You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows is shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a pitcher? How does this modification help the plant for food even though it can photosynthesise like any other green plant?

You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insect

1.	You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows is shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a pitcher? How does this modification help the plant for food even though it can photosynthesise like any other green plant?
Answer» You have heard about several insectivorous plants that feed on insects. Nepenthes or the pitcher plant is one such example, which usually grows is shallow water or in marsh lands. What part of the plant is modified into a pitcher? How does this modification help the plant for food even though it can photosynthesise like any other green plant?