Anyone else like carnivorous plants? *Pix*

[LeftCoast]

A picture of some of my plants. See if you can identify all three. :)

This is in a small bog garden I have outside my window. We're lucky here in the Bay Area to have excellent conditions for growing most types of carnivorous plants. I just planted this garden a few months ago and already I'm getting a good carpet of moss growing. I also just discovered the small plant in the left hand corner of the picture. That is a carnivorous plant (I know the family, but haven't identified the species yet) that sprouted naturally from the peat moss I used for the bog. Pretty cool, eh?

[Spinzonner]

1. Any Republican-eating ones ?

or are they too poisonous to the plants ?

[LeftCoast]

2. CP's (Carnivorous Plants) are very sensitive to toxic chemicals

so I think Republicans are off the menu. :)

On a serious note, CP's act as a sort of 'canary in the coal mine' for the environment since they don't do well with polluted water. CP's in the wild are really threatened right now.

[Padraig18]

3. Venus fly trap, jack-in-the-pulpit and....

I can't identify the 3rd one.

:)

[LeftCoast]

4. You are correct!

At least as far as the VFT. You may be correct on the other, but I've not heard it called that. :) Here's a blow up of the other.



Notice the little bug / victim? :evilgrin:

[FarLeftRage]

5. They are

Venus Fly-trap, Pitcher Plants and Sundews.

Where I live, the local bogs are loaded with sundews and pitcher plants...

[LeftCoast]

6. You win :)

I'd really love to see those sundews and pitcher plants in the wild! Where do you live?

[FarLeftRage]

9. Upstate New York

Adirondack Mountains to be exact...

A state park that is larger than most National parks.

[LeftCoast]

12. I didn't realize they were up there

I'll have to put that on my list of future places to visit. I'm constantly on the lookout when I hike here in the Bay Area. I've heard they grow here, but have yet to spot any in the wild.

[tnlefty]

7. I love CPs, but unfortunately I keep killing them so I decided for their

sakes I'd admire them in photos, etc. I tried to follow all of the instructions about building suitable terrariums, using distilled water, etc. and no luck. My kids think they are the coolest things to watch.

[LeftCoast]

10. They can be very tempermental

I'm really glad they seem to do so well outside. I just have to keep them wet enough. I've got a pretty cool watering system set up though. It lets me monitor the water level in the 'bog'. :)

[GOPisEvil]

8. TXlib has some at his house near Houston.

Hungry things, they are!

[LeftCoast]

11. I don't know if it's easy to see

but the venus fly trap has eaten a number of mosquitos. It can digest one in about two days. Normally a fly or a spider takes a week or more. All the mosquitos seem to keep it fat and happy.

I'm especially pleased at the color. It's really reddened up since I put it outside. All these cp's really like intense sun.

[Joy Anne]

13. Pitcher Plant, Venus flytrap and Sundew

Pitcher plant, venus flytrap and Sundew. All occur naturally in the Carolina Bays along the East Coast.
Here's a picture of the Sundew, slightly different than yours, but I think thats it.
http://www.thegardenhelper.com/sundewpix.html

Bruce, Joy Anne's husband

[LeftCoast]

14. Mine's still very young

Not sure what it will look like as it matures. I just think it's cool that it sprouted there all on its own.

[m-jean03]

15. Awesome!

As a Northerner, I was amazed at the plants I saw outdoors, in yards and gardens, when I lived in Berkeley.

[LeftCoast]

16. It really is amazing

Oh, and welcome to the club I heard you were celebrating. :)

[m-jean03]

17. Thank you!

What a great smiley! Where did you get that one? It winks and everything. :D

[LeftCoast]

21. I found it a long time ago

I think it was at this site:

http://www.hallospass.de/

They have some great smilies.

[m-jean03]

23. Funny

The smiley site "ads" there have nearly naked women on them. :D

[amazona]

18. they look great!

In south Louisiana our carnivorous pitcher plants are sprouted by fire so I can't grow them in my yard. The Nature Conservancy burned off an area and quite a number of yellow and red ones sprouted up but I won't say where because 1) fear of poachers and 2) lousy at giving directions. But they are something else!

[-..__...]

19. Here's one you probably don't have.

[LeftCoast]

22. HeeHee

Wonder where I can purchase one of them? :evilgrin:

[SW FL Dem]

20. We had a Venus Fly Trap when I was growing up

Used to feed it hamburger

[Tahoe Mom]

24. Pretty colors!

The Venus fly trap is really beautiful.

A friend of mine just planted a few carnivorous guys -- he's on Stanyan right by the park. He was showing me and our friend Bob a picture of one of them and it was startling to say the least. It -- well, there's no other way to say this -- it looked like a woman's open labia! A REALLY big one! Yeegads, it was givin' me the willies. But not as much as poor Bob, who hasn't seen a Ginnie up close since he came out of dear ol' Mom. Poor guy. From the look on his face I'm betting he's looking at some Carnivorous Ginnie nightmares real soon. :)

Hell Hath No Fury :hi:
(on Mom's computer)

[LeftCoast]

25. ROFL!

Loved that description of poor Bob. :)

Have you ever been to California Carnivores up north (Marin/Sonoma?).