Nepenthes under blacklights

Heli

villosaholic

• Feb 19, 2013

• #1

I recently read an article about nepenthes pitchers glowing under UV light, which could be another method of trapping. I have a spare UVB bulb so I thought I would try it out and the effects were incredible, honestly these crappy photos do not do it justice. If you have a UV light I highly suggest you try this.

N. robcantleyi in normal light

in UVB spectrum

glandulifera x boschiana

Nepenthes eymae x steno x lowii x tm looked awesome

 

cody

• Feb 19, 2013

• #2

cool

 

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mylesG

• Feb 19, 2013

• #3

just keep that uv light away from luca's sheets

 

Heli

villosaholic

• Feb 19, 2013

• #4

or your mother

 

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mylesG

• Feb 19, 2013

• #5

mother jokes are not cool, esp since i cant make fun of yours. i draw the line at 400 pounds

 

richjam1986

• Feb 19, 2013

• #6

I doubted, but it's awesome to see that it works! Time for me to get a black light

 

Heli

villosaholic

• Feb 19, 2013

• #7

mylesG said:

mother jokes are not cool, esp since i cant make fun of yours. i draw the line at 400 pounds

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Well shucks, looks like I can't do that either since your mother is way above that limit

@richjam, I highly suggest you try it.

 

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fuzzy

BANNED

• Feb 19, 2013

• #8

LOL your plants tag glow much more brighter...

 

kwende

• Feb 20, 2013

• #9

Mine:


glow by Benjamin D. Rush, on Flickr

 

Sundrew

• Feb 20, 2013

• #10

It's interesting that the nectar glows too. Great pic.

 

Wire Man

Sphagnum Guru

• Feb 20, 2013

• #11

I think Ben has captured the best image of this so far.

 

BioZest

zesty.

• Feb 20, 2013

• #12

kwende said:

Mine:


glow by Benjamin D. Rush, on Flickr

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This is probably the coolest image of cps I've seen. EVER!
Amazing photo!

 

kwende

• Feb 20, 2013

• #13

Thanks. The original is on my flickr feed. It's bigger and higher resolution. Just click the image and you'll jump to my flickr page.

 

kwende

• Feb 20, 2013

• #14

Wire man - I'm seriously hoping you get some of the pictures done you and I had talked about last night. I'm so very anxious to see them.

 

Heli

villosaholic

• Feb 20, 2013

• #15

I got a better shot
Before

After

You can see that it isn't just reflecting from the peristome because it's the same color as the body.

 

dionae

sarracenia lover

• Feb 20, 2013

• #16

N. robcantleyi

N. truncata(lowland)

 

Sundrew

• Feb 20, 2013

• #17

This is so cool. Anyone know if other genuses glow too?

 

Tuuagso

• Feb 20, 2013

• #18

It's funny to see how this was never done before, and now we realize we could have posted better pictures than the ones published all along...

 

C

corners

• Feb 21, 2013

• #19

would be cool if our jungles lit up like Avatar

 

kwende

• Feb 22, 2013

• #20

Venus flytraps glow too. My aquatic utrics glow, but that might be chlorophyll suspended in the water. My dews do not. I don't have any pings at the moment.

All of my neps glow.