Venus Flytrap

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I'm surprised you don't have one at home, Phil. Or a sundew or two. Somehow, I think these would be suited to your unique personality. Or a pitcher plant, which drowns its' victims and then slowly digests them, absorbing their proteins into its' own body. But I mustn't dwell too long on these things, since I fear a diatribe from Honest Tom on the evils of flesh-eating plants...
 
I'm going to purchase a Venus Flytrap this week. I saw one on Sunday afternoon and I was amazed.
 
Spot on with HT! Glad I snapped up the 10s while I could get on!

Phil - you will have hours of fun this summer, if it actually arrives, posting flies and mosquitoes into it. :teeth: Maybe PDJ should get one and avenge his mosquito-borne injuries.
 
I use to own a fly trap, I had it for a couple of years and then sadly it died. It was indeed fascinating.
On Dartmoor we have 3 insectivorous plants. The Pale Butterwort , Intermediate Sundew and the Round Leaved Sundew.They all have leaves that are covered in sticky glands, which then catch the insects.
 
Dionaea muscipula which 'aint easy to say - very cool plants. Why did it die Diminuendo? They like boggy peat soils preferably with live sphagnum moss in attendance.
 
I don't why Mark :( . I never really did any research on the plant. I guess I thought it had just come to the end of its days. Do you know how long they live then?
 
I've no idea to be honest Dim. Each trap will die off after three or so cycles of opening and closing but others should always be appearing to take their place.
Apparently, they don't take too kindly to tap water either - rainwater should be used if possible. Are you taking all this in Phil?

I don't actually grow any carnivorous plants but have frequently come across snippits of info whilst researching other unusual stuff.

Did you grow it indoors in a pot or out of doors? If the latter, what else do you grow?
 
An alternative explanation for y'all from the Hackers Dictionary

A dedicated gateway machine with special security precautions on it, used to service outside network connections and dial-in lines. The idea is to protect a cluster of more loosely administered machines hidden behind it from crackers. The typical firewall is an inexpensive micro-based Unix box kept clean of critical data, with a bunch of modems and public network ports on it but just one carefully watched connection back to the rest of the cluster. The special precautions may include threat monitoring, callback, and even a complete iron box keyable to particular incoming IDs or activity patterns.

Syn Venus flytrap.
 
I kept mine on the indoor window ledge. I did water it with tap water, so maybe that took its toll in the end. It was just baby plant when I purchased it, and grew quite a bit bigger. Maybe I should try again ?
Mark just out of interest are you a gardener, if so do you know much about soft fruit?
 
I had one - Ethel it was called - bought it in B&Q last May - she lasted till a couple of weeks ago. Ethel was a constant source of amusement to us - and a thing of beauty when she flowered ( didnt know they flowered!! ) and loved her supplimentary diet of mince and prawns when the fly population dwindled. RIP Ethel !!!

Have got grow your own Pitcher plants and Lightening plant to do now.....
 
Hey Trudi, great to see you about again, howya? Are you still at Philip's? Sorry I didn't reply to the Amarillo text you sent me, I had no credit at the time and then forgot, please forgive me.... :shy: :D
 
OH yes - I'm still there - dont intend leaving for a long while yet!! ( unless Philip has other ideas! ) I've lost 2 stone since Feb, and am eating absolute crap - so it just goes to show how much excercise I am getting.....

as for the Amarillo thing - I could make a big thing about being ignored...... :lol: :P

hows Gib?? when you coming over again and coming to ride out with us????!!!!!!
 
Good stuff - glad to hear you're so well! Congratulations on shifting 2 st - that's an impressive feat, fancy some of my excess weight now??

Gib's grand, ta - very, very hot now! I should be back at the end of July, will let you know more when I do!

Oh, and please come back on a more regular basis!
 
I read about rainwater being better for them. We don't get much rain here in Scotland, so I'm buggered. :D

B&Q Trudi? Guess that's where I'll head tomorrow in search of one.
 
Yup - B&Q. cost about £3 I think - I bought a couple as presents for a friends 6 and 4 year olds. went down a storm - apparently she kept being woken up at 6am by screams of " its got a wasp!!!!" and other such things. :D

Shad - i do try - but its a bit of a pain getting to a computer for long enough - P lets me use his, but I dont want to impose on them for ages in teh evenings, so I dont come in here much now. I've lost your number too - I've had a a phone nightmare :angy: , can u text me so I';ve got it again?? cheers luvie xx
 
Dim,

Yes, I am an obsesive gardener but unfortunately I don't grow any soft fruits. Anything exotic and unusual is my thing.

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cheers,

Mark
 
Wow Mark, you have some very interesting plants there. I think the wierdest thing I have in my garden is a plant with very long slim leaves and in the centre of the plant, some tall spikes appear . At the top of the spikes are hundreds of tiny blue flowers. I wish I had taken a photo of it, but it has just finished flowering. It looks like a succulent, but I am not sure.
 
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