Premium Sized Coquillage

Premium Sized Coquillage#209617

By Eric -  Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:47 pm
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- Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:47 pm #209617

Was lucky enough to nab the premium size Coquillage that was in stock earlier last week and I thought I'd share some pictures.

Can't wait for this guy to get settled in!

-How do you know, were you there?
-Well actually I was there, and that's how I know the dinosaurs rode off into space.
-You weren't there!
-Well how do you know, you weren't there,were you?

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209636

By SundewWolf -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:22 am
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:22 am #209636

Wow! Very nice! I love the shape of the trap on this cultivar.

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209643

By kcbugs -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:44 am
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:44 am #209643

Just a wee bit jealous... Great catch!

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209656

By Matt -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:30 am
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 2:30 am #209656

Looks great in its new home! I certainly miss my mother Coquillage (that's the largest division from the plant I originally brought over from Europe), but I hopefully I'll grow another one that size

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209663

By Eric -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:03 am
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:03 am #209663

Matt wrote:Looks great in its new home! I certainly miss my mother Coquillage (that's the largest division from the plant I originally brought over from Europe), but I hopefully I'll grow another one that size

Thanks Matt! Hopefully I have enough time to get it settled in before winter comes. Getting pretty paranoid on caring for it since last winter didn't go over so well.

Ended up losing everything but the sundews. I'll probably go ask the other Eric for advice later.

Pretty confident in taking care of it in any condition that is above freezing though! Just wait til you see the Jaws you sent me.

-How do you know, were you there?
-Well actually I was there, and that's how I know the dinosaurs rode off into space.
-You weren't there!
-Well how do you know, you weren't there,were you?

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209666

By Matt -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:48 am
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:48 am #209666

If you need any advice for dormancy, feel free to email me or post here in the forums. As long as flytraps don't freeze and they aren't kept too wet during the winter months, they should make it through just fine! And even if they freeze temporarily, they can survive. Last winter we had all of our plants freeze solid for a couple of days! Yet all of them survived it.

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209676

By Eric -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:49 pm
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 1:49 pm #209676

Also forgot to mention this beautiful freebie.

Green Wizard!

-How do you know, were you there?
-Well actually I was there, and that's how I know the dinosaurs rode off into space.
-You weren't there!
-Well how do you know, you weren't there,were you?

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209684

By Matt -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:22 pm
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 3:22 pm #209684

Awesome!

As far as I'm aware, you're the first person in the US to get a Green Wizard (other than us, of course)

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209689

By Eric -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:43 pm
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 4:43 pm #209689

Matt wrote:Awesome!

As far as I'm aware, you're the first person in the US to get a Green Wizard (other than us, of course)

That makes it all the more special to me.

This one will definitely never leave my sight!

Also here's that Jaws you sent me a few months ago.

-How do you know, were you there?
-Well actually I was there, and that's how I know the dinosaurs rode off into space.
-You weren't there!
-Well how do you know, you weren't there,were you?

Matt wrote: Stay away from facebook and spend more time here ;)

Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209699

By Matt -  Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:34 pm
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- Tue Aug 12, 2014 7:34 pm #209699

Wow! That Jaws looks great! Nice growing Eric

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209755

By kronos1996 -  Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:03 pm
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- Wed Aug 13, 2014 2:03 pm #209755

Hey Matt I have a new cross for you! 'Grun' x 'Jaws'

I just think a solid green one would look so bad! And personally I think the red coloration distracts from the teeth...

Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209823

By Wahter -  Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:12 am
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- Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:12 am #209823

Nice buy! I was surprised how firm the edges of the traps are on Coquillage. I found out when I fed mine a couple of caterpillars and coaxed them to shut fully.

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Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209824

By Eric -  Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:20 am
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- Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:20 am #209824

Wahter wrote:Nice buy! I was surprised how firm the edges of the traps are on Coquillage. I found out when I fed mine a couple of caterpillars and coaxed them to shut fully.

I noticed too. Fed mine a fly and the trap was firm enough to pinch my skin. Definitely impressive!

-How do you know, were you there?
-Well actually I was there, and that's how I know the dinosaurs rode off into space.
-You weren't there!
-Well how do you know, you weren't there,were you?

Matt wrote: Stay away from facebook and spend more time here ;)

Re: Premium Sized Coquillage#209831

By bvalente -  Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:56 am
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- Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:56 am #209831

Wahter wrote:Nice buy! I was surprised how firm the edges of the traps are on Coquillage. I found out when I fed mine a couple of caterpillars and coaxed them to shut fully.

Careful with this, they make a living off of eating plants, your VFT will be no exception. I fed mine a slug before, not even thinking, it sealed just fine. Next day I came out and checked on them, the one with a slug in it had a hole chewed out.

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