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Post by ieatflys on Aug 26, 2009 3:05:52 GMT
Hi all I would like to start this thread because I think a lot of people will enjoy it. so what got u addicted?
I was sitting on my rocking chair in my living room and I was just thinking about plants for some resin and I thought of the Venus flytrap. And the term carnivorous plants came to mind. I noticed the plural on the end and thought there must be more than just one.
So I hopped on my computer and looked up carniverous plants and went to Wikipedia. and saw all of the different kinds. and then it hit me I was addicted from then on out. Then came the task of getting them and growing them and well many problems and solutions came along.
that's my sortie whats yours?
ieatflys
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Post by ieatflys on Aug 26, 2009 19:44:09 GMT
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Post by josh on Aug 26, 2009 22:53:36 GMT
well my story is....
my dad use to grow them when i was little, he had a vft, pitcher plant a cape sundew and i think a couple more , and i use to feed them, eventuly he got bord and gave them to me, and they died (this was when i was little) since then iv always loved seeing vft in garden centers, and i love makeing them shut, anyway about 2 to 3 years ago i was looking for some sea monkeys and i whent to lots of differant shops with my dad to find then, and we couldnt find them so we went to the garden center and i saw some vft, but ther traps where really red and ther were some pitcher plants aswell, so i bort a vft instead of some sea monkeys and each week, i would earn some money from my mum, and go and get a differant one each week till i had got all the ones they had and it began on there
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Post by Hermopolis on Aug 27, 2009 1:38:00 GMT
I got addicted when I saw a D. Rotundifolia as a child. The sundew glistened in a death cube like a tiny plant of sparkling crystals. Then, I read on the side that it was a "carnivorous plant."
I was hooked right then and there.
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Post by dilpickle on Aug 29, 2009 3:09:30 GMT
Honestly i think doing psychedelic drugs showed me that plant life is truly the most beautiful thing on earth and that we as humans have much that plants can teach us.
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Post by justjack on Aug 29, 2009 20:49:10 GMT
Honestly teacher plants and psychedelics opened my eyes to the energy and aura fields of all living things as well, but enough hippy crap! I first tried vft's my mom tried to get me interested in from her flower of the month club. They came in a like 2.5" pot with an upside down clear plastic drinking cup (Tha dome), the predecessor of the death cube! With my A.D.D. like nature (back then there was no A.D.D., just slow class, mom's like "he aint slow") it naturally got drowned or dehydrated. Years went by (6-7 years ago) and I got a "cobra plant" from Target (Sarr. "scarlette bell" ha ha) and started the path. Then at a local dept. store I found ventrata cuttings on sale for 25 cents! Nobody new what they were and were surely dehydrating and I bought all 6. I still have scarlette and many of the ventrata.
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Post by ieatflys on Aug 29, 2009 22:32:53 GMT
cool stories guys.
thanks ieatflys
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Post by prmills on Aug 29, 2009 23:13:06 GMT
For me, my wife and I were finishing our anniversary date and went into a local grocery shop to pick a couple things up. At the front of the store, the had about 4 dozen VFT's in various sizes. I'd never seen them or heard of carnivorous plants before, not to mention that I didn't like plants at all then. We bought one and that was it... That was two years ago, now it does end. I even find myself 'begging' or I like to say 'rationalizing' with my wife why I need this one or that It's all good
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Post by tonge50 on Aug 30, 2009 18:00:34 GMT
I was at Home Depot and saw some Venus Fly Traps in the garden section. They looked kind of sad and needed water. I bought three of the strongest ones and took them home. I did some Web research to find out how to care for them. I got so interested that I went back to Home Depot and bought the rest of them. I felt like I was on a rescue mission. They are all doing very well now and I even ordered some cultivars online. I'm totally hooked. ;D
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Post by ltecato on Oct 25, 2009 0:36:59 GMT
I think I got started because I wanted to see a vft in action. Also, there are a lot of bugs I just despise, such as mosquitoes, cockroaches, fire ants and flies. Especially roaches. When I was a kid in Texas, it seemed like the damned things got a kick out of hiding in the silverware drawer or a cereal box and scurrying out at just the right moment to terrify and disgust me. So, l love plants and hate insect pests, so obviously carnivorous plants are the way to go. I just wish I could find a species that eats mealybugs.
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Post by justjack on Oct 26, 2009 0:35:07 GMT
ltecato, if you find a plant that really devours roaches, especially the TX kind (I used to live near Dallas), you'll make a friggin' million dollars!
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Post by ieatflys on Oct 26, 2009 2:08:52 GMT
cool stories guys Anny one else want to share. Ill buy a roach eaten plant any day.
thanks ieatflys
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Post by rocketcaver on Oct 27, 2009 0:17:00 GMT
My biology and botany teacher in high school way back in the stone age (about 1975) had sundews and VFTs in a terrarium. Back in those days even the teachers still thought they were topical, hence the terrarium. He gave me a start of the sundew and I actually kept it alive for several months. After it died decades passed until I found some Pings and VFTs at Walmart about 6 or 7 years ago. Then I found more at Lowe's and Home Depot. Internet sources followed that and here I am today.
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Post by massoud on Nov 8, 2009 2:11:05 GMT
My story starts with a great deal of ignorance, when I bought my first Venus FlyTrap after seeing it on an episode of Zobomofoo. With very little knowledge my Venus Flytrap died in about one month. Two other occasions followed, with each time there being some improvement. I'm not giving up, since I'm still young and there is hope ahead!
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Post by kellykellyh on Nov 16, 2009 1:07:58 GMT
Oh, gosh, this is such a goofy and embarrassing story on multiple planes. I guess it started when my dad, an obsessive plant collector, brought home a few VFTs when I was a kid. I'm guessing they came from the hardware store. I couldn't have been more than ten.
Because Dad was all about ferns and palms, golden pothos, and other generally hardy houseplants, none of us knew how to take care of VFTs. Yes, we fed them hamburger and watered them with tap water (egads!) and yes, I frequently triggered the traps with a pencil if given the opportunity. Not surprisingly, they died viciously... and I was very sad.
A little later on, my cousin got a new computer that came with Encarta already installed. (Anyone remember Encarta?) I remember watching the seven-second clip of the VFT capturing a frog over and over again, hypnotized.
Years passed and I didn't think much of CPs again until I saw a shipment of hapless nepenthes languishing in the garden department. I felt sorry for them and almost bought one after staring at their majestic, bright red pitchers. I was with my boyfriend and he read my mind. "Baby," he said gently. "You can't even keep succulents alive." Good point, boyfriend!
The guilt of my VFT torture still resonates, so I passed on the nepenthes. Instead, I went home and busied myself with research. But it was more than an afternoon of information gathering. It just went on and on, and it's been more than a year.
I think it's safe to say I'm hooked!
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