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Some of my Stylidium debile

i got a few from Xantius back around the beginning of May and since then they have exploded...they definitely loved my windowsill and now they seem to really love my greenhouse.
i have a few sprouting from root divisions out in direct sun too.
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Neat. They sort of look like Mexican pings in their winter leaves.
 
Gee I wish I was in US right now so I could take some :p Nice plants SK!
 
Very nice.
So which part about these is carnivorous again? The flower stalks or something?
 
I believe the flowers get triggeredd.
 
there are sticky glands on the base of the flower where the seed pod forms that are similar to that on a drosera or pinguicula that are able to catch and digest small insects like gnats or springtails.
Halt, the trigger/hammer is only to transfer pollen
when an insect stimulates the flower, it swings forward and smacks the insect dusting it in pollen, resets itself in a few minutes, then cant be used again for a few hours.
 
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