It's been a while since I posted a blog having been away on various trips and thought I'd share some images from my latest field trip to the wilds of Scotland.
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| Loch Achray home to D. rotundifolia and P. vulgaris |
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| Loch Achtriochtan, Glen Coe |
It's a hard life visiting the stunning locations where carnivorous plants grow. I thought I grew P. vulgaris well, but......
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| P. vulgaris, Loch Achtriochtan, Glen Coe |
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| P. vulgaris, Loch Achtriochtan, Glen Coe |
It was tough taking a detour to the hills behind Loch Tay. I had to suffer walking through this landscape searching for more
P. vulgaris.
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| Loch Tay, Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve |
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| Loch Tay, Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve |
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| P. vulgaris, Loch Tay, Ben Lawers National Nature Reserve |
On the way to Ben Nevis I just had to stop at one of several
D. anglica sites. It had rained heavily the night and morning before, but the clouds broke kindly by the time I arrived. In places
D. anglica just about kept its leaves above the water level, with others submerged.
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| D. anglica, Glen Coe |
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| D. anglica, Glen Coe |
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| D. rotundifolia, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve |
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| Raised bog, Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve |
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| P. vulgaris, Samson's Stone, Bochastle |
Carnivorous plants generally come from areas where their roots are unable to obtain enough nutrients from the soil, so they have developed a way of absorbing nutrients from animals, live or dead. Plants such as dionaea feed on small insects by trapping them and then digesting the contents of their bodies.
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