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Angels angels said:
Ohhh pretty! You'll have to show a picture when you feed them!
It's kinda boring lol. Pitchers, I just make sure they have water in them and drop the bug in. Right now, only the big guy in the back and the Absolute Unit are big enough for me to easily feed. If the other two get fed, it's small gnats that happen to fly inside. Flytraps, unless they catch gnats on their own, I just sort of drop the food in and massage the traps. This is done to trigger the hairs inside the trap and trick the trap into thinking it has live prey inside it. The buttworts just kinda sit there lol. I'll sprinkle some ground up, freeze dried blood worms on them and call it a day. The sundew are a bit different, depending on their shape. The Bird's Nest and the D. spatulata I can both sprinkle things onto. The octopus plant will be a fun one because it'll actually curl around the insect. These two won't be ready for feeding for several weeks. 
My big D. filiformis filiformis is actually producing a lot of dew and has caught some sort of bug that got in. 
Ripley tax. |
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Insert the Inception 'BWONG' sound here. |
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In some exciting news, the octopus plant is already starting to get some dew. After shipping, it's not uncommon for them to take several weeks to start producing dew due to stress. This means it's getting the right amount of light/water. When it comes to Drosera, a sticky plant is a happy plant. |
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Very cool plants, but just have to say your cat is so sweet and I love their name. Named after the kitty in Alien, by chance? |
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Ashcroft Park Stud said:
Very cool plants, but just have to say your cat is so sweet and I love their name. Named after the kitty in Alien, by chance?
She's named after Ellen Ripley, so you were sorta right. |
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Mexican pings are doing well. 
Some sort of fern in the pitcher plant tank. 
Finally got the sundew planted. On the second one, you can see where the octopus plant has started wrapping around some food I gave it the other day. 
Pup tax because Ripley was naughty and jumped up onto the pitcher plant tank. |
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Lol the nom. That fern is really pretty. Its going to look really cool when it starts getting bigger |
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I'm really not sure where it came from. I'm assuming it came from some of the live moss I ordered, which means it could be about anything since two of the places I bought from did sustainable wild harvest from their own property(the only kind of wild harvest I support). At this point, I'm just kinda letting stuff grow wild to get more of a natural look, as long as it doesn't overgrow the stars of the tank. |
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Me: Okay, everyone go into dormancy.
Pitcher: No, fuck you. 
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Warming, with Sleet and Heavy Icing
