
Drosera Rotundifolia (Roundleaf Sundew), British Columbia.
As part of my summertime adventures I have been hiking up to glacier bogs in the BC Interior, in search of our countries unexpectedly varied carnivorous plant species. After many hours of hiking into the bush I came across a sphagnum swamp that was home to tens of thousands of not 1 but 2 different variants of Sundews. This little guy is the Roundleaf Sundew ( Drosera Rotundifolia), they are the smallest of our native Sundews being roughly the size of a quarter or smaller. The beautiful pink blush is the results of many tiny tentacles tipped with a sticky droplet that glimmer in the light. Once a prey item has made contact with the glistening leaves they find themselves hopelessly trapped, as over the course hours the Sundew will react to the stimuli and enclose a sticky trap over it's victim. Truly tiny gems of our wetlands, to have the sun sink low over the mountains and watch the fading light through the steamy haze of the bog and see great swaths of shimmering pink is something I will not forget anytime soon. Definitely worth the months of research and searching haha, gotta love this blessed country :P Enjoy a seldom seen beauty.
Category Photography / All
Species Unspecified / Any
Gender Any
Size 1280 x 960px
File Size 497.1 kB
Hell yea dude, tons of native carnivorous plants in the northern region. Even have a local Sarracenia species, though it is rare. Always find the best shit in the worst spots, nutrient poor and acidic muck pit ? Barren and windswept rocky outcrop? That's where evolution get's put to the test and you get the coolest stuff. The insects didn't stand a chance, either being used and abused for reproduction or dinner lol don't drink the roofie nectar little bro's haha.
Lol nah, some species have flowers that imprison pollinators for periods of time to make sure they get dosed with pollen, before swapping to having mature female sex organs so the next critter to come along hopefully has pollen, get's imprisoned and can fertilize it. Prevents them from fertilizing themselves! I live in a desert that gets damn cold so only able to keep them alive around the edges of the water garden and a stream. Other then the lack of humidity they thrive under that high UV and heat.
Comments