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Here's some of my collection. I live just west of Sydney at the foot of the Blue Mountains. Also some Sundews and Pitchers.

Enjoy.
Dave


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G'day Dave and welcome to the forum - thanks for sharing your photos, you have some really nice looking plants there.
Linton

Wow these pictures are awesome, I'm really curious about that living moss you have there, what kind is it? It really compliments the dionaeas well ^^

Nice looking plants Daveman! Welcome to the forum.

Out of curiosity, how long have you had those rocks as top dressing on your VFTs? I've always heard that rocks can leach minerals into the soil and eventually poison your plants. Have you ever had this experience? I'd imagine that it might take a very long time, especially if you always water from the bottom and it rarely rains on your plants.

Welcome Daveman! That's a great looking set up you've got there! I love the pirate skeleton hiding out amongst the plants of death

-Gillian

Welcome and you have some beautiful plants!

Nice pictures, just curious about that living moss you have and the rocks, what are they for?

Nice plants! I love the photos of the flies in the pitchers.

Thanks everybody.

Matt, The rocks have been there for about 5 years and are made up of a mixture of fresh water river gravel, quartz and crushed sea shells. I use the exact same mixture in a tropical fish tank I have with Australian Natives that are very tempermental to water conditions. It's never hurt the fish and as you can see the VFT's have no problem. The VFT's are exposed to the elements and get rained on quite regularly. I also water from the top with a standard watering can.

Budukai, the moss is a moss that grows in the locally here. I have no idea what it's called. The sundews are about 3 years old and spread like wild fire. I keep forgetting to cut off the flower stems and end up with them growing in amongst everything. If you look closley you can see them growing with the VFT's in some of the pics. Their like weeds. Must be perfect conditions for them i suppose.

Dave

Very nice and creative setup Dave.
Your plants look very healthy.

I like the little mushroom seen on the 6th picture

Hey NZL, I get lots of little things popping up here and there. If you look at pic 5 there's a little plant that gets white flowers.