Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: fredg on June 01, 2013, 10:17:15 AM
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Yet another protocarnivorous, paracarnivorous, subcarnivorous, borderline carnivorous, or carnivorous plant for your delectation. As with Stylidium debile, this Stylidium caespitosum is as carnivorous as a cabbage when not in flower.
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Great photos, Fred - it this an Australian species? (are all Stylidiums Antipodean? ???)
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Yes it's an Aussie Maggi :D.
Most of the approximately 300 species are only found in Australia, making it the fifth largest genus in that country
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Crikey! 300 of the little devils- I had no idea. :-[
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A tiny plant I seperated from the main one, and it flowers :o
Stylidium debile showing the carnivorous trichomes and the pollinating column. BTW the reaction time of the column is 15 milliseconds so it's not sluggish :D