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Carnivorous Plants / Insectivorous Plants in the Wilderness
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Carnivorous Plant Juvenile Literature: Venus Flytrap / A Bug-Eating Plant / Science for a Young Audience
Photo: Cobra Plant / Cobra Lily / Darlingtonia
Carnivorous Plant Juvenile Literature: Meat-Eating Plants / Science for a Young Audience
2025-Sep-30 Dandelion seeds, Nikon Z7, AF MicroNikkor 60mm f/2.8, at f/22, 1 sec., ISO 200
This Paphiopedilum
bloomed again in my kitchen windowsill. This is the third time, and the
first to have double flowers.
No fertirizer, a little water once in a while... that's it!
2025-Feb-24
Mushroom Spore Rain 2024
2023-Oct-14 Annular Eclipse -
As observed from Southern California. A beautiful, clear blue sky in southern California, at 9:15AM, Saturday morning, Oct. 14, 2023.
This is the maximum eclipse magnitude here (~65%).
Paphiopedilum - Accumulation of random mutations, guided
by pollinator interactions, have resulted in this weird-looking floral
pitcher.
Is this pitcher carnivorous? I do not see why not. If an insect dies in
it and decomposes, and nutrients absorbed, the plant will benefit...
I have kept several Phalaenopsis orchids in the kitchen
windowsill and they bloomed every year. Is this Paphiopedilum
harder to grow?
Copyright (c) 2023 Makoto Honda. All Rights
Reserved.
An early morning stroll, summer 2022, Nikon Z7+Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6. Macro-mount adapter (LM-Z)
Copyright (c) 2022 Makoto Honda
2021/10/27 Mushroom Nikon Z7+AF MicorNikkor 60mm f/2.8
(C) Makoto Honda
2020/11/25 Dandelion Nikon Z7+AF MicorNikkor 60mm f/2.8
(C) Makoto Honda
Rain of spores
Drosera rotundifolia (round-leaf
sundew), northern California. Photo Copyright 2020 Makoto Honda. All
rights reserved.
Nikon Z7 + Voigtlander 10mm f/5.6
2019-May-12
Darlingtonia californica - Butterfly Valley, Quincy, CA
Cobra plant blossom
2018-September-10. Venus Flytrap Germination - The first trap
(2019-03-06 : Image stacking by Photoshop 2018)
Nikon Z7 Arrival-Sept
28
Z7 User Manual Menus
Z7 Hands-On Testing
2019-02-26::: Voigtlander 10mm Macro Adapter
NEW 2019-02-07 :
Nikon Z7 with Voigtlander Heliar-Hyper Wide 10mm F5.6
Nikon Z7 with
Leica 40mm F2 (for Leica-Minolta CL)
V
2018-10-29 12:30am Moon, Nikon Z7, Tamron 500mm f/8, Nikon TC14-A, 1/350
sec, ISO 800
Sharpened
Venus Flytrap Germination
2018-09-07 : Venus Flytrap Germination : A four-week-old seedling .
2018-09-09 : Venus Flytrap Germination : Venus flytrap trap.
2018-09-10
: Venus Flytrap Germination : This baby trap triggers.
2018-September-20.
Venus Flytrap
Germination
What's New -
2018-June-07
Venus Flytrap Trap-Closure Sequence
VF Trap-Lobe Curling
VF Trap-Lobe Curling
What's New -
2018-May-20
World Map /
Carnivorous Plant Species List
Carnivorous Plant Illustration
Venus flytrap midrib section. (c) Makoto Honda.
Nikon D300, MicroNikkor 60mm F2.8 @f 11, 1/500, ISO200
Natural sunlight. (c) Makoto Honda.
Venus Flytrap Trap Surface / Trigger Hair & Nectar Secretion
Nikon D300, MicroNikkor 60mm F2.8 @f 16, 1/60, ISO200
Natural sunlight. (c) Makoto Honda.
Drosera capensis Prey Capture
Venus Flytrap Leaf Closure Sequence
What's New -
2018-March-01
Digital
Photography - Lens Resolution
Total number of dots in final print for full-frame (FX) and APS-C (DX)
sensor
What's New -
2018-Jan-03
I found an interesting article on Utricularia trapping by Simon Poppinga,
et al.
What's New -
2021-03-12
Genlisea Illustration
Analyzing
the Genlisea's trap morphology is a
mind-twisting endeavor!
What's New -
2018-01-08
Drosophyllum Illustration
What's New -
2017-12-28
Utricularia Illustration
Utricularia
Trap Illustration
Utricularia Flower Illustration
What's New -
2017-12-27
Aldrovanda Illustration
Aldrovanda
Trap Illustration
What's
New - 2017-12-02
Aldrovanda / the waterwheel plant
- Excellent high-speed video capture -
My view
Snap-Trap Evolution
What's New - 2017-11-10 Article
on Venus Flytrap Trap
"Fast
nastic motion of plants and bioinspired structures"
An excellent article, very well written, summarizing
the current understanding
of various movement in plants
including Venus flytrap
2017-December-16
Anatomy of
Carnivory
I. Anatomy of Carnivory
II. Caryophyllales - Gland
Evolution
III. Snap-Trap - Aldrovanda/Dionaea
IV. Lamiales -
Pinguicula/Genlisea/Utricularia
2017-September-23 Nepenthes Pitcher
Study of
Studio Lighting
Carnivorous
Plants in the Wilderness
Click photo above for detail
Carnivorous
Plants Story
FOR A YOUNG AUDIENCE
Kindle Edition
Click the
book above to see the contents...
