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Wacky Traps looking wacky.. what is that?

Brie

Brie

Sarracenia freak
While snapping some pics of the baby Wacky Traps and its double headed leaf, i noticed something odd.. The traps(all of them) are covered in weird little goldish colored dots.. I dont think they're a parasite or eggs, only thing I can think of is its crystalized ferts from when I misted them with Maxsea? This plant is so tiny that the dots are barely visible to the naked eye.. Didnt see them until taking the macros..

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That's bizarre... What a sad plant.

Perhaps abnormally large nectar glands?
 
It has acne......Proactive can help. :-))
 
Yeah.. Wacky Traps really is an abomination lol.
 
Those are natural for wacky.. Look at my avatar.. Its cool imo
 
Dexenthes said:
Perhaps abnormally large nectar glands?
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That was my initial thought too. Are the bumps only on the inside of the traps? Take a close look with a hand-lens. Do they look like this
http://www.honda-e.com/CP_ARTICLES/DionaeaGlands.htm
http://www.honda-e.com/IPW_6_PhotoGallery/04_Dionaea/Ph4_1008.htm
http://www.psmicrographs.co.uk/venus-flytrap-leaf-glands--dionaea-muscipula-/science-image/80018467

I tried to look at my Wacky Traps, but they are still dormant and no traps are open yet.
 
BobZ said:
That was my initial thought too. Are the bumps only on the inside of the traps? Take a close look with a hand-lens. Do they look like this
http://www.honda-e.com/CP_ARTICLES/DionaeaGlands.htm
http://www.honda-e.com/IPW_6_PhotoGallery/04_Dionaea/Ph4_1008.htm
http://www.psmicrographs.co.uk/venus-flytrap-leaf-glands--dionaea-muscipula-/science-image/80018467

I tried to look at my Wacky Traps, but they are still dormant and no traps are open yet.
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Was hoping you'd see this Bob..

Thanks for the links.. Yeah I dare say they may be.. BUT they're also along the very top edge of the trap.. like on edge of the trap lip. Pointing up.. Would glands be found there as well? I was thinking maybe its dried nectar?
 
Brie said:
Was hoping you'd see this Bob..

Thanks for the links.. Yeah I dare say they may be.. BUT they're also along the very top edge of the trap.. like on edge of the trap lip. Pointing up.. Would glands be found there as well? I was thinking maybe its dried nectar?
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dunno. hard to apply morphology to this one as it is an abomination :p. Due to the alteration in the trap structure it might be possible that some things may not be found in places you might expect.
 
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Ah there we go.. Thanks Doom, yeah looks just like that.. Mine just look weird because its such a tiny plant.. The traps are about 1/8"...
 
  • #11
They appear to be thicker just like the lobes are compared to a regular vft.
 
  • #12
I am pretty sure all flytraps have those, my seedlings certainly do.
 
  • #13
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?"
 
  • #14
How cool is that!
 
  • #15
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)
 
  • #16
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=ses...ct=mode&cd=2&ved=0CAsQ_AUoAQ&biw=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/10.1111/j.1469-8137.1980.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/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.02935.x/pdf
 
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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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  • #19
I don't see anything unusual!
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:-))
 
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