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Venus
flytrap - Dionaea Muscipula
10 Fresh Seeds
The Venus flytrap, Dionaea
muscipula, is a carnivorous plant native to subtropical wetlands on the East
Coast of the United States in North Carolina and South Carolina. It catches its
prey, mainly insects and arachnids, with a trapping structure formed by the
terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves, which is triggered by tiny
hairs on their inner surfaces. When an insect or spider crawling along the
leaves contacts a hair, the trap closes if a different hair is contacted within
twenty seconds of the first strike.
The Venus flytrap is a small plant
whose structure can be described as a rosette of four to seven leaves, which
arise from a short subterranean stem that is a bulb-like object. Each stem
reaches a maximum size of about 3 – 10cms, depending on the time of year,
longer leaves with robust traps are usually formed after flowering. Flytraps
that have more than 7 leaves are colonies formed by rosettes that have divided
beneath the ground.
The leaf blade is divided into two
regions: a flat, heart-shaped photosynthesis-capable petiole, and a pair of terminal
lobes hinged at the midrib, forming the trap which is the true leaf. The upper
surface of these lobes contains red anthocyanin pigments and its edges secrete
mucilage. The lobes exhibit rapid plant movements, snapping shut when
stimulated by prey. The trapping mechanism is tripped when prey contacts one of
the three hair-like trichomes that are found on the upper surface of each of
the lobes. The edges of the lobes are fringed by stiff hair-like protrusions or
cilia, which mesh together and prevent large prey from escaping. These
protrusions, and the trigger hairs (also known as sensitive hairs) are likely
homologous with the tentacles found in this plant’s close relatives, the
sundews. Scientists have concluded that the snap trap evolved from a fly-paper
trap like that of Drosera. If the prey
moves around in the trap, it tightens and digestion begins more quickly.
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