See
Amazon.com site
HERE
Amazon.co.uk
PITFALL TRAPS FLYPAPER
TRAPS SNAP-TRAPS
SUCTION TRAPS VENUS
FLYTRAP SUNDEWS
PITCHER PLANTS COBRA
PLANT BUTTERWORTS
BLADDERWORTS
Classification of Carnivorous Plants
Angiosperm Phylogeny
APG IV (2016)
2017-April-08:
Very enjoyable books
by Stewart McPherson filled with a lot of information.
Comprehensive summary and discussion of all CP genera,
especially those often not widely discussed, such as
Triphyophyllum, Drosophyllum, Byblis, Ibicella, Philcoxia,
Roridula, Genlisea...
Very-well researched, 1440-page (vol.1&2) work. Highly
recommended.
2017-April-01:
An excellent article about Utric traps by
Amit K. Singh, Sunil Prabhakar, Sanjay P. Sane
Click here
An excellent article by
Bartosz J. Płachno, Lubomír Adamec, Iwona Kaminska
on
Polypompholyx
I
am reading this excellent article...
Elastic
models of the fast traps of carnivorous Dionaea and Aldrovanda
by
Marc Joyeux &
Simon Poppinga
but I disagree with their general conclusion (my
view)
An excellent carnivorous plant website
by
Henning S. Heide-Jřrgensen...
particularly on
Utricularia.
I am reading this excellent article...In-depth summary of CP.
Carnivorous Plants
The luring, capturing and digesting mechanisms they have evolved
to devour insects augment their supply of mineral nutrients and
enable them to survive in habitats where few other plants can
live
by Yolande Heslop-Harrison
I am reading four books: Aldrovanda / Genlisea /
Pinguicula
- See my Amazon book reviews -
Photo: Insectivorous Plants in the Wilderness
Utricularia intermedia, Oregon.
Carnivorous
Plants in the Wilderness
CARNIVOROUS PLANTS PHOTOGRAPHY
BOOK
Click the
book above to see some sample pages...
8.5 x 11 inches / 274 pages /
Paperback
Click photo above for detail
Eaten
Alive
by
Carnivorous
Plants
Carnivorous Plants Juvenile
Literature
(Grades 2-4)
Click the
books above to see the contents...
English Edition from Amazon.com
Also Available
in Japanese Edition
日本語版
from Amazon.com
| 2016-07-05 Pinguicula ionantha flower |
Pinguicula ionantha with a syrphid fly, early March, the Florida
panhandle.
This fly is not a true pollinator - just messing with the palate hairs
of the flower,
which, by the way, is a food body of the flower designed to divert
the attention of non-pollinators away from the precious pollen.
| New 2016-02-16 Utricularia: Tuber vs. Air Shoot (Reference: Peter Taylor The Genus Utricularia 1989) |
Tubers
are water reservoirs for the bladderworts mostly found in epiphytic and
lithophytic species. The plants withdraw water from tubers during the
periods of desiccation. Tubers are formed as basal thickening/swelling
of stolons. In U. inflata and some allied aquatic species, small
tuber-like organs are formed at the apex of leafless shoots which
descend into the substrate. This happens in a stressed condition where
the water level drops extremely low.
Utricularia alpina flowers
Utricularia alpina with tubers
Utricularia alpina tuber
Air shoots are filiform shoots arising
from the stolons of some aquatic species (in section Utricularia).
Air shoots float near the water surface. Air shoots may bear a number of
small bract-like organs, or just have a round organ at the apex,
depending on the species. Air shoots are often produced in dense growth.
They eventually grow into normal leaf-bearing stolons. The true purpose
of air shoots is not known. My guess is that air shoots facilitate rapid
vegetative reproduction...
| New 2015-01-27 A newly Recognized Carnivorous Plant - Lindernia cleistandra from Australia!!! |
Newly recognized carnivorous plant from Australia
Lindernia cleistandra
FAMILY
Linderniaceae
ORDER
Lamiales
| 2012-10-01 Pinguicula vulgaris / Michigan USA |
Pinguicula vulgaris
| 2012-08-01 Utricularia geminiscapa / Michigan USA |
Utricularia geminiscapa
| 2011-08-15 Utricularia intermedia |
Utricularia
intermedia, southern Oregon. July 11, 2011. (Click photo for more)
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FAMILY TREE |
FAMILY TREE
| Carnivorous Plants at a Glance |
Carnivorous Plants at a Glance
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CARNIVOROUS PLANTS ARTICLES |
List of
U.S. Species
| 1. Sarracenia |
S. alata
var.
alata
f.
alata
S. oreophila
var. oreophila
S. leucophylla
var. leucophylla f.
leucophylla
S. flava
var. flava
f. flava
S. minor
var. minor
f. minor
S. psittacina
var.
psittacina
f.
psittacina
S. purpurea
ssp.
purpurea
var.
purpurea
f.
purpurea
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| 2. Darlingtonia |
D. californica
f.
californica |
| 3. Drosera |
D. rotundifolia D. linearis D. anglica D. intermedia D. capillaris D. brevifolia D. filiformis var. filiformis D. filiformis var. tracyi D. filiformis var. floridana |
| 4. Dionaea |
D. muscipula |
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5.
Pinguicula |
P.
villosa P. vulgaris P. macroceras ssp. macroceras P. macroceras ssp. nortensis P. lutea P. caerulea P. pumila P. planifolia P. ionantha P. primuliflora |
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6.
Utricularia |
U. gibba U. striata U. floridana U. macrorhiza U. intermedia U. minor U. ochroleuca U. geminiscapa U. inflata U. radiata U. purpurea U. foliosa U. olivacea U. subulata U. cornuta U. juncea U. simulans U. resupinata U. amethystina |
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