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'J' Hunt - Pitcher Plant


'J' Hunt - Pitcher Plant
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Copyright: Vishal Sabharwal (shal) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 165 W: 46 N: 161] (1304)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-05-14
Categories: Nature, Macro
Camera: Nikon D200, Nikkor 28-105 AF Macro f3,5-4,5, UV Filter
Exposure: f/18.0, 1/60 seconds
Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2007-05-22 13:46
Viewed: 1060
Points: 14
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Image taken at the Orchid Research Center in Tippi, Arunachal, India

Pitcher Plant

Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey-trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection pressure favouring more deeply cupped leaves over evolutionary time. However, some pitcher plant genera (such as Nepenthes) are placed within clades consisting mostly of flypaper traps: this indicates that this view may be too simplistic, and some pitchers may have evolved from flypaper traps by loss of mucilage.

Whatever their evolutionary origins, foraging, flying or crawling insects such as flies are attracted to the cavity formed by the cupped leaf, often by visual lures such as anthocyanin pigments, and nectar bribes. The sides of the pitcher are slippery and may be grooved in such a way so as to ensure that the insects cannot climb out. The small bodies of liquid contained within the pitcher traps are called phytotelmata. They drown, and gradually dissolve the body of the insect. This may occur by bacterial action (the bacteria being washed into the pitcher by rainfall) or by enzymes secreted by the plant itself. Furthermore, some pitcher plants contain mutualistic insect larvae, which feed on trapped prey, and whose excreta the plant absorbs. Whatever the mechanism of digestion, the prey items are converted into a solution of amino acids, peptides, phosphates, ammonium and urea, from which the plant obtains its mineral nutrition (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus). Like all carnivorous plants, they occur in locations where the soil is too poor in minerals and/or too acidic for most plants to be able to grow.
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  • woody Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 181 W: 61 N: 140] (710)
  • [2007-05-22 13:53]

Pretty neat work bro!! It looks less like a plant and more like snake with its head off :P Seriously, I like this one. Well done.
-Varun
P.S. Enter it for the hunt

Bonjour,
très impressionnant! Superbe photo
Raph

Hi Vishal,
it's wonderful - you found a beautiful object and captured it excellent, thanks and greetings
Sabine - wishnugaruda

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  • SkyF Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1666 W: 136 N: 1263] (6138)
  • [2007-05-22 14:25]

Hello Vishal,
what a great finf for the hunt, this really looks like a J.
Very well seen and you caprured it perfectly.
POV, sharpness and DOF looks great.
TFS..Sky

  • Great 
  • limba3 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1081 W: 436 N: 421] (13278)
  • [2007-05-22 14:34]

Hi
Excellent letter. Natural, nicely spy each other and done.
Anna

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  • clnaef Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 996 W: 54 N: 31] (5769)
  • [2007-05-22 14:57]

Bonjour,
Joli détail, bien vu.
Bonne journée.
clnaef

very nice shot. Good interpretation of the theme. I'd like to see this shot with a bit more blurred background and less flash highlights though. Good job. Cheers, Jens

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