Sweet Leaf Nursery

Sticky situation with this Drosera Capensis 'Mini Red' on this #SundewSunday

Hey spider! My Sarracenia could have eaten that bug. 😤

We will have a limited number of Drosera Regia available at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market Plant & Flower Festival this weekend. These are large plants with 6 inch leaves and they are priced at $70 each.

We are getting ready for the Fall Plant and Flower Festival this weekend at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market. We will have our largest Sarracenia of the year (look at this Scarlet Belle!)

MSL10 is a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in the tactile sense of the Venus flytrap - Nature Communications The Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant, catches prey by sensing touch. Here, the authors show that DmMSL10 functions as a high-sensitivity mechanosensor in sensory hairs, initiating long-range calcium and electrical signals required for trap closure.

🌿 The Venus flytrap’s secret touch sensor

A new study reveals that the protein MSL10 acts as a highly sensitive mechanosensor in the Venus flytrap. It enables the plant to detect touch, fire electrical signals, and snap shut on its prey.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Plants 🧪

These sundews (Drosera spatulata) plants are expressing a cytosolic calcium biosensor. The video is false-colored, where the color corresponds to the calcium concentration in the cytosol of the cells. Blue = lowest, green = medium, and yellow = highest calcium levels
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2206433119

Do you know what happens when you touch a carnivorous sundew plant?
If the touch is strong and large enough, a cytosolic calcium wave will spread from the site of touch throughout the whole plant, but if you only touch one tentacle (see post below), the calcium wave will be local and less intense.

Haven't seen a Sarracenia do this before. 🧐

I spotted it in with the typicals, but it clearly has something atypical going on.

Red and yellow traps on a Venus Flytrap.

Love the coloration on this one. Happy #FlytrapFriday ☺️

jk guys, it escaped.

The King Sundew caught its next feast.

This Sarracenia "Juthatip Soper" is eating.

You can feel the pitcher vibrating as the bug tries to use its wings. 😱

Just another #SarraceniaSaturday at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market.

I think we can make that happen. We'll keep you posted! 😊

"Dark Maroon" Cape Sundews take on a deep red color when they get a lot of sunlight. Check them out online or at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market today!

Pee Dee State Farmers Market Vendor of the Week Sweet Leaf Nursery

We're proud to be Vendor of the Week at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market

The Drosera Regia ("King Sundew") caught a wasp for a #SundewSunday snack.

#SarraceniaSaturday snack time, but for who?

A dewy Drosera Regia leaf wrapped around a dead fly.

It's #SundewSunday and this Drosera Regia (aka "The King Sundew") caught itself a fly.

If you are in the area, come visit the Pee Dee State Farmers Market for the annual Muscadine Tasting Event and you can also come see our carnivorous plants (and maybe our new spider friend?)

We aren't kidding when we say Venus Flytraps will multiply like crazy.

Not a great way for a bug to spend #SarraceniaSaturday

Cupped Trap Venus Flytrap

Took this photo this morning for #FlytrapFriday. It is a Cupped Trap Venus Flytrap.

A white flower of a Drosera intermedia, seen in the background.

Our Drosera intermedia are flowering here at the Pee Dee State Farmers Market. 🥰

A carpenter bee stuck in the mouth of a Sarracenia "Scarlet Belle"

Carpenter bees really can't resist Sarracenia. Usually they get trapped in the larger-mouthed varieties, but this one tried to squeeze into a smaller Scarlet Belle.

This guy is celebrating #SarraceniaSaturday with us.

A B52 Venus Flytrap and seeds.

Two insects, one on top of the other, on a Red Dragon Venus Flytrap

These guys joined us today for #FlytrapFriday