Coming up on this episode, a look at the triggerplant
Flying insects land on flowers which trigger the floral column to quickly slap the insect, covering it in pollen. These insects are not eaten and help the trigger plant spread it’s pollen. Trigger plants eat smaller insects. Parts of scape feature sticky tricrome traps that capture and digest insets too small to pollenate.
Trigger plants grow in poor nutrient conditions similar to Drosera which includes moderately dry pea moss and rainwater.
Trigger plants thrive in warm humid temperatures.
Growing in a separate planter is recommended as this plant quickly multiples and takes over the entire planter.
Growing year around, trigger plants are hardy and can easily be propagated through root clones.
