H. nutans aquaplaning research paper

[Av8tor1]

Public access: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1753/20122569.full.pdf

 

[BigBella]

Interesting, Butch, but painfully behind the times. Now with waxing, "superhydrophilic hairy surface" are all but unheard of out here in the West -- aside from a "landing strip" or two; the 1970s retro appearance of H. minor var. pilosa not withstanding . . .

 

[Av8tor1]

hehehe, if you show me a heli with a thong, im outta here

 

[richjam1986]

Nice You'll find an article by the same authors on a similar mechanism in Nepenthes which I've read before, and is very interesting as well. If you enjoyed this article, you'll really enjoy their other paper too

(citation # 19: Bohn HF, Federle W. 2004 Insect aquaplaning: Nepenthes pitcher plants capture prey with the peristome, a fully wettable water-lubricated anisotropic surface. Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 101, 14 138–14 143. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0405885101) )

 

[BioZest]

Cool article! I love constantly learning about CPs

 

[Wire Man]

hehehe, if you show me a heli with a thong, im outta here

I have some chiffon left over from one of my college classes and a H. minor. Wait, that sounds horrible!