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MY CARNIVOROUS PLANTS
... conditions. In the middle of every leafblade are 3 trigger hairs. If one trigger hair is touched several times within 20 seconds or if two different hairs are touched at the same time the leaves ... show growth again and can then be potted.                             Flower of Dionaea Muscipula Young flowering scapes are best removed as soon they appear unless seed is required, as flowering has a ...
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Carnivorous Plants
... leaf blade are sensitive to touch and cause the blade to snap shut. Touching one hair will not trigger the closing mechanism. Only when one hair is touched twice or two hairs are touched in succession will the leaf blade fold closed. This strategy generally prevents an inanimate object (such as pebbles or small sticks) from activating the trap. A fringe of stiff hairs ...
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Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... are hinged leaves that snap shut when trigger hairs are touched. Suction traps, unique to bladderworts, are highly modified leaves in the shape of a bladder with a hinged door lined with trigger hairs. Lobster-pot traps of corkscrew plants are ...
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Get Growing Gardening Tips 75- Leaves
... along their margins. There are 3 tiny trigger hairs on the inner surface of each half, and if 2 trigger hairs are touched simultaneously or if any one of them is touched twice within a few seconds, the blade halves suddenly snap together, trapping the insect or other animal. As the organism struggles the trap closes even tighter and digestive enzymes are ...
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Venus' Fly Trap, Venus Flytrap, Venus's Flytrap, Dionaea, carnivorous plant
... a Venus' Fly Trap, Dionaea muscipula. These trigger hairs signal the trap to close when two hairs are touched once or one hair is touched twice. Trigger hairs are visible to the human eye, but you have ...
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botanical.com - A Modern Herbal | Broom, Dyer's - Herb Profile and Information
... hairs. The shoots terminate in spikes of brightyellow, pea-like flowers, opening in July. They are ... are straight at first, but in a high state of tension, so that the moment they are touched, they curl downwards with a sudden action and the flower bursts open. The flowers are ...
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Dionaea muscipula - Venus Flytrap, Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America
... hair on your arm. Your brain knows you have been touched. In this case, the midrib "knows" that the leaf has been touched. But the mechanical process that follows this impulse was ... a collection of circumstantial evidence without direct links to demonstrate cause and effect. First the hairs are triggered, two in succession, and these triggers set up a change in the electrical potential ...
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"Coastal Carnivores" Carnivorous Plants: Grow List
... description: Traps consist of relatively normal looking leaves, except that they are covered in hundreds of small, sticky hairs. They will usually capture only small prey, such as fungus gnats ... (Bladderworts) Brief description: Traps are small bladders which suck in prey through a vacuum like effect when hairs surrounding the trap door are touched. These traps are usually produced under the ...
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Stinging nettle
... to beware of. The tiny stinging hairs that cover the plant can cause a reddish rash and painful, stinging sensation if they are touched. While the effects are not serious, the pain may persist ... release dark brown seeds. The pod-like capsules are covered with stinging hairs. Stem: The stems of the plant are stout and sheathed in spiny, toxic hairs. Habitat: Stinging nettle grows in dry, sandy ...
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US National Arboretum Picture of the Week Answer        -
... '. The foliage is covered with hairs that release a rose-like fragrance when the leaves are touched. Scented geraniums are not hardy [USDA hardiness zones 9 through 11] and are most often used in container ...
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