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Venus Flytraps
Taken in Begonia House in the Wellington Botanical Gardens.
1/250 sec at f/5.6, 70 mm, ISO200, 0 EV
On the Corner of Carr & Malherbe Street in Newtown is an indoor cricket venue under develpment. The wall is a whose who of local graffiti talent. Colour the City, Colour the world!
In the Green Swamp, I found a large patch of sphagnum that had become quite red. Several Venus Flytrap plants (Dionaea muscipula), including this one, sprouted from the bed of moss. The Green Swamp is located near Wilmington, North Carolina.
Dionaea muscipula
This plant is native just to this area of NC, where it can grow in great abundance. This was one of the densest stands we saw, and the variety of colors of the leaves was amazing, and beautiful. There are 3 hairs on each side of the "trap" that cause it to quickly close when they are touched by an insect.
Since the flowers were maturing at different times, I often just pollinated the first one that was ready and moved the plant to the shelf with the already pollinated plants. That means subsequent flowers did not get pollinated and consequently only the first ones developed seeds while the others didn't.
Yellow Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia flava) and Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) habitat, Croatan National Forest, North Carolina.
Kew Gardens, London-UK
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The Venus Flytrap, Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests animal prey - mostly insects and arachnids. Its trapping structure is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves and is triggered by tiny hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within twenty seconds of the first strike. The requirement of redundant triggering in this mechanism serves as a safeguard against a waste of energy in trapping objects with no nutritional value.
A Dioneia (Dionaea muscipula) é uma planta carnÃvora que pega e digere presa animal (normalmente insetos e aracnÃdeos). A estrutura de captura é formada por dois lóbulos unidos pela base e presos na ponta de cada uma das folhas. A planta também é conhecida como Vênus papa-moscas, em alusão à deusa grega do amor e da fertilidade (inclusive vegetal).
Venus Flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) are one type of carnivores plant that is endemic to the Wilmington, North Carolina region.
In this image you can see the trigger hairs that the plant uses to detect the presence of prey.
This photo was taken on April 13th, 2018 at Piney Ridge Nature Preserve. The photo illustrates an example of a Venus flytrap in its natural habitat. The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant species that naturally occupies the southeastern United States, primarily in North and South Carolina. In fact, according to NC State Parks the Venus flytrap can only be found within a 75-100 mile radius of Wilmington, North Carolina and are not found anywhere else in the world. Another interesting fact about Venus flytraps is that they can go up to one to two months without eating. This is likely because these plants are photosynthetic and do not completely rely on carnivory for energy but use the nitrogen they gather from these animals to enable their survival in poor soil conditions. The Venus flytrap is highly adapted to conditions where, soil levels tend to be acidic, humidity is high and there are abundant amounts of full sunlight. Therefore, this plant is a good indicator to determine soil quality and tells you about conditions along the southeastern coast. In addition, this particular Venus flytrap was found in a Pocosin environment bordering a Longleaf Pine Forest. What’s interesting about this is that a Pocosin environment is a type of wetland habitat that possess sandy soils and thick peat which make it an ideal environment for many rare plants. Plants found in this region also tend to be highly water dependent, but also need regular burns from wildfires to survive. This is similar to the Longleaf Pine Forest meaning Pocosin Forests also have high biodiversity levels as a result of these continuous fires. The peat also makes up a key component in this habitat in several ways. Peat is the thick organic layer of soil that builds up over hundreds of years and once the top layer becomes dry it serves as an excellent fuel source for the many wildfires. In addition, the peat provides a healthy layer of soil to feed the plants as well as a sponge to soak up water. Without the peat the water would runoff and the plants would not be able to survive.
Sources: www.britannica.com/plant/Venus-flytrap
NC State Park of Piney Ridge Nature Preserve