Carnivorous Plants Story
Picture book for a young audience /
Kindle Edition
by
Makoto Honda
Copyright (c) 2013-2017 by Makoto Honda.
All Rights Reserved.
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Bladderworts (2)
GENUS Utricularia
Flowers of
bladderwort plants. Utricularia purpurea (left) and Utricularia
floridana (right), both in Florida, in May.
A
yellow-flowered, common terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia subulata,
growing on a moist sandy soil in North Carolina, in July.
A
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia subulata, growing on moist sand, in
North Carolina, in July. Note that this species regularly produces spherical,
closed flowers that never open but produce seeds.
An aquatic
bladderwort, Utricularia purpurea, growing in a pond, in North Carolina,
in July.
The
deep-purple blossoms of Utricularia purpurea in the Okefenokee
Swamp in Georgia, in May.
A flower
supported on a float. Utricularia radiata, in Florida, in May. Note that
the lower corolla lip of the yellow flower is clearly three-lobed.
The large
leaves of Utricularia reniformis (left) from Brazil, and white flowers of
Utricularia alpina, also from South America.
The pink
flowers of Utricularia longifolia, from Brazil.
An
orchid-like flower of a terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia longifolia.
A
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia longifolia. Long leaves reaching 30
cm (1 foot) in length (left), and numerous underground traps.
A
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia reticulata, the above-ground leaves
(left) and underground traps.
A blooming
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia striatula.
Leaves of a
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia striatula.
Traps of a
terrestrial bladderwort, Utricularia striatula.
Blossoming
Utricularia cornuta, in northern Michigan, in mid-July.
One more
shot of Utricularia cornuta.
INTRODUCTION PITFALL TRAPS FLYPAPER TRAPS SNAP-TRAPS SUCTION TRAPS VENUS FLYTRAP SUNDEWS PITCHER PLANTS COBRA PLANT BUTTERWORTS BLADDERWORTS
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