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Carnivorous plant


Carnivorous plant
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Copyright: Fabien Fivaz (fib2004) Silver Note Writer [C: 7 W: 0 N: 10] (85)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-08-02
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Olympus C-2020Z
Exposure: f/4.5, 1/500 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Carnivorous plants [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-10-01 7:51
Viewed: 5303
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
No, it's not a joke, Pinguicula alpina is a small carnivorous plant growing in the Alps. It has what is called a semi-active way of trapping insects. It has a sticky substance on the leaves where insects get simply caught and "digested".
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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4432 W: 248 N: 4028] (13270)
  • [2005-10-01 9:21]

Hello Fabien!
Very nice plant capture.Well seen and composed.Lighting,POV,DOF and framing are perfect.As you pointed in note very interesting and unusual plant.Thanks for sharing..:-)

Ciao
Très sympa cette p'tite plante. J'aime bien ses feuilles bien
grasses. Ca fait aussi un peu étoile de mer la forme. Bien vu!
A+
Quentin

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