How does Venus flytrap break down food?

After catching the bugs, the clips are completely closed and then secreted.

Digestive juices. After about two weeks of digestion, the clamp will open, and then only an empty shell will be left that the worm can't digest.

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When the insect is caught after being caught by two petals.

Unable to break free. In the process of struggling, the leaves will clamp tighter and tighter until they are almost closed, and then the dense endoglands on the inside of the two leaf flaps will secrete digestive juices, and use the proteases contained in these digestive juices to remove the insects.

Protein breakdown.

It is mainly composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon, and hydrogen, and may also include amino acids composed of other elements and is absorbed. Generally, it takes about four days to complete the decomposition and absorb the more digestible parts, and then continue to absorb the remaining nitrogen, phosphorus and other trace elements needed. After these nutrients are absorbed, the leaf petals will open again, and it will take about 5 to 10 days to do so, at which point the insect will only be left with the

Chitin. composed of empty shell wreckage.

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It is not possible to tell the size of the catch, and sometimes it is possible to catch something about the size of a leaf, such as a small frog or a small frog.

Long legs. Bees and the like. At this time, it is often too late to decompose and absorb, and it is obtained.

Matter is self-contained. It will rot first, so the leaves will appear like.

Food poisoning. General and withered. In addition, each leaf can be caught about 3 or 4 times, after which the leaf will gradually wither.

Like humans, stomach acid digests food, and the same is true for catching insects, and after capturing insects, the clips will secrete digestive juices when they are closed, thus consuming the nutrients absorbed by the insects.

The Venus flytrap clamp is usually triggered to close and has a mechanism to tell, and the violent internal struggle will cause it to close and shrink further, and then open it after the prey has finished digesting, leaving the exoskeleton washed away by the rain. Without struggle, it will open naturally after a few hours. In ordinary cultivation, it is also found that if the insects are too juicy or get water during digestion, resulting in too much juicy in the later stage, the clips will also stick and cannot be opened.

If you have just bought it, it is because the Venus flytrap has not yet adapted to your home environment, you can try to bagged and stuffy it (but don't bask in the sun during the stuffy period, don't!!). The general souring time is 7 days, and the bag should be opened slowly (a little a day) until it is completely opened on the seventh day. During this time, you will notice that the larger you open the mouth of the bag, the fewer small water droplets on the walls of the bag.

That's when the flytrap adapts to your home environment. In addition, watering the flytrap can only be watered with pure water (distilled water, air-conditioned water, etc.), do not water any cold boiled water to wash vegetables, the flytrap has high requirements for water quality.

It needs to be given some food, whether it's a bug with legs or wings. However, you don't need to feed too often, so don't worry about running out of food if you plant outdoors. You can also add some fish with a strong flavor to the potted plant to attract insects, so that the flytrap will hunt and eat on its own.

It grows clips, which are designed to catch prey flies or small bugs. Its clamps are about 3 centimeters long, but when trapping prey, if the bugs are too big, they can easily break free. Its catching principle is because when the insect touches the sensitive part of the clip, the clip will automatically close, and the insect will struggle inside after catching it, so the flytrap will digest it.

This process takes about a few hours, and when it is digested, it will naturally open its clamps and wait for the next prey. However, in general, a single plant cannot catch a few bugs, so you need to be careful. It should also be noted that after the plant is digested, it is advisable to clean its clips so as not to cause the plant to be unsightly.

Venus flytrap can be divided in spring and autumn every year, before dividing, you need to separate the young plants from the roots of the mother plant, and use sharp scissors to cut off the roots of the young plants that are too dense, you can plant the Venus flytrap in the fertile and loose soil, and water the soil with unpolluted water, and wait for the young plants to resume growth.

1. Dividing time

Venus flytraps need to pay attention to the time of dividing when dividing. Venus flytrap grows vigorously in spring and autumn every year, so the ramets can be carried out in spring and autumn, and the plants can resume growth as soon as possible after transplanting. Moreover, it is necessary to observe the weather before dividing the plants, and choose sunny weather for the divisions.

2. Obtain young plants

Venus flytraps also need to pay attention to the selection of young plants before dividing. First of all, it is necessary to select the young plants that grow vigorously and are not affected by pests and diseases, then dig up the mother plant at the same time as the young plant, separate the roots, and then replant the mother plant in the soil and place the young plants in a cool and ventilated environment for maintenance.

3. Select the soil

When transplanting young Venus flytrap plants, you need to pay attention to the choice of soil. Venus flytraps are not suitable for cultivation in sandy loam or humus soils because the roots of the plants are too fragile to grow in these soils, and it is best to grow them in a mixture of peat, sandy and vermiculite soils.

4. Carry out transplanting

When transplanting the Venus flytrap, you can directly plant the young plants in the soil and cover the roots with fine soil, and you need to water the Venus flytrap every day after planting to keep the soil moist, and you can also provide insects for the Venus flytrap every ten days, so that the plants can store enough nutrients and grow more vigorously.

The insect trapping process of Venus flytrap is as follows:

Venus flytraps have nectar glands on their leaves, which secrete nectar, which can be used to attract insects. When an insect is lying on a leaf, if you accidentally touch the hairs continuously, the leaf will close immediately, usually in just a few seconds. When the insect is clamped, the more it struggles, the tighter it is clamped, and the secreted digestive juices will slowly digest it, and the leaves will open after digestion.

Hidden in the ruthless but fascinating side of the Venus flytrap is its ability to catch prey that touches its trap with speed and force in a tenth of a second, so fast and powerful that even small frogs cannot escape the trap.

And it is so sensitive and accurate that it can not only "judge" whether it is prey that falls on the trap, but can even "decide" how much digestive enzyme to secrete according to the intensity of the prey's struggle.

Habitat of Venus flytrap

Venus flytrap is found only in the coastal plain of southeastern South Carolina and the northeastern corner of North Carolina in the United States. In the Carolina of origin, the flytrap grows in moist, sandy or peat wetlands or marshes, which are usually grassland-like with only scattered pine trees, making them open and receive a lot of sunlight.

The climate here is warm and humid, with hot days and warm nights in summer, and cold winters, but not so cold that it often snows. Venus flytrap is a swamp plant, and its native environment does not have the shade of tall plants, and it likes sunlight. The native environment of Venus flytrap is a swampy grassland, with relatively high humidity and more than 50, growth temperature of 15-35 and suitable temperature of 21-35.