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Drosera filiformis var. tracyii
A species of sundew, it is unusual within its genus in that the long, erect, filiform (thread-like) leaves of this plant unroll in spirals - an arrangement similar to the circinate vernation seen in ferns.
North Carolina Botanical Garden
43 Comments (1–25)
Cool! Wow! Poor flies! It is a scary plant! It is very nice. It is an interesting plant.
Wow! It is an awesome plant.
I wouldn´t dare touch that plant.
For scientists it is a very interesting plant.
Form II Yellow (generation 2017)
Saint George´s School
Wow! Nice and scary!
Form II Brown class
Saint George`s School
Belated thanks, M Fortune, Leanne, Antonio and Toshimi!
Wow!!! That's and amazing plant and a great photo too!
Congratulations Maria! I love Sundews, great spotting :)
Wow !so beautiful Maria,great spotting,congrats on the SOTD and thanks for sharing
Beautiful series! Congratulations!
Thanks, Jacob, Thirvour, Carol and Gerardo!
congratulations Maria..
This is so nice what a great series Maria Congratulations :)
What an amazing photo!!! Love it.
Its very beautiful,thank you for posting
Congratulations on a fantastic spotting of the day! :-)
Thanks so much, everyone, for your kind words and observations. It's a pleasure to share what I have the privilege to see with Project Noah members. I always look forward to seeing what you have spotted, too. :>)
Awesome series!
Congratulations Stunning photo :)
Congrats!
Congrats Maria on this wonderful spotting
Congrats Maria!
Congrats, Maria.
Congrats, Maria!
Hi Maria, Congratulations on your SOTD
This was a lovely surprise this morning - Karen, thanks for selecting this series as SOTD and to all of you for your nice comments! It's a fascinating plant and having a macro lens for such shots would be great (I took these using a zoom lens!). Glad that you enjoyed seeing this! :>)
Great series, Maria! Congrats for the SOTD!
Congratulations Maria on this lovely photo and SOTD!