Carnivorous Plant Encyclopedia

Called Waterwheel Plant, a floating aquatic carnivore trapping prey without roots while drifting.

A large perennial Byblis from Western Australia with spectacular mucilage-covered long leaves.

An Australian carnivorous plant with rainbow-glistening mucilage, called Rainbow Plant.

A bromeliad carnivorous plant that traps insects with waxy leaf surfaces, drowning them in leaf-cup water for nutrients.

A unique one-species-genus from Australia with cute small urn-shaped pitchers, coveted by collectors.

Called Cobra Lily, a North American carnivorous plant with cobra-head-like pitchers preferring cool conditions.

An Australian sundew preferring partial shade with long lance-shaped leaves.

A South African rosette sundew with beautiful symmetrical form, a top beginner species.

A sundew with uniquely forked leaves, large and impressive, very hardy.

A sundew that captures insects very quickly, curling leaves in seconds. Sometimes annual.

A hardy sundew from South Africa with beautiful glistening sticky leaves, perfect for beginners.

A North American sundew with thread-like long leaves, stunningly beautiful when glistening with dew.

An annual Australian sundew with both sticky tentacles and snap-tentacles that catapult prey in milliseconds.

A tall sundew native to Japan as well, but wild populations have drastically declined.

Discovered in 2015, one of the world's largest sundews, endemic to one mountain in Brazil.

A large tropical sundew with tall stems from northern Australia, wild and impressive.

A tropical sundew from northern Australia with rosette trap leaves on long petioles.

A unique sundew producing plantlets on flower stalks, spreading in an interesting creeping manner.

Called King Sundew, the largest sundew with leaves exceeding 60cm.

A round-leaved sundew native to Japan, growing in wetlands. Goes dormant in winter.

An Australian sundew propagating by gemmae with scorpion-tail-like flower stalks.

A spatula-leaved sundew native to Japan, forming cute rosettes.

A Japanese endemic sundew discovered in the Tokai region with intermediate leaf shape.

A rare carnivorous plant from dry areas, attracting insects with honey-like sweet scent. Dislikes transplanting.

A carnivorous plant with underground Y-shaped traps, cute flowers above but trapping below.

A South American carnivorous plant with underground spiral Y-shaped traps that capture microorganisms and protozoa.

A beautiful Heliamphora from Chimanta Tepui with stunningly red-colored tubes.

The smallest Heliamphora, compact and cute, ideal for starting with the genus.

A sun pitcher from Guiana Highlands table mountains with beautifully simple tubular pitchers.

About 170 species of pitcher plants centered in Southeast Asia. Captures insects in lidded pitchers. Highland and lowland species require different growing conditions.

One of the easiest Nepenthes, growable indoors by beginners, producing many green pitchers.

A unique Nepenthes clustering pitchers on the ground, decomposing fallen leaves for nutrition.

A Nepenthes with two fang-like projections at the pitcher mouth, famous for ant symbiosis.

A ultra-rare Kinabalu endemic with exquisitely toothed peristome of unmatched beauty.

A slender Nepenthes with a unique lid mechanism that flicks insects in with raindrop impact.

A fearsome-looking Nepenthes with fang-like sharp projections inside pitchers, from Sulawesi highlands.

A Nepenthes with toilet-shaped pitchers that collect tree shrew droppings as nutrition.

A beautiful Nepenthes from Sulawesi with large pitchers and diverse color forms, relatively hardy.

The most widespread Nepenthes, from SE Asia to Australia, hardy and great for beginners.

A large Nepenthes widely distributed in SE Asia with huge pitchers and varied coloring.

The world's largest Nepenthes from Mt. Kinabalu, Borneo, with pitchers exceeding 35cm. CITES protected.

A hardy Nepenthes from Malay Peninsula with many red-green color forms, easy for beginners.

A highland Nepenthes from Sumatra with rounded pitchers and beautiful red coloring.

A highland Nepenthes from Sumatra with strikingly beautiful striped peristome.

With flat-cut leaf tips and huge pitchers, said to catch rats. A giant species.

A Nepenthes with cute rounded pitchers, highland but relatively easy to grow.

A Mt. Kinabalu endemic Nepenthes with hairy pitchers and intricate peristome of stunning beauty.

A hardy Mexican butterwort with blue-purple flowers and thick leaves, recommended for beginners.

A small Mexican butterwort forming succulent rosettes in winter, beautiful year-round.

The world's largest butterwort with rosettes over 30cm, catching large amounts of insects.

A European butterwort with large purple flowers, very cold hardy and growable outdoors.

A Mexican butterwort growing on gypsum rocks with delicate translucent leaves.

A Mexican butterwort with vivid red flowers, considered the most beautiful flowering species.

A hardy Mexican butterwort with beautiful pink flowers and succulent-like leaves.

A widely distributed butterwort of the Northern Hemisphere, native to Japan with purple flowers.

A semi-carnivorous plant from South Africa that traps insects with sticky glands but gains nutrients via symbiotic assassin bugs.

A South African proto-carnivore trapping insects with mucilage but relying on symbiotic bugs to digest.

North American tube-shaped pitcher plant with beautifully patterned and colored upright traps. Cold-hardy enough for outdoor cultivation in Japan. Many hybrids exist for collectors.

A Sarracenia with winged tubes, delicate yellow-green form and sweet-scented lid.

A Sarracenia with tall yellow-green tubes, one of the largest species, exceeding 1m.

The most beautiful Sarracenia with white lids and red vein patterns, especially stunning in autumn.

A Sarracenia with window-like transparent patches on the lid, trapping insects confused by light.

A highland Sarracenia, endangered and protected, with beautiful yellow-green tubes.

A Sarracenia with unique parrot-beak-like pitchers spreading along the ground.

The most widespread North American Sarracenia with short tubular red-purple pitchers, very cold hardy.

A small reddish Sarracenia that attracts insects with sweet scent, many varieties exist.

A rare West African carnivorous plant whose leaves change form three times, temporarily developing sticky trapping leaves.

An epiphytic bladderwort from Central/South American highlands with large white flowers, growing on trees like orchids.

A South American epiphytic bladderwort with beautiful large purple flowers, ideal for terrariums.

A bladderwort also popular as aquatic plant, forming green carpet for aquarium foreground.

A terrestrial bladderwort with many pale purple flowers, hardy and spreading like ground cover.

A South American epiphytic bladderwort with large kidney-shaped leaves and purple flowers.

A terrestrial bladderwort with rabbit-face-like flowers, vigorous and easy to grow.

The world's most famous carnivorous plant. Clam-like leaves snap shut in 0.1 seconds to capture insects. Native only to Eastern US wetlands. Requires winter dormancy.

A Venus Flytrap cultivar with one of the largest traps, named after the B-52 bomber for its size.

A cultivar forming very large traps, with leaves that can exceed 5cm.

A cultivar with triangular pointed trap teeth, giving a more powerful impression than typical thin teeth.

A rare cultivar with green trap interiors, giving a refreshing look unlike typical red traps.

A Venus Flytrap cultivar with tall upright traps giving a kingly, powerful appearance.

A popular Venus Flytrap cultivar that turns deep red, more vivid under strong light.