#VenusFlytrap digestive glands (look like raspberries) sit on top of the palisade mesophyll cells, and adjusting the focal depth of the #microscope is necessary to understand the structure of both. When it focusses on the leaf part, you can see the glittering chloroplasts. Photosynthesis page below.

The REAL Fly Trap

Your Venus flytrap is bad at catching flies.

There. I said it.

So why are these things sold as easy little houseplants?

And if you actually want a carnivorous plant for indoor bugs… what should you get instead?

#VenusFlytrap #CarnivorousPlants #Botany #CityBugs