RHH's photos with the keyword: drosera

I am not sure I have the identification correct on this Sundew. If it is the Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera anglica, it is a species found in northern areas around the world. Sundews are carnivorous plants that catch and digest insects with leaves covered with sticky hairs. When an insect is captured the leaf folds around it and digests it. These Sundews were photographed in a fen in the area of Edmonton, Alberta. They are only a few inches tall and were very difficult to photograph in such a wet area.

One more picture for Halloween, this one also from the floating bog where the previous pictures were taken. This, however, is a native carnviorous plant, Drosera rotundifolia, the Round-leaf Sundew. It is a very tiny plant as is evident from the moss in which it is growing, but it does catch insects. The tiny drops of liquid are not water but a sticky substance in which insects are trapped and then digested by the plant.

These were photographed at the same location as the pitcher plants in the previous photo, but these are native to Washington and to the floating bog where the photo was taken. They are tiny plant, only a few centimeters tall and the leaves are even smaller. The droplets are not water but the sticky fluid the plant excretes in order to trap small insects. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/carnivorous...