Found at the Art of AlexCF blog: a fantastic Martian Botanical Device steampunk, a state-of-the-art "botanical preservation device that contains the exact mixture of chemicals present in the martian atmosphere", so Victorian-era (space) explorers can keep alive specimens of carnivorous plants from the Red Planet.
The little dude's called "Chompy," though I felt that Audrey II would be a good name too! Link - via Brass Goggles
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Anyhow, that girl is pretty funny.
I read that story, too. Saki was a master of the short story.
That guy looked like whatisname from Ugly Betty.