Adaptation

The Albany Pitcher Plant, the only member of genus Cephalotus, is a carnivorous pitcher plant. It resides in Western Australia, is quite small, and is low growing. Carnivorous plants have adapted to their nutrient poor environments (not much nitrogen in the soil) by obtaining most of their nutrients from animals and protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Pitcher plants, like the Albany Pitcher Plant, use pitfall traps to trap prey in a rolled leaf that contains a pool of digestive enzymes or bacteria. The Albany Pitcher Plant uses its peristome (anatomical feature that surrounds an opening to a structure or organ) to let prey in, but hinder them from getting out. The operculum (lid over the entrance) stops rainwater from entering the pitcher. This dilutes the digestive enzymes inside. Insects trapped in this digestive fluid are consumed by the plant. The operculum has translucent cells which confuse its insect prey as they appear to be patches 

of sky.

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Information URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalotus