Comments on: National Geographic Gets Devoured By Carnivorous Plants http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/ Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Zimmer Radio: Words And Flesh-Eating Plants | The Loom | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13407 Zimmer Radio: Words And Flesh-Eating Plants | The Loom | Discover Magazine Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:36:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13407 [...] Times. Then, at 1 pm, I’ll be talking on the Colin McEnroe show on WNPR about my article on carnivorous plants in National Geographic. You can listen live or get a podcast after the show on the show [...] [...] Times. Then, at 1 pm, I’ll be talking on the Colin McEnroe show on WNPR about my article on carnivorous plants in National Geographic. You can listen live or get a podcast after the show on the show [...]

]]> By: Darren Garrison http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13406 Darren Garrison Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:15:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13406 "Those insect eating plants were tough to keep." Yes, they are. I've had several types of them and managed to keep them alive various amounts of time (including less than a year for Nepenthes and Darlingtonia.) But I have a Sarracenia purpurea that I've kept alive for around 9 years now. For someone looking to try a bug eater, that might be a good hardy (comparatively) choice. “Those insect eating plants were tough to keep.”

Yes, they are. I’ve had several types of them and managed to keep them alive various amounts of time (including less than a year for Nepenthes and Darlingtonia.) But I have a Sarracenia purpurea that I’ve kept alive for around 9 years now. For someone looking to try a bug eater, that might be a good hardy (comparatively) choice.

]]> By: jakob vinther http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13405 jakob vinther Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:30:46 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13405 It was actually insect eating plants and orchids that got me into this business and eventually paleontology. I had a big collection of them as a kid. Those insect eating plants were tough to keep. It was actually insect eating plants and orchids that got me into this business and eventually paleontology. I had a big collection of them as a kid. Those insect eating plants were tough to keep.

]]> By: Another Adam http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13404 Another Adam Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:53:29 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13404 I love the opening paragraph. Very well written. How well are the evolutianry processes understood? My question isn't so much the pressures the article talks about but the mechanisms that lead to such sophisticated mechanisms as vacume suction and insect digesting enzymes. I love the opening paragraph. Very well written. How well are the evolutianry processes understood? My question isn’t so much the pressures the article talks about but the mechanisms that lead to such sophisticated mechanisms as vacume suction and insect digesting enzymes.

]]> By: Romeo Vitelli http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13403 Romeo Vitelli Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:39:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13403 All that I remember about carnivorous plants is that Terry Pratchett has a greenhouse full of them that he used to grow prior to his recent illness. Maybe they've been left to fend for themselves. "Terry Pratchett is Britain's bestselling living novelist and lives behind a (very upmarket) keyboard in Wiltshire, where he answers letters in a desperate attempt to find time to write. He used to grow carnivorous plants, but now they've taken over the greenhouse and he avoids going in. He says he doesn't want to get a life after all, because it feels like he's already trying to lead three. He is having a new conservatory built for the carnivorous plants, because they deserve it. " All that I remember about carnivorous plants is that Terry Pratchett has a greenhouse full of them that he used to grow prior to his recent illness. Maybe they’ve been left to fend for themselves.

“Terry Pratchett is Britain’s bestselling living novelist and lives behind a (very upmarket) keyboard in Wiltshire, where he answers letters in a desperate attempt to find time to write. He used to grow carnivorous plants, but now they’ve taken over the greenhouse and he avoids going in. He says he doesn’t want to get a life after all, because it feels like he’s already trying to lead three. He is having a new conservatory built for the carnivorous plants, because they deserve it. “

]]> By: Darren Garrison http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2010/02/16/national-geographic-gets-devoured-by-carnivorous-plants/#comment-13402 Darren Garrison Tue, 16 Feb 2010 20:47:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=2372#comment-13402 Technically, not "never" http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/AnimalsNature/Meat-eating-plants Technically, not “never”

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/Stories/AnimalsNature/Meat-eating-plants

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