Insectivorous Plants are best known in today's Internet world as Carnivorous Plants, but I feel with many years of growing these great plants, that name Insectivorous is more true to what the plants traps and eat. You will read in books and on the Internet, reports and photo's of other larger life being trapped and eaten by some of the bigger Insectivorous plants around the world. I feel that these reports of animals, birds and frog’s etc, are true but these were ill at the time as these plants traps are not strong enough to hold them for any length of time to allow digestion.

  There are 14 genus with around 1,000 Insectivorous plants in the world. (see table below) These grow in all parts of the world but for north or south poles and few other parts. You will find more details for each plant in their sections on this site. You will find these plants need only a few things to make them happy to grow for you. Once you get into these plants you will find that each one has difference that you will find interesting. These plants have some great flowers colours and shapes as well as the great leaf's size, shapes and colour.

  Over time collecting these plants you will find that each one is like a baby of yours as you give it all it needs to grow well. You will find that I have links to places were you can buy & get these great plants throughout the site. You will find that there are links to books that you can buy.

  I have been growing these plants for over 30 years and still finding them interesting and new ones to grow. I have also been in “The Carnivorous Plant Society” for around the same time. I have worked in the society’s committee for a number years and was the first Internet Officer to get the society on the Internet.

                     You should find all you need to grow these great plants and over time become a collector.

                 But if you have any information or photo’s of these plants that is not on this site please e-mail it.

  On this site I hope you will find all the information on these plants that you need. You will find like most widely grown plants  that some are very easy and a few very hard to grow. Use How to: link on the left hand side for growing guides etc.

I hope that find this site of use.   Alan

Plant Genus	Common Name	Number of Species	Plants found naturally
Aldrovanda	The Waterwheel Plant	One / Four	Africa, Asia, Australia & Europe
Byblis	The Rainbow Plant	Five	Australia
Cephalotus	The West Australian Pitcher Plant	One	Australia
Darlingtonia	The Cobra lily	One	Northwest U.S.A. & Western Canada
Dionaea	The Venus Fly Trap	One	North & South Carolina in U.S.A.
Drosera	Sundews	Over a Hundred sixty	Most of the World
Drosophyllum	The Portuguese Sundew	One	Morocco, Portugal & Spain
Genlisea	The Corkscrew Plant	About twenty one	Tropical areas of Africa & South America, Madagascar
Heliamphora	The Sun Pitcher Plant	Six	Northern part of South America
Nepenthes	The Tropical Pitcher Plant	About ninety	From Northern Australia to South-Eastern Asia & most Islands between
Pinguicula	The Butterworts	About seventy seven	Northern Hemisphere & part of South America
Sarracenia	The North America Pitcher Plant	Eight	Canada & U.S.A.
Triphyophyllum		One, exceedingly rare	West Africa
Utricularia	The Bladderworts	Around 222	Most of the World
Total		Around 1,000	Insectivorous plants of all the World

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