Dionaea Papaver cross?

Is this the result of a weird cross species polination of Dionaea muscipula (Venus flytrap) and Papaver nudicaule (Iceland Poppy)? Or is it a strange mutation of either species which has created this bizaare Audrey’ish mutation?

Iceland Poppy - photo courtesy of Harold Davis

The truth is that this is in fact a regular Iceland Poppy. This bizaare looking photo was taken by Harold Davis in his backyard.

6 Responses to “Dionaea Papaver cross?”

  1. jon responded on 07 Jul 2008 at 7:10 pm #

    looks like something naughty

  2. Ryan responded on 09 Jul 2008 at 5:45 am #

    You are correct Jon. It is very naughty for an innocuous poppy to mascaraed as a carnivorous plant!

  3. jho responded on 17 Oct 2008 at 12:28 pm #

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  4. chuck savoie responded on 26 Oct 2008 at 10:19 pm #

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  5. Ryan responded on 26 Oct 2008 at 11:26 pm #

    jho - what on earth would you make you say that? You have a very dirty mind!

    chuck savoie - Yes, it is quite weird isn’t it!

  6. Katie responded on 01 Jan 2009 at 5:55 pm #

    Lol naughty indeed!!! it’s an Iceland poppy bud.

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