Question

Contrast the different ways bromeliads and pitcher plants acquire nutrients from animal sources. NOT COMPARE.

Answer 1

bromeliads collect water in their leaves which help create mini ecosystems where bugs and animals go into. If they die the plant collets the nutrients from the organism. Pitcher plants collect water and they actively trap organisms that go into them to use for nutrients

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Answer 2

Bromeliads are an example of mutualism where they create mini-ecosystems that house other small animals by collecting rainwater in their leaves. The bromeliad benefits from the nutrients when these organisms decompose when they die. Unlike the Pitcher plants which are predators, they actively trap insects and other small animals in their pitchers.