Funky flowers:
A closer view of a falsely
viviparous inflorescence. Look at how the sepals and petals have
been replaced with little leaf-like organs. Notice that the
"ovary" at the top right is topped--not with styles--but
instead with a little cluster of glandular hairs! I opened this
ovary and found that it was filled with gland-bearing tentacles.
Not all the inflorescences of Drosera intermedia were so mutated.
Many were producing seeds, as normal. In other areas the plants were
all normal. I had fun walking around looking at the strangely distorted
inflorescences. As I walked along the bank of the pond, hey.....
