the process by which green plants trap light energy and use it to make carbohydrates. Pigments are chemicals found within the chloroplasts which absorb light energy and convert ...

The trap of an insect-eating Nepenthes pitcher plant, swarming with nectar-collecting ants. Research from the University of Bristol, UK, has found that, by 'switching off' its traps for part of ...