How is the mechanism of nutrition in a pitcher plant?

Pitcher plant has dual mode of nutrition - It has chlorophyll so it performs photosynthesis using carbon dioxide, water and sunlight and prepare carbohydrates. read more

Whatever the mechanism of digestion, the prey items are converted into a solution of amino acids, peptides, phosphates, ammonium and urea, from which the plant obtains its mineral nutrition (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus). read more

Through a mechanism of digestion, the prey is converted into a solution of amino acids, peptides, phosphates, ammonium and urea, from which the plant obtains its mineral nutrition (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus). Carnivorous plants occur in locations where the soil is too poor in minerals and/or too acidic for most plants to be able to grow. read more

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap.Mode of nutrition is autotrophic.. All Utricularia are carnivorous and capture small organisms by means of bladder-like traps. read more