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[Monica Yokubinas]

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I have been consistent in my methodology for example You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is a pitcher plant and here is the translation:  
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I don't think it looks like a pitcher plant (in fact, I think I know what plant it is), but if it is a pitcher plant, then are you saying the VMS (or the VMS plants) originated in tropical Asia or Madagascar?

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I know you wanted to prove me wrong, Monica, but Drosophyllum lusitanicum is not a pitcher plant.

It is related to the sundew plants (a different kind of carnivorous plant), several of which are native to Europe. It's not surprising that it would be found on the Iberian peninsula. Look at the long thin tendrils, similar to many European sundew (Drosera) plants:

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You can't call that a pitcher plant. It doesn't have pitchers. You can't say Drosophyllum is a European pitcher plant because it's not directly related to Nepenthes (eastern pitcher plants) or the Sarracenias (the New World pitcher plants). Here are some pics of pitcher plants. They are distinctly different from sundews:

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You are correct that there are many types of carnivorous plants and I try to translate the writing before finding a plant. It is a type of carnivorous plant that is described, and the translation of the belly eating the insect and getting caught, describes a pitcher plant. It is the drawing that does not do it justice. Botanical art was mostly copied from previous versions in the very early medieval period, and many times the person doing the copying never actually saw the plant. 

"The explanation for this curious divergence in style may well be that the Apuleian manuscript illustrated Mediterranean herbs and plants, not then known in countries in Northern Europe, whereas the monk who illustrated what is known as the Bury St. Edmunds Manuscript accurately drew additional plants grown within the confines of the Abbey’s garden. All the same, this early attempt at naturalism did not prevent a persistent decline in botanical illustration, which continued almost until the end of the fourteenth century. " You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.