Monday 14 November 2011

Sundews on Table Mountain

Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa
01.11.2011

In the boggy areas I spotted some bright rosettes. Some were about to bloom, see below. 

These plants are probably the Cape sundew Drosera capensis, but this needs confirmation

They are carnivorous plants. Below is a close-up of  the rosettes of another sundew species.

Close-up of  the Peninsula Sundew Drosera cuneifolia  

5 comments:

  1. The sundew close up is amazing! M

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  2. Thanks. The first photo is not so good but it shows the flower buds.
    I wonder what is the function of those globules at the end of the stalks?
    Also, it looks as if there is an insect slightly off the center.

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  3. I can't see what the texture of the globules is. The globules are either the sticky gel that traps insects or the glands that secrete it.

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  4. The first one is definitely not D. capensis.

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  5. Thanks. Would you like to me post a photo showing the leaves of the first plant properly?

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