1. Darwin’s work on carnivorous plants

2. Darwin’s drawing of rotundifolia

3. Drosera rotundifolia

7. Drosera capensis

10. Drosera and captured moth

11. Cultivation Grow in peat Keep wet with rain water or distilled water Less water in winter, but still damp The alkalinity of tap water kills them They tend to die back in winter

12. Propagation Drosera often produces side shoots which can be pulled away gently and potted up It produces copious amounts of seed, which germinate readily

13. Flower of Drosera capensis

14. Dried seed pods

15. Drosera seeds

16. Drosera seedlings

17. D. Capensis and jelly

18. D. Capensis and gelatin

19. Sarracenia with captured insects

20. Dissected pitcher of Sarracenia

21. Dionaea muscipula

22. Text and images by Leighton Dann