The Cute Flower of A Parachute Plant

bleujay (70) · 7 years ago

Thank you for posting dear @englishtchrivy.

Lovely artistic photographs to be found here and interesting information as well.......thank you.

Do vines have a larger root system across the board.

All the best mon ami.

Cheers.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

thanks mon ami

not necessarily all vines
this one can have bigger than that of ... I could only think of an adult grape plant that's been allowed to keep climbing or a 5 year old adult passion plant, too. The trunk would be huge and thick, too

thanks for dropping by!

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bawangmerah230 (57) · 7 years ago

it's a bit complicated at the answer. because i never saw that..lol ..

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cecicastor (60) · 7 years ago

I believe it is pollinated by flies. Flies crawl into the flower and are caught by downward facing hairs that prevent it from leaving. The fly, in turn, gets covered with pollen as it struggles to escape. The flower then dies and the hairs are weakened and the fly escapes.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

and the flower falls off
and the fly finally escapes
flies indeed Ceci

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madlenfox (65) · 7 years ago

Hi @englishtchrivy! I do not know the type of insect pollinates this plant. But I think I know the insect is trapped inside a chandelier. The trap closes. There is an insect spinning and floundering, collects pollen. Then the flower opens again and releases the insect outwards. I read that this is what happens in the natural environment.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

as to how you describe what happens to the insect .. it's almost right .. as for what happens to the flower at that very same time ... it's different but it could also be a language barrier so let me give you a 5% up

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madlenfox (65) · 7 years ago

You're right, it's really hard for me to convey it in English. :) thank!

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

you're welcome :)

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boyasyie (59) · 7 years ago

I do not have answers and explanations. :) :) :)

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andrijana (51) · 7 years ago (edited)

It attracts flies with a fragrance of dying bee, so flies 'attack' it and .. and then flower trap the fly for some time so it can pollinate it!

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

flies it is indeed!

I cast you 10% cause the process isn't complete but thank you for providing the answer
how did you know?

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andrijana (51) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'm in love with cacti and other succulents! :D I suppose this is Ceropegia sandersonii.

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andrijana (51) · 7 years ago

One of mine Ceropegia:

Flowers are really incredible :)

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

beautiful!

that does look like a parachute taken in this angle :)

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cynetyc (70) · 7 years ago

The flower is awesome @englishtchrivy, it kinda looks like an alien to me!

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

I had the same feeling the first time I saw it and the second time and till now hahah

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folker-wulff (67) · 7 years ago

it's been mousy quiet since the price dropped

Well, we can't have that, can we? PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY! PARTY!

Loud enough for you? Seriously, I have no idea what this plant is. Don't know too much about plants. But I do know about photos, and yours is outstanding!

I will - totally in the dark - take a shot at the pollination question: Judging by the shape of the flower my guess is hummingbirds. Did I guess right?

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

hahahaha

yes that's more like it :D
better now

thank you

thanks for guessing, too but a hummingbird is a bird not an insect
it's an insect
one that would make you say ewwwwwwe ...

btw, the tulips are still trying to beat the cold
am not sure they'd be ready soon
but the crocuses are already showing their beauties off

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folker-wulff (67) · 7 years ago

Yes, I saw the crocuses. Wifey found a tulip radar live cam site online and is watching them like a hog. Looks like mid-April and now I have to go to the Bollenstreek, Haarlem, Noordwijk, and the Zaanse Schans. What the heck, I just work here.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

hahaha

flowers are like hynopotions to women I suppose

well then, enjoy
do Khof you won't regret it just visit it in the morning
the first time hubby brought me there we got there at 11 am it was still too short a time to get to go around the whole place
very beautiful though
enjoy

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loonatic (57) · 7 years ago

amazing plant . never saw it before

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

so many here
I've seen it in a butterfly garden and some botanical garden around here , too
not sure where to find one in The Hague but in the butterfly garden am sponsoring they have it there a huge one !

