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There are over 90 species of sundew. The majority are found in Australia and South Africa, but they also grow in hot, humid areas of Georgia, Florida and other similar climates. The plants prefer acidic soils and are usually where there is a bog or marsh and often grow on top of sphagnum moss.
Backlit and under-exposed. Taken on Big Moor, Derbyshire, lying flat on the edge of what would normally be a marshy pool. The pools have really been drying out this summer so hopefully the moisture-loving species like Sundew will be resilient.
A carnivorous plant that catches it's prey with sticky sap like droplets. You can see an unfortunate victim on this plant here.
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I spent a lovely morning, a couple of weeks ago, with friends exploring the Anglesea Heathlands and the beautiful wildflower display. It is a significant environmental area with approximately one-quarter of Victoria's plant species found here.
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I'm taking a break for a few days.
This is probably a Drosera thysanosepala (Fringed Rainbow) leaf, a climbing sundew growing on sand in Southwest Australia. A few days before I left for Australia I saw a review on the NiSi Closeup Lens and decided to get one. I found it surprisingly useful when used with a standard tele zoom like in this photo. The Micro four thirds lens range of 35-100mm is equivalent to a 70-200mm in full frame terms. I found myself using this combo more than my macro lens for flower photography.
Sonnentau mit Beute. Genau in dem Moment als ich die Kamera auf mein Motiv richtete erbeutete doch tatsächlich die fleischfressende Pflanze eine Fliege.
A waterdrop shows what the macro can't see. It was a rainy day and the water made the sundew a sight to see.
Carnivorous Sundew( Drosera) flowers waiting to snare clumsy flying insects.
Taken during a hike through the Otway National Park.
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"Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the plants grow. Various species, which vary greatly in size and form, are native to every continent except Antarctica.
Charles Darwin performed much of the early research into Drosera, engaging in a long series of experiments with Drosera rotundifolia which were the first to confirm carnivory in plants. In an 1860 letter, Darwin wrote, “…at the present moment, I care more about Drosera than the origin of all the species in the world.”
Both the botanical name (from the Greek δρόσος: drosos = "dew, dewdrops") and the English common name (sundew, derived from Latin ros solis, meaning "dew of the sun") refer to the glistening drops of mucilage at the tip of the glandular trichomes that resemble drops of morning dew. The Principia Botanica, published in 1787, states “Sun-dew (Drosera) derives its name from small drops of a liquor-like dew, hanging on its fringed leaves, and continuing in the hottest part of the day, exposed to the sun.”
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Round-leafed sundew - Rundblättriger Sonnentau - Drosera rotundifolia
Sundew is a carnivorous plant. They lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces.
Sonnentau ist eine fleischfressende Pflanze. Sie lockt Insekten an, fängt sie und verdaut sie mithilfe von gestielten Schleimdrüsen, die ihre Blattoberfläche bedecken.
Focus stack of 48 individual captures. The leaf in this photo is less than 1 cm in size, magnification ~4:1.