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posted on 16/5/2025 16:17 - this thread is locked.This week's sticky SHOCKING NEW UPDATE (from May 9) - filthymick
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Sundews (Drosera) are a genus of plants containing at least 194 species in the family Droseraceae. These plants lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. Sundews are widely distributed and can be found in polar, tropical and temperate regions, but most notably in Australia. They are also common in bogs and fens with sandy acidic soil. Drosera is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants.
Typically, the upper surface of sundew leaves are covered with flexible gland-tipped trichomes (plant hairs) that exude a sticky substance to attract and entrap insects and other small prey, making them ideal for catching fruit flies around the compost bin or in the greenhouse. Trapped prey are engulfed in a web of the sticky glands, colloquially known as tentacles, and digested by enzymes.
Carnivory does not provide sundews with energy but rather supplies nutrients, particularly nitrogen, in poor soil conditions.
The most common North American and West European sundew is the roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), pictured. It has small white or pinkish flowers approximately half an inch across and bears round, flat leaves with mauve hairs on a long, drooping fuzzy stalk, vaguely resembling an elderly gentleman's billowing Balkans and purple-veined custard chucker.
- Welcome to the garden, please respect the rules, we got all the plants you want, honey we got the tools -
NOW EVERY FRIDAY
Sundews (Drosera) are a genus of plants containing at least 194 species in the family Droseraceae. These plants lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. Sundews are widely distributed and can be found in polar, tropical and temperate regions, but most notably in Australia. They are also common in bogs and fens with sandy acidic soil. Drosera is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants.
Typically, the upper surface of sundew leaves are covered with flexible gland-tipped trichomes (plant hairs) that exude a sticky substance to attract and entrap insects and other small prey, making them ideal for catching fruit flies around the compost bin or in the greenhouse. Trapped prey are engulfed in a web of the sticky glands, colloquially known as tentacles, and digested by enzymes.
Carnivory does not provide sundews with energy but rather supplies nutrients, particularly nitrogen, in poor soil conditions.
The most common North American and West European sundew is the roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), pictured. It has small white or pinkish flowers approximately half an inch across and bears round, flat leaves with mauve hairs on a long, drooping fuzzy stalk, vaguely resembling an elderly gentleman's billowing Balkans and purple-veined custard chucker.
- Welcome to the garden, please respect the rules, we got all the plants you want, honey we got the tools -
This week's sticky SHOCKING NEW UPDATE (from May 9) - filthymick 16/5 16:17 (read 205 times, 1 post in thread)