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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Pitcher plants and flytraps use sugary secretions to attract prey not flowers.

[–] zedgeist@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would they want to attract flowers?

Because they're pretty, duh

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Both use flowers with long stems to keep the pollinators out of harm's way. I grow both, seen it IRL.