I agree with Maitreyee, James & Aparna's ID as Venus Fly Trap. On comparing Dinesh Valke's original pix with those of Drosera & Dionaea in Wikipedia, it becomes quite clear. The Venus uses a cage like trap, that springs shut when an insect is sensed inside it, whereas the Sundew has sticky substance on which an insect gets imbedded. The Venus has a green, round, cage-like structure as in Dinesh's pix. The Sundew's sticky portion is quite different, usually bright red in colour and with attractive, wet, dew-like adhesive droplets.
--- On Wed, 3/12/08, Aparna Watve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Aparna Watve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [indiantreepix:6300] Re: a drosera To: "sibdas ghosh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, 3 December, 2008, 11:32 AM This is not sundew but Venus fly trap- Dionaea -different genus altogether but same family Droseraceae. This isn't Indian plant. It may have been brought abroad and grown here in pot. It is commonly available as garden plant in Malesia etc Aparna On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:42 PM, sibdas ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is photo of Drosera (Sundew) grown in a pot > > > > -- Dr. Aparna Watve 34/6, Gulawani Maharaj Rd, Pune 411 004. India Get rid of Add-Ons in your email ID get [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sign up now! http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
