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venus flytrap (dionaea muscipula) - chomp!, a special exhibit on carnivorous plants
the conservatory of flowers, originally opened in 1897 (and reopened in 2003) is the oldest public conservatory in the western hemisphere
I've not done too bad with venus flytrap care in the past but since I found out they can live for 20 years (!) I've been a bit disappointed with my current record! Hoping this one is my new winner!
The Venus flytrap (also referred to as Venus's flytrap or Venus' flytrap), Dionaea muscipula, is a carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands on the East Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. It catches its prey—chiefly insects and arachnids— with a trapping structure 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.
---WIKIPEDIA
Yes they do close on your fingers but we found out they only eat several times a month so this fools them and they can die - interesting - that's my daughter being eaten lol
Venus Flytrap, Liberty County, Florida. This carnivorous plant is native to only a small region located in South Carolina and North Carolina. This population was introduced to a few locations in the Florida panhandle and has become well established where found.
These photos were taken with a 100mm reverse mounted to a 28mm to create an extreme macro lens.
All of these subjects are a only a few millimeters across at most.
7/3/12
There is a Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) in the background to the right. The squirrels keep digging it up!
This is a sort of pitcher plant. It is actually a carnivorous Lily. Notice the little fly it attracted.
This was the Lowe's death cube rescue plant. It was all green but now that it's been outside for two days the mouths are already starting to color up and get pink.
My daughters 'pet' venus flytrap recently sent a flower bud soaring into the atmosphere. I guess the flower need to be so far from the plant so as not to 'trap' any prospective pollinator.