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Our new film "The Realm of Emergences" shows the history and the currently most detailed description of the spider leg sundews (section Arachnopus) by their different emergences in an entertaining fashion. With D. hartmeyerorum, Dr. Jan Schlauer split the first species from D. indica for its unique morphology in 2001. Criticized by some experts at that time, today we can say with certainty that the plants in this section can actually be distinguished by their emergences, even if their function is often not known. Only the characteristics of the emergences of D. hartmeyerorum have been unequivocally proven. They function as optical lenses, which light up bright yellow even under a red laser beam. In D. cucullata we find structures that appear like ant abdomens and when the German couple Holger & Anja Hennern discovered a sundew with ice-lolly emergences in 2008, even the experts were amazed. These and further emergences that appear even more fascinating beneath the microscope help to identify the plants that have been distinguished from D. indica so far. Those who have seen this film should not have problems with naming the plants any more.

hey guys, how do you embed a youtube video into a post? cheers Alex

A short video using a cheap Chinese LED phone microscope which I got for only $5 but which does a surprisingly good job https://youtu.be/vbPqU-p9WDQ If you like carnivorous plant videos please subscribe I have a few more on my channel and make new ones fairly regularly

Just a quick 2 minute tour of my glasshouse showing some Drosera, Saracenia, Drosophyllym and Venus fly traps Im growing In New Zealand https://youtu.be/6U3G9-eD9fM Please subscribe I will make new cp videos and have quite a few already on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLY0gh6fEWwj9I2gtntdSl4ld4YxSRhpP4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAuiCI292Bc

Hi all! I'd like to make a video with lot of people (from around the world) presenting their own carnivorous plants and put it on youtube, in order to share this FASTASTIC PASSION and make it even more popular! So, here's the idea, to make a short short short video of you with ONE carnivorous plant in your hand, or near you, saying: "Hi, my name is [yourname] and this is my carnivorous plant!" That's all! You can also use the language of your country (italian, english, some slang...), this will make it even cooler! SO if you think it is a good idea, feel free to send your little video @ this email: [email protected] or upload to some filehosting (like mega) and send the link to me! I'll download that and let you know when the video is ready to be published! P.S: I'm not gonna put any advertising on it, I don't want to earn money from that! What do you think?