Heliamphora minor

Heliamphora minor is a more easily and readily available carnivorous plant species, that fits in the pitcher plant group.The plant is only found in the Guiana Highlands of Venezuela and adjacent Guyana and Brazil. They thrive where temperatures are 45-75 Degrees Fahrenheit. Heliamphora minor is grown under strong fluorescent lights in a terrarium, or in a greenhouse with partial sunlightThe plants can grow in sand, peat moss or even droppings from animals, because they get most nutrients from the prey they consume. The main product of their survival is humidity, since they live in wet desert like places. The plants are hardy, and can grow in cooler temperatures and under artificial light. If kept at too high of a temperature, a fungus may form, killing your plant in less than ten days. Heliamphora in the wild can be found growing partially submerged in water or at least flooded by daily showers. This stream of fresh rain water flows through their environment limiting bacteria and fungi as well as providing oxygen to the roots. They usually grow in clumps of each other, and some grow more clump-like according to the species. Healthy mature  Heliamphora  naturally divide, especially when they bloom. So taking off the little guys and giving them to your friends is a good idea. This will keep the plant in tip top shape, and allow more growing room. The small hood like "spoon" at the tip of a leaf has nectar glands on its lower surface. The reddish color of the spoon may attract insects, and the hood like shape might prevent nectar from being washed away by rain. The funnel-like zone of the leaf below the spoon tends to be reddish and therefore an insect might follow that color cue. The lower neck-like part of the funnel has downward-pointing hairs that insure that an insect will continue to walk downward, since walking upward against these tiny spikes would be difficult. The lower part of the leaf, a little wider than the base of the funnel, contains water with a digestive enzyme, a pool from which an insect, once caught, rarely escapes. This is just a theory though.