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Will-23 year old plant boy

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Check out the trap on this fanged pitcherplant (Nepenthes bicalcarata)!!! This unique pitcherplant uses a pair of fangs to produce nectar and lure prey directly above the opening of their traps. Interestingly they also have a symbiotic relationship with a species of carpenter ant, which nest in the hollow tendrils that support the trap. The inside walls of the pitchers are not very slippery and the fluid within is lacking acidity/high enzyme levels which allow the ants to hunt and swim for fallen insects!!! The plant feeds on the the ant's poop and also any remaining insect parts the ants dont want!!🐜🌱 #nepenthesbicalcarata #botany #plantaddict #pitcherplant #neature #plantlife #plantnerd #carnivorousplantclub #plantsofinstagram #macro #urbanjungle #terrarium #carnivorousplant https://www.instagram.com/p/CNK-6U5A2gu/?igshid=ukivpry7metk

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Check out the wicked nectar glands on my Sun Pitcher Plant (Heliamphora tatei x sarracenoides)!!!😍🤤 The globs of nectar produced by these glands attract insects, which slip and fall into the pitcher. In the third picture you can see these glands even occur on the bottom parts of the trap, luring insects up into the danger zone. Bacteria within rainwater held in the pitcher help to digest insects and other debris into usable nutrients for plant growth. #carnivorousplantclub #pitcherplant #macro #neature #carnivorousplants #plantsofinstagram #plantnerd #plantporn #indoorplants #plantlife #plantlove #plantstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfF-95gtWQ/?igshid=18rr0hqvrf6hi

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Check out this hybrid butterwort I'm growing (P.gigantea X emarginata clone#9). The flowers and leaf forms are highly variable between individuals in this cross created by Cole Bonfield. I found it interesting how the digestive glands are found on the undersides of the petals, what a dangerous flower to visit!!! #butterwort #carnivorousplants #neature #botany #macro #plantlife #terrarium #plantaddict #rareplants #plantcollection #plantbreeding https://www.instagram.com/p/CH6InXCg-B0/?igshid=7zszf23hom2d

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🌱Nepenthes albomarginata "red"🌱 This pitcherplant is unique because of its white collar it wears. In nature it uses this collar to lure and eat termites which cant resist eating the sugary trichomes. They have been observed eating 22 termites per minute, eating up to 6000 termites per pitcher!!!!! Its thought that this species specializes in termites as they are abundant, and richer in nitrogen than other prey items found in their habitat 🍬🐜 #pitcherplant #neature #botany #plantlife #macro #carnivorousplants #plantsofinstagram #nepenthes #urbanjungle #plantnerd https://www.instagram.com/p/CFGLf-vFKt8/?igshid=drh49sb3e7h5

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Check out this new leaf on my Hoya carnosa "Krimson Queen"! It has a type of variegation called "chimeral variegation" that is caused by a genetic mutation. Basically it has cells that produce chlorophyll and some that dont. Depending on where these mutated cells are in the developing meristem you can get different types of patterning. I think what is happening here is a sandwich "periclinal" chimera where 2 normal green layers are surrounding a mutated center layer of the leaf!!! 🥪🍀🤔 #leaf #variegated #hoya #botany #neature #macro #plantlife #plantlover #plantsofinstagram #plantroom #plantaddict #naturephotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CD4uBKplqxT/?igshid=tbtjexs1xik3

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ANT PLANT UPDATE😲!!! I cant believe how big this guy has grown since my last post. If you swipe left you'll see a close up of one of its leaves. What do you guys think is on the leaf? From what I've read it could be: false scale insects to attract ants, pearl bodies which are food offerings to also attract ant friends, or corky scar tissue caused by excess water that causes stomata to burst and get replaced by cork. Ant plants are so cool 🤩😮!!! #plantsarefriends #mutualism #botany #neature #macro #plantlife #botanical #terrarium #epiphyte #plantlover #plantsofinstagram #plantlove #plantsplantsplants #ant https://www.instagram.com/p/CBtQp73Fbb-/?igshid=3xxslpzr9hbg

[eriospermum]

Eriospermum dregei  Schönland

[jeremiahsplants]

This is such a cool pitcher on Heliamphora minor var Pillosa from @askdrewmcclain (at Colorado Springs, Colorado) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAvwLF3Fjdt/?igshid=u9jw4p8rmxyf

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UPDATE! My fork-leaved sundew produced this MONSTER leaf 😍!! If this growth rate continues I might get a leaf as large as my hand in a few months! #sundew #carnivorousplants #terrarium #plantsofinstagram #plantlife #macro #neature #botany #plantcollection #indoorjungle #plantshelfie https://www.instagram.com/p/CAVymMEFxoR/?igshid=13fr4kbk41o2h

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My leopard lily (Ledebouria petiolata) flowered!! Swipe to see how it got its name! 🐆 The tiny off-white flowers produce a light scent, and are visited by generalist pollinators such as honey bees. #ledebouriapetiolata #foliage #neature #houseplantsofinstagram #botany #macro #plantlife #hyacinth #plantcollection #spotted #flowerstagram #plantroom https://www.instagram.com/p/B_tFYuHl-V9/?igshid=17ybaorh83pvm

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This fork-leaved sundew variety can grow leaves over a FOOT long with more than 60 points! Cant wait for this guy to get bigger! 😀😍 🌱 Plant: Drosera binata var.multifida f. extrema 🌱 #sundew #carnivorousplants #terrarium #plantsofinstagram #plantlife #macro #neature #botany #plantcollection https://www.instagram.com/p/B_N5NcDFk3-/?igshid=11kksn8wstoi4

[ceais]

10 April 2020

Spent the early hours of the morning watching the sun rise and admiring my plant babes

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[leselfov]

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Green house

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N. Rafflesiana new pitcher. Still small, but the red lips looks promising for the future.