Grow Carnivorous Plants!

Cephalotus follicularis is one of many carnivorous plants native to Australia. This video showcases how the plant is pollinated by ants. All footage of the ant is the same ant throughout the video. I found the ant running around the flower stalks when I was about to hand-pollinate the flowers myself. Ants are common prey with Cephaltous in the wild, so it’s not at all unusual for it to be common pollinators.

Bumblebees are abundant around the nursery when Sarracenia flowers are in bloom. Hopefully we’ll have lots of carnivorous plant seeds this year!

Carnivorous plants are in bloom! I filmed this video in the early evening. The lighting was simply perfect to capture the delicate colors among the Sarracenia. Only a small handful of Sarracenia had open pitchers at the time, but many displayed a gorgeous array of flowers. There are a few footage of sundews and Darlingtonia. The video, however, showcases Sarracenia flowers.