Stylidium: If I had a hammer ...

[OtherSqrl]

The tip of the trichome produces a sticky mucilage—a mixture of sugar polymers and water—that is capable of attracting and suffocating small insects. Recent research has revealed that these trichomes produce digestive enzymes, specifically proteases, like other carnivorous plants. The plants are also able to absorb the nutrients created by the protease activity on the captured insects, making them carnivorous plants in the opinion of some researchers.

[beeohhski]

aka the rapist plant

[achampag]

lolol

so you are a mean flower

[shartmeyer]

Haha, of course mean from the point of view of "hammer hard violated pollinators", however, tough and sophisticated in the eyes of botanists and Stylidium friends.

[achampag]

sorry, i thought this was on her channel. i am just teasing her, she and i are in fact, friends =)

[shartmeyer]

Thanks for your kind comments. If you like rapid moving plants I can recommend also our footage "D. glanduligera snap-tentacles" and "Speed contest". That sundew is really amazing too and moves in 0.15 seconds, like a Stylidium.

[gleegirloz]

Amazing!

[tyrbolo]

Cool. Great plant adaptation to the problems of

love

[StylidiumLane]

Thanks for posting this video - it finally lets people see why I picked it as my pseudo

[lightweight69]

awesome

[VioletKitty411]

That's really cool!

[StylidiumLane]

I love the Stylidium :)

[IWillViolateYou]

LoL you don't say hun :-)

[StylidiumLane]

:) I do say