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Sweet Leaf Nursery

@sweetleafnursery.com

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A small family nursery located in Darlington County, South Carolina. We specialize in carnivorous plants. Visit our site at sweetleafnursery.com

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 15

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

Pee Dee State Farmers Market
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Sweet Leaf Nursery

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · 4d

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

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · 6d

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

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · 7d

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.

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · 8d

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!)

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 15d

🌿 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 🧪

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.

www.nature.com

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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · Sep 15

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

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Ivan Radin @radinbio.bsky.social · Sep 15

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.

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Sep 13

Haven't seen a Sarracenia do this before. 🧐

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Sep 13

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

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Sep 12

Love the coloration on this one. Happy #FlytrapFriday ☺️

Red and yellow traps on a Venus Flytrap.

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Sep 8

jk guys, it escaped.

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Sep 8

The King Sundew caught its next feast.

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 31

This Sarracenia "Juthatip Soper" is eating.

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 23

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

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

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 16

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

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 16

"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!

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 15

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

Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 10

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

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 9

#SarraceniaSaturday snack time, but for who?

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 3

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

A dewy Drosera Regia leaf wrapped around a dead fly.

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Aug 2

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?)

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Jul 19

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

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Jul 5

Not a great way for a bug to spend #SarraceniaSaturday

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Jul 5

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

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Sweet Leaf Nursery @sweetleafnursery.com · Jul 4

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

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

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