My other hobby

[boabab95]

Hey, so, like many of you (hopefully lol), I have another hobby. And it's tropical plants & Carnivorous plants.... Sooooo, Here is my Drosera Spatulata "Fraser Island Form" which is native to south eastern Australia (YAY!!!). It still has a LOT of growing. as seen next to the twoonie (another 'weird' coin from Canada about an inch [28mm] in diameter)
So, without further ado:

 

[HRH Di]

What? There are other activities besides parrots? j/k

Your plants are great. Carnivorous plants are fascinating to me. I have a very eclectic list of other hobbies.

 

[parrotqueen]

What a neat hobby, keeping carnivorous plants. I too have always been fascinated by them. I've only kept one carnivorous plant so far, and it'd be fun to have one around again. I might just have to do that some day.

 

[Mel]

My son is obsessed by carnivorous plants, he currently has a pitcher plant - don't ask me which one and several venus fly traps!! We don't use fly spray but have a fly swatter to kill the flies so we can feed it to the plants.

 

[boabab95]

got a pic of the pitcher??? is it tall? gowing off of leaves???

 

[Bobby34231]

I have a couple of other hobbies, fresh water tropical fish, and Ham Radio, I think the plants are pretty cool, had some venus flytraps as a young'n, wouldn't even know where to find them these days

Bob.

 

[Mel]

got a pic of the pitcher??? is it tall? gowing off of leaves???

I'll get one asap... my camera/computer wont let me upload at the moment... arrrggh. It's about a foot tall, green with redish "veins" around the mouth. There's a clump at the bottom with several things - the bits with mouths - growing from them... sorry I am so not clued up on plant anatomy :54: It's also got a few flowers growing atm. A lot of the big mouth leaves - please tell me what these are called are dying and new ones are growing, do I cut the dying ones off or just leave them?

I think I just found it.. the American Trumpet

 

[boabab95]

AAAAHHHHH Sarracenia... they are native to the bogs in northern US to Canada... they require a dormancy period during winter, so november-february/march, since i don't think it snows in Australia(please correct me), some people have put them in the fridge in a ziplock bag with sphagnum moss around them...Here's a couple caresheets.
Sarracenia CareSheet! **UPDATED** 10/16/09 (Underwork) : Pitcher Plants
FlytrapCare Store - Sarracenia Care Sheet
http://www.lordwhimsy.com/trifles/pdfs/pitchercaresht.pdf

If I'm not mistaken, you have Sarracenia Readii

 

[Mel]

Awsome thanks for that. It does snow in parts of Australia but not where I am. It's good to know I have someones brain to pick now

 

[boabab95]

Yep! My brains here!!! just ask, and i'll help as much as I can!

 

[madparrotwoman]

Facinating hobby you have there. Am I right in thinking these type of plants like boggy, damp conditions?