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Peter D'Amato
Peter D'Amato is an American author, businessman, and carnivorous plant authority. He is the owner of California Carnivores, located in Sebastopol, possibly the largest nursery of carnivorous plants in the world, and the author of '' The Savage Garden'' (published 1998), a book on the cultivation of insectivorous plants.Eaton, J. & R. Sullivan 2010Snared by a taste for carnivorous plant life ''San Francisco Chronicle'', July 14, 2010. His book won the American Horticultural Society Book Award and the Quill & Trowel Award from the Garden Writers Association of America, both in 1999.D'Amato, P. 1998. '' The Savage Garden: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants''. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley, California. Education Peter graduated from high school in New Jersey in 1972 and attended the University of Miami, Florida, 1972–1974. Career left, Peter D'Amato in a field of Sarracenia. For almost 40 years, D'Amato has been growing carnivorous plants. In 1989, he opened the California Carnivores ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnivorous Plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods. Carnivorous plants still generate some of their energy from photosynthesis. Carnivorous plants have adapted to grow in places where the soil is thin or poor in nutrients, especially nitrogen, such as acidic bogs. They can be found on all continents except Antarctica, as well as many Pacific islands. In 1875 Charles Darwin published '' Insectivorous Plants'', the first treatise to recognize the significance of carnivory in plants, describing years of painstaking research. True carnivory is believed to have evolved independently at least 12 times in five different orders of flowering plants, and is represented by more than a dozen genera. This classification includes at least 583 species that attract, trap, and kill prey, absorbing the resulting available nutrients. Venus flytrap (''Dionaea muscipula''), p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
