moving flowers: "cow kick" trigger flower (stylidium)

Some really cool flowers (if thats possible heheh) In Margaret River, Western Australia's South West. Touch them in the right spot it "triggers" a modified petal to fall very quickly and transfer pollen to an insect (or stick). Not sure if this is illegal, but its fun. sorry. Sounds of Union Jack - Water Drums

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[david44736]

:O what i buy this plant?

[drstupid1]

hehe u can actually buy seeds on ebay.. not this exact species, but Stylidium nonetheless... good luck growing them, though! Australian plants (like these) are often adapted to very specific soil conditions (eg low water or nutrients.. phosphate / nitrate etc) and they only flower for a month or so every year... then most likely die :) getting them to grow will be tricky.. getting them to flower almost impossible! make sure you get some good instructions for growing them!!

[iaineasy]

hey could you please put up this full track as i have been looking for it so long!! it would make my whole year!!

thanks so much!!

hugseasy

[drstupid1]

since u asked so nicely.. and i happened upon a whole heap of artwork from FSOL ISDN sitting there waiting to be used .. its not an easy track to get!! i got the CD in 95! it was available recently on bit torrent (somewhere??!?)

my mate just got a crazy vinyl recorder machine so ... rare vinyl coming my way :)

[kamicussyivi34]

CP!!!

[droserabinata]

Oh, cool, thanks for posting a video of what this action looks like!

[Dunkin256]

Nice examples of triggerplants! It's actually not a modified petal, though. It's the fused male and female reproductive organs, known as a column. Similar structures are found in some orchids.

I don't believe Stylidium schoenoides is endangered, so messing around with it like that shouldn't be illegal...

[dsteen]

Union Jack... classic.

[drstupid1]

really glad u enjoyed it :) these little suckers arent easy to find!!! its good to hear someone else has actually heard of these flowers before hehehehe