Uploaded May 2019 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago

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World's Most Spectacular Plants Episode 3 of 14
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Some plants kill and eat animals... insects, mice, shrews and even rats!

Everyone knows the world-famous venus's flytrap (see the separate World's Most Spectacular Plants film about this miracle of nature)... but what are the other deadly carnivorous plants and how can they be grown at home?

Join Stewart McPherson on a journey to discover sticky sundews (Drosera) and butterworts (Pinguicula), hungry pitcher plants (Sarracenia and Nepenthes) and intricate cobra lilies (Darlingtonia). Find out how each group can be grown at home!

This is the third of a series of fourteen "World's Most Spectacular Plants" videos. Visit spectacularplants.com to see the rest of the series!