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I take a lot of pictures of my plants, so I thought I'd share them with everyone, I hope that's ok .
Here's a Paradisia(thanks pieguy452!) look at that red! I'm really liking my B52's, the teeth are so cool!(the one in the back is a typical! Man, Matt and Leah are amazing cultivators!) Here's a typical from Matt and Leah, awesome: One of my favorites, WIP Slim Snapper! Coloring is great and they just look awesome. When I got my Mirror I accidently broke off a leaf with no rhizome attached. I thought, 'eh, what the hay' and put it on some LFSM and see what happens... well: right?

I'm sure I'll have more pics...

ironjaws wrote:When I got my Mirror I accidently broke off a leaf with no rhizome attached. I thought, 'eh, what the hay' and put it on some LFSM and see what happens... well:

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right?

I'm sure I'll have more pics...

Oh dude, that's how my flower stalk looked at one point. You're going to have a ton of tiny traps.

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The Paradisia is really beautiful!

SkyClan Cat- It totally does! I'm just surprised that I got so many strikes with no rhizome! Can't wait for it to be ready to transplant.

LAKJP wrote:The Paradisia is really beautiful!

It really is, I don't think that my camera does it justice. And thank you for the compliment!

Thanks for the photos

ironjaws wrote: When I got my Mirror I accidently broke off a leaf with no rhizome attached. I thought, 'eh, what the hay' and put it on some LFSM and see what happens... well:.

Nice! I did the same thing w/ my DC XL when it arrived a couple months ago. A leaf had broken off about half way up in transit so I took that and the pulled off the rest of the bottom half and put them both in LFS. In the process the trap broke away at the petiole so I put that in too. All 3 pieces struck, even the trap itself!

xr280xr wrote: Nice! I did the same thing w/ my DC XL when it arrived a couple months ago. A leaf had broken off about half way up in transit so I took that and the pulled off the rest of the bottom half and put them both in LFS. In the process the trap broke away at the petiole so I put that in too. All 3 pieces struck, even the trap itself!

Sweet! 3 DC XL's from ONE leaf?! That's awesome .

Matt wrote:Thanks for the photos

No worries, Matt, it's my pleasure!

I've got more pics:
I really like the cilia and growth of these B52's Some weird Schuppenstiel-like scaling on these Big Mouths: These Razorbacks are becoming a favorite: Crested Petioles coming along: I think I may have two divisions from Lil' Dutch: Two Justina Davis' flowering: Two Paradisia flowering: These monsters look like they're starting to wake up: Megatrap also waking up: Mini mirrors... impossible to get a clear pic with my cell phone camera ... Bigun' is flowering also: As is Pikkie: Flower stalk of a dormant CP kit flytrap: I've got 7 flytraps flowering at the moment; three typicals, two Paradisia and two Justina Davis. I think I'm going to let only one Paradisia, one Justina Davis and the dormant kit flytrap flower since they are close to each other and they can cross pollinate(fingers crossed). Hoping to let nature take care of that.

Nice plants! Do you know when 'Mirror' starts showing its characteristics?

LAKJP wrote:Do you know when 'Mirror' starts showing its characteristics?

It doesn't seem to be seasonal or triggered by anything in particular. Mirror seems to make its "mirrored" traps when it wants to. Sometimes that's quite often, sometimes it won't have any mirrored traps!

Yeah, I haven't had the 'Mirror' for very long so I can't say for sure. What I do know is that during the growing season I'll be taking lots of pictures.

Does location determine the characteristics of plants? For example, a 'Mirror' grown in Texas has nothing but mirror traps while another 'Mirror' grown in Chicago has very little mirror-ing.

I'm sure that the amount and intensity of sunlight affect how a plant grows, even if it is the same cultivar, right?

ironjaws wrote:Does location determine the characteristics of plants? For example, a 'Mirror' grown in Texas has nothing but mirror traps while another 'Mirror' grown in Chicago has very little mirror-ing.

That that I know of.

ironjaws wrote:I'm sure that the amount and intensity of sunlight affect how a plant grows, even if it is the same cultivar, right?

Yes, certainly. But how that affects when and how frequently mirrored traps form, I don't know.

Hey, I got my Mirror along with a Schuppenstiel 1, both were flowering. I cut the stalk off of the Mirror before I cut off the Schuppenstiels stalk.

The Schuppenstiel has resumed growth yet the Mirror hasn't put out any new leaves. The traps that it does have are responsive and one of them caught a bug. Are Mirrors just slow growers or could it be due to this years weird weather entering spring?

Here are some more random shots:

Awesome coloring on the Maroon Monster: Cool arching: Nooo, you're a monster! Nice looking traps on this Megatraps: Different angle: I'm callin' this one Og, looks pretty cool and pronounced arching(am I spelling that right? Arching? Arcing?): Almost looks like 'Alien': Different angle on Og:

Very nice!

Matt wrote:Very nice!

Thanks, Matt!

Check this out, when Nikkie gets hungry, bugs beware: Right now, this is my smallest Big Mouth: And the biggest Big Mouth: Awesome color on these Razorbacks: Not the best pic, but Crested Petioles is coming along: Dutch indeed reinforcing their reputation as vigorous growers: I am very much loving my FTS Maroon Monsters: Wow: Megatraps is living up to its name: