I have had my 'Red Dragon' and 'Low Giant' for a month now, and my 'Red Dragon' is doing extremely well. On the other hand, 'Low Giant' isn't. It's down to three traps, and one is dieing. I have no clue why though, because it receives the exact same conditions as my 'Red Dragon'. This confuses me. If you check out my thread in the "General Discussions" section, there are pictures posted. You can also click the link here. Also, a couple of my D. Burmannii seeds germinated. They are so tiny that I need to use a magnifying glass to notice any change to them. Out of the ten that I put in pure distilled water to germinated, only 3 did, and one has died, while seedling #1 is growing well, and seedling #2 is growing very slowly.
This summer has been going by very fast. I cant believe it. But this may be because I'm going on an aviation course all of August, which destroys half of my summer vacation, but who knows, I may have fun. After this course, I get paid $180 so I'm going to buy a new light fixture for my plants! A four foot, T12, 40 Watt per light, dual fixture. I hope this is enough for my plants. Also, I'm going to order a Cephalotus Follicularis from Keehns. I know that I shouldnt because I'm so new to CP's, but I just cant resist. They are so awesome and from the time that I first saw one, I have wanted one badly! Some of my hobbies have been taking up a lot of my time this summer, and I'm slowly getting better at Unicycling! I can now bunny hop 90 degree turns, and unicycling in every direction except backwards! Also, my musical instrument, the Tenor Saxophone, hasn't been touched at all this summer. ( Yet ).
So, there is my first blog. I hope you enjoyed, and I hope I did it the right way!
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written by kittyklaws, July 10, 2010
Have fun on that aviation course. Lol, I know what you mean summer vacay goes by real fast
Well, good luck with your plants!
-Kelly
written by Roey Benjamin Marcus, July 11, 2010



The lighting fixture you have in mind should work well and should cost much less than $180. I use standard shop light fixtures along with T8 bulbs (they're more efficient than T12s) and my plants grow well under them.
Matt