This picture was taken on a hike in the Eastern Cape, South Africa.
When I was younger we used to grow these plants in pots in the garden. They have a sticky dew on their leaves that stops the insect from getting away. I am not sure what this specific plants name is, but we called them sundews.
Image taken from my Huawei P9 phone.
Interesting plant. Never seen that before.
Even I heard there are plenty carnivorous plants in number. Thnx for sharing.
wow :) very nice and cute plant
Which photo filters do you use? It brings me the climate of old WWII movies <3
I have no filters on this image
I have only seen it once up close in my life, but I have never seen it catches any insect in action. If you grow these in garden, does it mean you use them as a form of insect control?
Nope we just grew them for fun and used to catch insects to feed them
An excellent and rare photograph
Waww amazing
Good photo, i like it
Very unusual looking plant. Didnt know that huawei have very nice phone camera.
There's so much carnivorous plant in nature, this is just another beautiful 1
I think the scientific name here is Dionaea muscipula
I think it will benefit in getting rid of the insects
Very cool to spot one of these "guys" in nature. I love carnivorous plants. I actually live near a store called California Carnivores, which is the largest retailer and grower of these types of plants and their cousins in the world. A cool place to check out if you find yourself in Northern California, or want to geek out online about these plants: https://www.californiacarnivores.com/
Great post thanks
Astonishing this variety, I did not know it.
Thanks
It's great to discover new thing about the nature around us. Thanks for that!
My favorite carnivorous plant is Drosera Regia - it may grow to 2m tall high!
That's a new one for me, never saw it before.
Looks like a starfish of the land.
That is the wonders of nature. I knew of carnivorous animals, I am hearing of such plants now. Thanks for your information. I follow and upvote you.
When I saw her, I thought she was a spider ;)
Hi @dragonslayer101. Good find! This is a Drosera species of some kind. There are about 20 species of these found in South Africa. This could be Drosera aliciae or Drosera natalensis but you would need an expert to confirm that :)
How amazing things could be. I think its a pitcher plant. Its good to see you grew plants as a child it's healthy thing to do.