Here is a picture of drosera.
On Dec 4, 2:18 pm, figtree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
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> > Pune 411 004.
> > India
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