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.

2 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!

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