Dionaea 'Royal Red' and "Maroon"

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

I made a trade recently with a friend and I got two new clones. They are so cute! I got a Venus Fly Trap 'Royal Red' plant, two Venus Fly Trap "Maroon" plants and two typical Venus Flytrap plants. Here is a photo of all of them in their new home:

The 'Royal Red' is in the lower left corner, the right side of the pot is both of the "Maroon" plants and the [...]

Nursery Website Ratings

monkeywantabanana@yahoo.com — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

I am just now starting my carnivorous plant collection, but there really aren't that many good websites out there. The ones that are easy to find have bad plants and some of them don't exist at all! They are just frauds. Thanks to a few suggestions, I'm going to rate the websites I've ordered from based on experience. If you would like to add anything about experiences with a particular website, please leave a comment and I'll figure it in! Websites will be rated on a scale of 1 to 5. A webs [...]

Giovanni's Dionaea

italo.americano@gmail.com — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Drosera capensis is generally considered to be a weed. If it is a weed, it is my favorite weed. I love the way it looks when the sun hits the dew, and I find the "All Red" variety extremely gorgeous. I thought I would share a couple of photos.

Drosera capensis "All White" above.

My new arrivals - Blog by Linton

dabinetfamily@bigpond.com — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0100

My new arrivals - Photos coming soon!

28/10/08 Ok, today I ordered a swag of venus fly traps from Triffid Park.

I have bought from these fellas before and have been very happy with both the plants and the service. All up, I pai [...]

The last hurrah!

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Well, it's getting late in the year now and soon my flytraps will stop growing. This is a sad time for me, but I know that they must sleep through winter in order to live another year. I'll be looking forward to springtime for the next 5 months or so. In the mean time, I will be watching the seedlings that I have growing in my terrarium which I will keep warm and on a 16 hour photoperiod throughout winter so that they have a chance to get ahead before I move them outside next spring.

Terrarium!

monkeywantabanana@yahoo.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:00:00 +0100

I finally made my terrarium! It didn't turn out exactly like I wanted it to, but it works. I put plastic wrap over the top of the tank until I can get a glass top for it. I am still going to buy a fluorescent grow light to put over the terrarium, but for now it is fine.

It is a bit empty as of now. I'm going to buy a Drosera coccicaulis to add to the tank. I'm going to order one plant at a time so that I don't get stuck with a bunch of dead plants or plants that are unhealthy. I [...]

Drosera & Bugbitingplants.com

monkeywantabanana@yahoo.com — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Some of you know that I bought my plants from a website called www.bugbitingplants.com, well my Drosera Venusta has died already. I did end up getting my money back, but because my online banking isn't set up I can't tell if the money is back in my bank account or not. I really want to order new plants. I already have some picked out.

It might help if I washed out the fish tank I was supposed to use for my terrarium though. I left it at my other house. I don't eaven have the right dirt [...]

Deadly Catches

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Early in the summer it seemed like my Venus Fly Traps were mostly catching earwigs. As the summer has progressed, they have moved to catching mostly winged insects and spiders. I snapped a few shots of dead insects inside traps to show the wide variety of insects that Venus Fly Traps can eat. You will see spiders, wasps, flies, centipedes, moths, and more in the traps. All of these photos were taken after the traps had open and the insects had been digested.

&nbs [...]

Late Summer Color

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

So it seems that the later in the summer coloration of my Venus Fly Traps is the best that I've seen all year. Have a look for yourself. These are just typical VFTs:

Drosera Capensis 'All Red' Flower

mmlr38@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

So I went outside today to look at my Carnivorous Plants and I was pleasantly surprised with a beautiful pink flower on my D. Capensis 'All Red'. Below are a couple of shots.

A macro shot of the flower:

The whole plant:

Beautiful, no?

Never take a VFT to school.

speedyreader100@hotmail.com — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Most of you probably aren't in school anyway, but...I did that a couple of weeks ago. I thought it wouldn't be a big deal because my school is very small. As soon as I got in the door, however, two of the kids were trying to close all the traps despite my telling them that is bad for the plant. Then they tried shoving a dead fly into one of the closed traps. I eventually had to hide it.

The moral of the story? Never bring your VFT to school. Or any other place with ignoran [...]

Sir Charles, Day 7

gothic_macaroni@hotmail.com — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Sir Charles, Day 6

gothic_macaroni@hotmail.com — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Sir Charles, Day 5

gothic_macaroni@hotmail.com — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Sir Charles, Day 4

gothic_macaroni@hotmail.com — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:00:00 +0100

Blog Entries

Dionaea 'Royal Red' and "Maroon"

Nursery Website Ratings

Giovanni's Dionaea

My new arrivals - Blog by Linton

The last hurrah!

Terrarium!

Drosera & Bugbitingplants.com

Deadly Catches

Late Summer Color

Drosera Capensis 'All Red' Flower

Never take a VFT to school.

Sir Charles, Day 7

Sir Charles, Day 6

Sir Charles, Day 5

Sir Charles, Day 4