The Sundew Drosera falconeri

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 2:46 pm

Another Winter growing carnivorous Sundew from the Northern costal territory of Australia. Discovered around 1980. These leaves are around .750" wide. The first picture is taken at about a 35 degree angle from the plant and is a stack of 50 pictures. The second and third picture were taken straight down on the plant and were not stacked.

Canon 400D-Canon 100mm F/2.8 Macro USM
1/20s
F/5.0
ISO200
50 frame stack. Av mode for all.

0"6s
F/16
ISO200

0"3s
F/16
ISO400

Bruce Williams · Post by **Bruce Williams** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 3:32 pm

Always enjoy your sundew pics Doug and these three are real crackers. Pic3 is my personal favourite.

Bruce

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:16 pm

You're getting some good photos with that new camera Doug.

For some odd reason those little round leaves remind me of the "peanuts" characters. Good Grief....

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:56 pm

Excellent images, Doug.

Now all we need is a freshly trapped bug for scale...which I guess assumes that the bug would have to be a familiar one.

Do these things catch houseflies? Common fruitflies (Drosophila)?

--Rik

jmlphoto · Post by **jmlphoto** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:57 pm

crazy trichomes on those things. great photos.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:35 am

Thanks for the comments everyone. They tend to catch smaller flies like knats and little flies I have around my plants in the house (not sure what they are). Fruitflies would be great meal for them. I have seen larger flies pull away from my sundews outside in the bog.