suggesting Stylidiaceae maybe practicing carnivory

[sweetpea]

Dear all,

Konnichiwa!

A paper suggesting Stylidiaceae maybe practicing carnivory has just been published in the International Trigger Plant Society (ITPS) journal No. 2.

The ITPS journal No. 2 is available as a free pdf download from
www.trigerplants.org

There is a lot of other articles as well as photos of many species.

The attached photos of Stylidium carlquistii are yet other example of insect prey caught on the scape of a triggerplant.

Kind regards



Stylidium carlquistii


Stylidium carlquistii

[Aidan]

Above link is bad. This one works -

www.triggerplants.org/resources/ITPS+Journal+Vol+1+No+2.pdf

Many plants capture insects in a similar fashion.

[sweetpea]

Dear Aidan-san,

Konnichiwa!

Jul 1, 2011 14:01:35 GMT Aidan said:

Many plants capture insects in a similar fashion.

Yes, I know. My tomato plants catch insects.

My cultivated tomato plants catch insects but I've never thought of them being like carnivorous plants. I have no experience growing the wild pure tomato species. I do not know if the species or cultivated tomato plants are carnivorous or not.

Kind regards