Thank you all. It was a mistake on my part. It is Venus Flytrap- Dionaea muscipula.
On Dec 4, 12:55 pm, Mahendra Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
