by Rich Leighton | Aug 27, 2018 | Carnivorous Plants, Florida, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Nature & Wildlife
The Venus flytrap is a small carnivorous plant. The trap at the end of a leaf snaps closed on its prey, usually an insect, when sensitive hairs inside the trap have been triggered twice within 20 seconds. This way the plant does not waste energy on non-food objects....
by Rich Leighton | Aug 2, 2018 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Melanthiaceae, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Wildflowers
Trilliums use ants for seed dispersal. Ants are attracted to the elaiosomes (external “food bodies”) on the seeds and collect them and transport them away from the parent plant. MORE PHOTOS OF TRILLIUMS MORE FLORIDA NATURE FACTS Florida Nature Facts is a...
by Rich Leighton | May 29, 2018 | Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Often mistaken for orchids or “weird mushrooms,” Indian pipes are actually plants in the heath family. Lacking chlorophyll and a means to produce their own food like most plants, they form a symbiotic relationship with mycorrhizal fungi in the soil that helps them...
by Rich Leighton | Mar 5, 2017 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Wildflowers
The American strawberry bush – also known by many other names such as the “hearts-a-bustin” and “hearts-bustin’-with-love”, is a native member of the bittersweet family is one of those oddly beautiful plants you find sometimes in...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 11, 2016 | Florida, Florida Nature Photography, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Travel
My favorite palm! The paurotis palm is a wonderfully beautiful palm that I have a personal connection to. As I was starting to build my photography business back when I was still living back home in Southwest Florida, I worked in a plant nursery and planted many...
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