Star Of Bethlehem The Star Of Bethlehem is part of the phylum Anthophyta. The scientific name is Ornithogalum umbellatum. the common name is Star Of Bethlehem. this is my bad plant. It can be found in New England. Some of the facts about this are; it is very poisonous it something eats it, if animals eat this they can get really sick or even die, this plant spreads really fast and easy, they grow near rivers, they are really pretty, they grow to be about 1 ft. tall, people used to sell them, has killed animals before, grow new buds every year, aslo grow in Africa, white.
Venus Fly Trap-Good The venus fly trap is part of the phylum Anthophyta. The scientific name of the venus is Dionaea muscipula. The common name for this is of course the Venus Fly Trap, It is my good plant. It is found in the southeastern United States of America (North Carolina, South Carolina.) Some of the facts that I found were; It can eat bugs if the bug lands in its mouth, It can also live under water for months if the plant is flooded, Once it gets older it will grow flowers, It has to grow in very humid areas, even if you try to get it to bit you it can not hurt you, But you can tease it because it can only close about seven times in its life, people can also learn alot about carnivorous plants from this, have little hairs in its mouth to know when they bend it closes, some people keep this plant as a "pet", the plants look really awesome, the seeds of this plant are about the size of a period at the end of a sentence, Some of these plants can have red mouths, to kill its catch it fills its mouth up with acid, the plant is also pretty small.
Work Cited-"Venus Flytrap - Dionaea Muscipula - Carnivorous Plants Online - Botanical Society of America." Botanical Society of America, Leading Scientists and Educators since 1893. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .
-"The Mysterious Venus Flytrap." Botanical Society of America, Leading Scientists and Educators since 1893. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .
-"Star-of-Bethlehem (Ornithogalum Umbellatum)." Illinois Wildflowers. Web. 14 Feb. 2012. .
J.Fischer
ReplyDeleteIs the Star of Bethlehem only poisonous if you eat it or does it release a poisonous chemical too?
J. Reilman- You have to eat it.
DeleteMrs. Hauck - Can anyone go to any store to buy a venus fly trap? Are they easily obtainable?
ReplyDeleteJ. Reilman- You can order them online or a local plant store might sell them.
DeleteR. Sharp
ReplyDeleteDoes you good plant benefit people? Or do they just use them as "pets"?
J. Reilman- They can learn from it.
DeleteS. Sanders
ReplyDeleteAfter the Venus fly trap kills it's prey, how does the plant digest it?
J. Reilman- Acid in its mouth.
DeleteN.Covault
ReplyDeleteIs there any other place that you can find the star of bethelhem at? What will happen if a human eats this?
J. Reilman- Africa and it can only hurt people if you eat a lot, and next time don't ask two questions, thank you.
DeleteA. Iker
ReplyDeletewhat attracts the fly to land on the venus fly trap
J. Reilman- The color and smell.
DeleteJ. Burton
ReplyDeleteIs The Star Of Bethlehemth found any where else other than New England?
J. Reilman- Africa.
DeleteH. Willoughby
ReplyDeleteIf the bad plant spreads easily then why is it only found in New England?
J. Reilman- It is also in Africa
DeleteZ.Mullins
ReplyDeleteHow does your good plant get its name.
J. Reilman- Well I found two reasons it is named that, one is that it looks like it is from Venus and the other is not school appropriate so I can not say.
DeleteT.Lee
ReplyDeleteWhat is in the bad plant that makes it poisonous?
J. Reilman- Alkaloids which are bad.
DeleteK.Marlow
ReplyDeleteWhat are the symptoms of the poison in the Star of Bethlehem.
J. Reilman- Throwing up, or diarrhea.
DeleteS. Tumbleson
ReplyDeleteIf someone were to eat and get poisoned by The Star Of Bethlehemth, how would it be treated?
J. Reilman- They would have to eat a lot of the flowers, and they could go to the doctor.
DeleteC. Fancher
ReplyDeleteWhat will happen to someone if they eat your bad plant?
J. Reilman- No unless they eat a lot of them.
DeleteD. Torok
ReplyDeletewhere did the star of bethlehem originate?
J. Reilman- In Bethlehem.
DeleteZ. Carter
ReplyDeleteWhy is it call the star of bethelham?
J. Reilman- It is shaped like a star, and it was first found if bethelhem.
DeleteA.Iding
ReplyDeleteWHat happens to the fly once consumed??
J. Reilman- It is dissolved by the plants acid then the plant eats it.
DeleteW. Schuster
ReplyDeleteYou meantioned that your bad plant is harmful to animals, is it harmful to humans as well?
J. Reilman- Well, if a person ate this flower then it most likely will not hurt them unless they ate a lot of them.
Deletet.pancake
ReplyDeletewill the acid in the fly trap hurt humans if i put my finger in the plants mouth.
J. Reilman- No the acid can not hurt people, but it would be mean to tease the plant.
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