A love of carnivorous plants helped Texas Triffid Ranch‘s Paul Riddell sprout some artistic inspiration. Nominated (somewhat surprisingly) for local awards such as “Best Garden Center,” the Texas ...

Matthew M. Kaelin, “Voluptuous temptation in carnal bliss” (May 13, 2012), Nepenthes lowii x ventricosa ‘The Succubus’ cultivar (courtesy the artist) Matthew M. Kaelin cultivates the beautiful, fatal ...

Every villain has a backstory, but some are just mislabeled as the bad guys of the plant ecosystem because they happen to eat insects. The Texas Triffid Ranch exhibit is home to over 200 carnivorous, ...

Most plants get on just fine with sunshine, water, and half-decent soil. Carnivorous plants don’t have that option. They tend to live in places where the soil is so poor in nutrients that normal roots ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Many people have a gleeful fascination with carnivorous plants, be that a Venus flytrap, pitcher plant, monkey cup or sundew. There’s something mysterious ...