Dorgaldirs GardenMar 19
These little ones earned their place! 🌱 These Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) seedlings spent their entire first winter outside, exposed to frost and cold just like the adult plants. And they made it! Already producing their first proper traps, complete with those characteristic interlocking teeth. Growing carnivorous plants from seed takes patience — it can be years before they reach full size — but watching them push through their first dormancy is incredibly rewarding.

Deze kleintjes hebben het verdiend! 🌱 Deze zaailingen van de Venus vliegenval (Dionaea muscipula) hebben hun eerste volledige winter buiten doorgebracht, blootgesteld aan vorst en kou net als de volwassen planten. En ze hebben het overleefd! Ze maken al hun eerste echte vallen, compleet met de karakteristieke tanden. Vleesetende planten kweken uit zaad vraagt om geduld — het kan jaren duren voor ze volgroeid zijn — maar ze door hun eerste winterrust zien komen is ontzettend bevredigend.

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Dorgaldirs GardenMar 18
The Venus flytraps (Dionaea muscipula) have made it through winter once again! 🌱 After months of dormancy, new traps are already opening up and ready for action. The characteristic toothed lobes and that subtle red blush inside are a sign of a healthy, well-rested plant. Dormancy is essential for these carnivores — without a proper cold rest period, they gradually weaken over time. Worth the wait every year!

De Venus vliegenvallen (Dionaea muscipula) hebben de winter weer goed doorstaan! 🌱 Na maanden van winterrust staan er al nieuwe vallen open en klaar voor gebruik. De karakteristieke getande lobben en dat subtiele rode blosje aan de binnenkant zijn een teken van een gezonde, uitgeruste plant. Winterrust is essentieel voor deze vleeseters — zonder een goede koude rustperiode verzwakken ze geleidelijk. Elk jaar opnieuw het wachten waard!

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purescience_newsMar 16
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response #Science #Biology #PlantBiology #VenusFlytrap #BiologicalResearch
https://purescience.news/article?id=958872
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that triggers that response and have published their work in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications. As previously reported, the Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it stimulates the highly sensitive trigger hairs that line the leaf. When the pressure becomes strong enough to bend those hairs, the plant will snap its leaves shut and trap the insect inside. Long cilia grab and hold the insect in place, much like fingers, as the plant begins to secrete digestive juices. The insect is digested slowly over five to 12 days, after which the trap reopens, releasing the dried-out husk of the insect into the wind. In 2016, Rainer Hedrich, a biophysicist at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, led the team that discovered that the Venus flytrap could actually

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purescience_newsMar 16
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response #Science #Biology #PlantBiology #VenusFlytrap #BiologicalResearch
https://purescience.news/article?id=958872
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that triggers that response and have published their work in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications. As previously reported, the Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it stimulates the highly sensitive trigger hairs that line the leaf. When the pressure becomes strong enough to bend those hairs, the plant will snap its leaves shut and trap the insect inside. Long cilia grab and hold the insect in place, much like fingers, as the plant begins to secrete digestive juices. The insect is digested slowly over five to 12 days, after which the trap reopens, releasing the dried-out husk of the insect into the wind. In 2016, Rainer Hedrich, a biophysicist at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, led the team that discovered that the Venus flytrap could actually

Pure Science News
purescience_newsMar 16
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response #Science #Biology #PlantBiology #VenusFlytrap #BiologicalResearch
https://purescience.news/article?id=958872
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that triggers that response and have published their work in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications. As previously reported, the Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it stimulates the highly sensitive trigger hairs that line the leaf. When the pressure becomes strong enough to bend those hairs, the plant will snap its leaves shut and trap the insect inside. Long cilia grab and hold the insect in place, much like fingers, as the plant begins to secrete digestive juices. The insect is digested slowly over five to 12 days, after which the trap reopens, releasing the dried-out husk of the insect into the wind. In 2016, Rainer Hedrich, a biophysicist at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, led the team that discovered that the Venus flytrap could actually

Pure Science News
purescience_newsMar 16
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response #Science #Biology #PlantBiology #VenusFlytrap #BiologicalResearch
https://purescience.news/article?id=958872
Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

To trap its prey, the Venus flytrap sends rapid electrical impulses, which are generated in response to touch or stress. But the molecular identity of the touch sensor has remained unclear. Japanese scientists have identified the molecular mechanism that triggers that response and have published their work in a new paper in the journal Nature Communications. As previously reported, the Venus flytrap attracts its prey with a pleasing fruity scent. When an insect lands on a leaf, it stimulates the highly sensitive trigger hairs that line the leaf. When the pressure becomes strong enough to bend those hairs, the plant will snap its leaves shut and trap the insect inside. Long cilia grab and hold the insect in place, much like fingers, as the plant begins to secrete digestive juices. The insect is digested slowly over five to 12 days, after which the trap reopens, releasing the dried-out husk of the insect into the wind. In 2016, Rainer Hedrich, a biophysicist at Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, led the team that discovered that the Venus flytrap could actually

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Hanan! 🌻Feb 25

A custom venus flytrap for R! This was so much fun to do, thank you for letting me play with colour, and for the trust with the design!

🌱 Bookings for custom or flash tattoos available via Venue or email! 🌱

This was done at my guest spot at Tattoo Zoo!

#art #MastoArt #CreativeToots #fediart #tattoo #yyjtattoo #victoria #victoriabc #victoriatattoo #colour #colourtattoo #venusflytrap #plants #nature

moliFeb 23

#jouRapNal #book18 day 71

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Gemma SarraceniaFeb 21

BTW, I have zero carnivorous plants. My little passion project would have much better results if I had live models again. And I could give the world more photos like on my Insta. Please read and share?

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/bog-monsters-how-carnivorous-plants-do-the-things-they-do/

https://www.instagram.com/tippitiwichet/

#carnivorousPlants #humanMadeArt #zine #wetlands #VenusFlytrap #sciArt #ecology #bogWitch

Bog Monsters: How Carnivorous Plants Do The Things They Do

Let’s jump to the good stuff, then I’ll explain exactly how passionate I am about this project. Here’s the first few pages of the zine/coloring book on carnivorous plants and wetland ecology I’m wo…

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Gemma SarraceniaFeb 15

Zine update! Along with this page, I will start a new routine of posting a page a week (starting Friday). I also updated the art on the other pages to use my hand colored scans, touched up just a tad digitally.

#sciArt #humanMadeArt #carnivorousPlants #VenusFlytrap #smallArtist #zine #science #botany #wetlands

https://tippitiwichet.wordpress.com/2026/02/15/zine-update/

Zine Update!

Spring is springing, things are growing, and so is the zine. Changes are being made. I spent the coldest part of the year doing as much of the art as I could, and soon I will start walking to hopef…

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