Cephalotus follicularis at Sakuya Konohana Kan, Osaka, in July 2023. OM-1 + M.Zuiko 60mm f2.8 Macro.
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A couple of old sketches of some carnivorous plants from Australia. #Cephalotus follicularis and #Utricularia menziesii.
The Australian Pitcherplant has the cutest little pitchers. It’s not closely related to Sarracenia (American Pitcherplants) or to Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcherplants), but instead to things like Oxalis (Wood Sorrel). These kind of insect-catching hollow leaves have evolved independently three times in the flowering plants.
#Cephalotus follicularis “Daniela”
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#cephalotus folicularis is carnivorous, and for all we know it is the only species of a family unrelated to the rest of carnivorous plants; it's been on its own evolutionary branch and figuring out by itself the pitcher plant tricks for at least 100 million years. Ants are a favorite snack.
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Love these hairy little guys (Cephalotus follicularis)