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Markus's (praep) submissions yesterday and today prompted me to submit this one. Taken at the Waylands Flower Reserve, Western Cape. I was looking down for a dry patch taking yesterday's post and spotted these. I had no idea what they were otherwise I would have taken more than one shot!
Wikipedia informed me of the following:
Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, comprise one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 188 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surface. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition that sundews are able to obtain from the soil in which they grow. Various species, which vary greatly in size and form, can be found growing natively on every continent except Antarctica.
If I had know this I would have looked for more than just a little beetle stuck at the bottom of the capture!
Enjoy digesting this!
Clive
Comments (20)
kgb224
Excellent capture Clive.
Meisiekind
Oh dear - sorry Clive - you'll have to go back soon and take many more images of this fascinating plant!!! I have never heard of it nor seen it! Fantastic find and capture! WOW!!! :)
bmac62
New to me too Clive. Take a cutting home and open your own little shop of horrors:)
Alz2008
Wonderful capture, "excellent" well done..
Mondwin
Amazing!!!!!!!!!Bravissimo!V:DDD.Hugsxx
praep
Great capture - we got them here in the moor too.
morningglory
Beautiful shot. I saw these also only one time, before I had a really nice camera. They are fascinating plants.
auntietk
!!! My eyebrows are somewhere near the ceiling! You may have only gotten one shot, but it's a doozy! My first thought was that you'd been down at the beach snapping creatures in tide pools. Astonishing!!!
MrsRatbag
What a really strange and beautiful plant! Great shot!
frieder
Very intresting flower! Never seen such one! Beautiful colors! Excellent macro - shot of a beautiful piece of nature!
durleybeachbum
Superb pic of these lovely plants. They also grow here on the acid boggy bits on the heath. Luckily the fires didn't get down to this area, so hopefully they are fine. You inspire me to go out without the dogs so I can get near enough to snap them!
sandra46
splendid Drosera! very good as omeopathic remedy for the cough! fantastic shot!
awjay
super capture
psyoshida
My first impression was an amoeba. Perhaps a shot through a microscope. It's really so delicate and tricky, probably lose a finger if you get too close. Great shot.
debbielove
Yes.. I've seen this in garden certres.. Or one of the species! But great photo anyway.. As usual... Rob..
flora-crassella
great and interesting!
RobyHermida
GORGEOUS :o)
dorothylee
I've been dreaming of seeing these in person, but will need to settle for viewing photos of them. I normally see macro images of them and is nice to see a wider perspective of them. Great capture!
danapommet
Cool capture. We called them Venus fly trap plants. Dana
mermaid
ah a wonderful shot, to see them in their natural surounding is great, we sometimes can buy those here as a pot plant and its fascinating to see them feed...smile