Reply With QuoteI am pretty sure all flytraps have those, my seedlings certainly do.
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They appear to be thicker just like the lobes are compared to a regular vft.
I am pretty sure all flytraps have those, my seedlings certainly do.
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none of the other 12 or so baby VFTs that I have have that thing goin' on.. which is why I was like "what the heck?"
How cool is that!
Many flytrap cultivars exhibit these lumps. I think they're masses of anthocyanin pigments, but don't quote me on it.
The fact that the lumps appear at the edges of your traps probably has something to do with the fact that Wacky Traps' traps aren't fully developed - that's why they look so wacky. The area of a normal trap where the lumps would generally terminate (as seen in the pics below of traps with cilia) doesn't exist in Wacky Traps.
These flytraps have the lumps as well:
B52
BZ Razorback
Cupped Trap
Typical (grew one trap ever with this odd green banding)
These are the sessile glands. They are related to structure and function of the sessile glands on Drosera trichomes (tentacles) and lamina (leaves). These are basically the digestive glands. As I recall Darwin may have pointed this out in his 1875 book Insectivorous Plants. This grainy pattern is usually found in younger, immature plants. Glands are easiest to see on less colorful plants.
https://www.google.com/search?q=sess...w=1246&bih=815
Refer to:
THE SECRETORY CYCLE OF DIONAEA
MUSCIPULA ELLIS I. THE FINE STRUCTURE AND THE EFFECT OF
STIMULATION ON THE FINE STRUCTURE OF THE DIGESTIVE GLAND CELLS
BY R. J. ROBINS* AND B. E. JUNIPER
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1....tb00789.x/pdf
Evolving Darwin's 'most wonderful' plant: ecological steps to a snap-trap.
By Gibson TC, Waller DM.
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/1...09.02935.x/pdf
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Thanks NoN!
Not to hijack the thread, but this pic shows the sessile glands on my Drosera regia. I find they look strikingly similar to those of a flytrap.
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I don't see anything unusual!
Experience is the best teacher. At least it used to be.
But then, common sense isn't so common anymore, is it.
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