Things get grisly around here after a feeding. Click the images for very high resolution.
I'm really struck by how liquidy the plant food looks on a lot of these dews at they digest it right there on the leaf. What an extraordinary piece of evolution. It's part of why I love sundews. Hope to see lots of new growth in the upcoming weeks.
My Sarracenia, in the mean time, are quite adept at feeding themselves.
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| Drosera burmannii, looking just as hungry as ever. |
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| Drosera scorpioides, all curled up over one another. |
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| My Drosera adelae baby seems to have taken well to feeding. |
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| Check out the enormous quantity of dew on this Drosera capensis 'Albino'! |
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| Even Drosera binata var. multifida f. extrema is getting in on the digesting action. |
I'm really struck by how liquidy the plant food looks on a lot of these dews at they digest it right there on the leaf. What an extraordinary piece of evolution. It's part of why I love sundews. Hope to see lots of new growth in the upcoming weeks.
My Sarracenia, in the mean time, are quite adept at feeding themselves.
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| Those shadows are the piles of bugs. Looks like somebody chewed its way to freedom though. Sarracenia flava, like all Sarrs, is a ravenous eater. |
Really enjoying this blog and your plants look great. What do you feed your Drosera?
ReplyDeleteThanks James! Glad you like it. I just mentioned it in my most recent post (http://www.sundews-etc.com/2014/06/feed-your-sundews.html) but I use beta fish food for my Drosera. I grind it up, and then either apply it as a powder with a toothpick, or mix with with a tiny amount of water to make a sort of dough which I can portion out a bit more easily. It depends on how much effort I'm willing to go to at the time :-P
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