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steamdan (59) · 7 years ago (edited)

Hi again! You have a really nice way to add entries to your blog, and awesome subjects as well, cheers!

I won't claim I'd knew anything about this plant before your post, but I actually thought that flies could be the pollinators for these umbrella flowers before I looked it up on google and found more about that beautiful flower. I also assumed it would use some kind of trap for the pollinators and I wasn't wrong. I found this useful info and learned that these flowers are completely criminal scammers lol... they attract a certain type of flies that are looking for dead(ish) honeybees scent (an "alarm liquid" they release when in danger) on flowers and do they only not have any dead bees nor food to give the flies, they even trap a starving flie for as much as 24 hrs! They release them and are even able to attract the flies again in an endless cycle! This method actually has a name, "deceptive pollination" and I'll quote a text from the source, in case you don't feel the urge to read the full article outside steemit. Cheers and have a great week everybody!

"A mixture of substances emitted from the glands of the struggling or dying bees helps the flies to find their favourite prey. "These substances (we also refer to them as 'alarm pheromones'), which are released in moments of great distress, have a scent that is as about as appetizing to the flies as the aroma of a Sunday roast is to humans," explains Annemarie Heiduk. The Bayreuth scientist has demonstrated that the parachute flowers produce no fewer than 33 substances that are also emitted by honeybees that have been fatally attacked. Together, these substances produce a floral scent so deceptively similar that it tricks the flies with nearly perfect chemical mimicry. To the surprise of the flies, instead of enjoying a feast, they plunge into the plant's pitfall flowers."

The particular pollinators for these parachute flowers (ceropegia sandersonii) are the desmometopa flies, insects as large as 2 millimeters.

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fernandobravo (43) · 7 years ago

is beautiful Flower, i like it @englishtchrivy

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mgood (53) · 7 years ago (edited)

I'm too late to enter your rewards contest. To be honest, I didn't know the answer anyway but I did enjoy learning about the flower and the fly.

Plants do communicate with each other and their environment.....more with their subtle feelings than with words.

I am curious if this vine produces more flowers as the moon becomes full and then gradually drops some flowers afterwards? Enjoy the flower while you have it.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

I think you're talking of a cactus :D
perhaps the Queen of the Night? That one blooms at night and withers the next day if I remember it correctly

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mgood (53) · 7 years ago (edited)

I just looked that up. It is a very interesting cactus vine but it's different from the one I was thinking about. The Queen of the Night is remarkable in that at night it sends out a beautiful, fragrant flower, but only one night in a year.

Thank you for up-voting my comment in another thread.

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beautypics (61) · 7 years ago

Very beautiful flower dear

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

indeed :)
its tiny actually

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davidad (75) · 7 years ago

Awesome flower... I recollect I do usually saw flower looking like this in damping area along road to stream.. am not sure how it's pollinated... But most of the time this insect always on the anther of this flower... Which might likely be the pollinating agents of this parachute flower.

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

am not sure that is that but it looks similar

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davidad (75) · 7 years ago

Yes it may be...

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nazarhasyimi (51) · 7 years ago

Thanks buddy,
I wait post a gain I have follow you 🙏

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blazing (70) · 7 years ago

Nature always comes up with surprising things this was one such wow :D

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gardenlady (66) · 7 years ago

I am def not familiar with this parachute plant altho it looks like it belongs on a vine. Perhaps it's a vine that takes more of a liking to hot 'southern' weather. It doesn't look Zone 6 -ish to me.

(oh, lol, you have tropicalplants as a # !)

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englishtchrivy (72) · 7 years ago

ahoy!
I miss seeing you!
yes I do :D

it's from Africa he he
but I think not just Africa .. probably else where in the world, too
not American :D

am glad to see you around!

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gardenlady (66) · 7 years ago

I'm around...just popping in and out these days with an occasional post :-)

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gayocoffeefarm (45) · 7 years ago

my coffee flower

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rehan12 (73) · 7 years ago

Well it would kinda be great to get a translator someday ;)

I am indeed curious myself by getting through your post by the way ;)

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