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Happy World Carnivorous Plant Day 2026! Today we celebrate these endearing sedentary insectivores, and the community that comes together around them in curiosity and fascination.

Say hello to Cephalotus follicularis, the Oxalidales carnivore from southwestern Australia!

What are you all growing?

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Dorgaldirs Garden Nov 20, 2025

My Cephalotus follicularis collection is thriving with a diverse range of pitcher forms and colors. From the striped patterns to solid greens, each variety shows the remarkable diversity within this unique Australian species. The Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis) is the only species in its genus and produces these distinctive hairy pitchers that are perfectly adapted to catching small insects in its native southwestern Australian habitat.

Mijn Cephalotus follicularis-collectie gedijt met een diverse reeks aan bekervormen en kleuren. Van gestreepte patronen tot effen groentinten, elke variëteit toont de opmerkelijke diversiteit binnen deze unieke Australische soort. De Albany-bekerplant (Cephalotus follicularis) is de enige soort in zijn geslacht en produceert deze kenmerkende behaarde bekers die perfect zijn aangepast aan het vangen van kleine insecten in zijn natuurlijke habitat in zuidwest-Australië.

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Dorgaldirs Garden Jul 19, 2025

My Cephalotus is growing new pitchers!
The fresh green traps are popping up between the older, darker ones. I love the contrast—this little Australian carnivore is always fascinating to watch.

Mijn Cephalotus maakt nieuwe vallen aan!
De frisse, groene vallen verschijnen tussen de oudere, donkerdere exemplaren. Ik hou van dat contrast—deze kleine Australische vleeseter blijft boeien.

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Dorgaldirs Garden Apr 4, 2025

My Cephalotus is waking up! New leaves are emerging, and I’ve spotted a few tiny traps forming. Always exciting to see this little carnivore grow!

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Hunter Lindsay Feb 17, 2024

A couple of old sketches of some carnivorous plants from Australia. #Cephalotus follicularis and #Utricularia menziesii.

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Ste Cook Feb 8, 2024

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.

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Hunter Lindsay Dec 20, 2023

#Cephalotus follicularis “Daniela”

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Tryp Feb 12, 2023

#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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