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Example of a sunstressed plant! (Sarracenia) (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 days ago by howler@lemmy.zip to c/houseplants@mander.xyz

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Some plants react to the sun much like humans do, "getting a tan". It's called sun stressing!

For this picture I kept one of Scylla's "mouths" in the shadow (indirect light), so it shows its natural green colour, but I made sure that the other "mouth" enjoyed as much (direct) sun as possible.

The plant is not upset about this experiment at all. It keeps pushing "mouths" like crazy.

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[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Sarracenia sp. are too cool. We have Sarracenia purpurea that grows wildly here. We're absolutely lousy with them.

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 4 points 3 days ago

What's that second picture? A flower? A fruit?

[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Yup, that is its flower.

Here's a more complete picture of one

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Nice! Thanks!

[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I’d love to see some of these in their natural habitat some day!

[-] Tempus_Fugit@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They're mostly located on the East coast and Northern Midwest US. They're all over Canada. Most states have some carnivorous plants though. The one I really want to find in the wild is Darlingtonia californica the cobra lilly. It's an absolutely gorgeous plant, but only found in Northern California and parts of Oregon.

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[-] atomicorange@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They even have forked tongues!

this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2025

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