For Noodler: A Newly Identified Carnivorous Plant
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You might know about this already, but if you don't, well then here you go.
A pretty little white flower that grows near urban centers of the Pacific Northwest turns out to be a killer.
The bog-dwelling western false asphodel, Triantha occidentalis, was first described in the scientific literature in 1879. But until now, no one realized this sweet-looking plant used its sticky stem to catch and digest insects, according to researchers who note in their study published Monday it's the first new carnivorous plant to be discovered in about 20 years.
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/09/1026091196/this-sweet-white-flower-is-act...
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Thanks Mike, I had several
Thanks Mike, I had several friends share this article with me today... (great minds and all), I'm loving the luv out there!!!
Here's what I responded to an email;
There’s actually quite a few like this that are “borderline” carnies…. Not sure if anyone has done any research to see if they actually were or not;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylidiaceae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roridula
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyniaceae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromeliaceae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eriocaulaceae
A fun subject for sure, thanks for sharing the article with me, much appreciated! Hope you’re doing well! (One of these years, planning on collecting native sundew seeds, but the fires keep shutting everything down…. If you’ve ever been to Jefferson Park Wilderness (etc), that red “glow” on the ground all over are sundews)
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That's a mean, green mother
That's a mean, green mother from outer space
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I knew nothing about
I knew nothing about carnivorous plants until I read this today, and found it interesting that the plant takes nitrogen from the insects it ensnares. I guess I always assumed that if a plant eats meat, it must need protein.
These are right up in your neck of the woods it sounds like too.
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Yep, they get Nitrogen,
Yep, they get Nitrogen, Potassium, Sulfur, and Phosphorus from insects... but others (nepenthes) have a variety of foods, some have upper cups that attract rodents, that poop in the lower cups. Some eat mice and birds, along with insects, some like fallen leaves. Some of the borderline carnivores in my Wiki list trap bugs, then other bugs eat them and poop on the stems, and they get the nutrition from the poop....
So some are meat eaters, and others are shit eaters...