Stylidium: If I had a hammer ...

Carnivorous plant genera develop flowers with multifold shapes and colours, however, the species of the genus Stylidium (carnivory under discussion) possess a sensational trigger mechanism to place pollen on the back of pollinating insects.

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Education

Tags:

• Stylidium
• striatum
• trigger plants
• Saeulenpflanzen
• flowers

[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.

[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.

[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]

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

[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

[StylidiumLane]

:) I do say