Chat > General Discussion

Carnivorous Plants

(1/3) > >>

CarolineJohnson:
Let's talk carnivorous plants.

Don't know what a carnivorous plant is? Refer to this. It's all basically just Pitcher Plants, Venus Fly Traps, Sundews, etc. Venus Fly Traps (VFTs) are probably the most well-known of the bunch.

This is not an excuse for me to start showing everyone my new VFT, but here it is anyway:


I named him Gordon. He's perked up since that picture, as that was just after I potted him in that weird pot with damp sphagnum moss (they're not supposed to go dry, ever). I bought him from here if anyone's interested.

Here's another VFT, named Charlie, whose owner feeds him silly things for Youtube:

TyranBrûlée:
That sphagnum moss is pretty interesting tbh. Do you mean you're not allowed to let it dry or they're just always somehow moist?

CarolineJohnson:

--- Quote from: TyranBrûlée on July 16, 2015, 08:22:46 PM ---That sphagnum moss is pretty interesting tbh. Do you mean you're not allowed to let it dry or they're just always somehow moist?

--- End quote ---
I got the moss dried, but I had to get it saturated and wrap the VFT with it as well as fill the pot. The VFT itself will die if it goes without water (fun fact: the only water it will thrive with is distilled or rain water).

TyranBrûlée:
Oh. That's why my VFT wilted. ;_;
When I was 13-ish I got one that was pretty weak already and I tried nursing it back but CALIFORNIA GETS NO RAIN.

CarolineJohnson:

--- Quote from: TyranBrûlée on July 16, 2015, 10:25:06 PM ---Oh. That's why my VFT wilted. ;_;
When I was 13-ish I got one that was pretty weak already and I tried nursing it back but CALIFORNIA GETS NO RAIN.

--- End quote ---

Yeah. The two big points of VFTs is that they can't be planted in dirt or watered with tap water, or they'll die.

Distilled water's been working great, honestly. Gordon hasn't wilted yet. LOL

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page