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Didn't bring my camera to Sweden so I borrowed dad's EOS 350D. Spent about half an hour out in the cold, taking a few close-ups of plants in the garden. Coming from the quite warm Japan, I wasn't really used to the minus degrees . . .
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Sarracenia flava from South Carolina. Tough to see, but another, much smaller carnivorous plant is in the picture - the Pink Sundew, Drosera capillaris. Flowers of this species of pitcher plant were the first to open this year, and the last of them are dropping their petals now. Two varieties are pictured: S. flava var. flava and S. flava var. cuprea.
...on the Tiger Leaping Gorge hiking trail in Yunnan, China
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These wart-like bumps, called “galls” are harmless and rarely affect the health or vigor of the plant.
Galls are abnormal growth on plants usually caused by feeding of mites or insects. As the new leaves are coming out of the buds in the spring, tiny mites or insects will feed on the leaves, causing a hypersensitive response by the plant. The plant’s cells rapidly divide, forming a wart-like gall. The mite or insect may then lay its eggs in the gall tissue, where the young develop and complete their life cycle.
Once the galls form, they cannot be removed from the leaves. The mites feed and mate inside the galls during summer, then overwinter in cracks and crevices of tree bark. In spring, the mites migrate to the swelling buds to feed on newly developing leaves.
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