Post by jonnyq on May 30, 2010 1:46:41 GMT
Caesar may have his salad, but I was far more inspired by Steve Stewart's "Carnivorous Salad" post (also in this Dionaea thread)...
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...and decided to try my hand as well.
It's a lot more rudimentary than Mr. Stewart's salad, but being fairly inexperienced as I am, I figure that it's a start.
(In hindsight, I would have used more sphagnum peat and I probably would have used a water tray underneath instead...
Still, many thanks to Mr. Stewart for his inspiring pictures...
Yes, that's a zombie in the background.
A ring of five Dionaea surround my first S. purpurea
That brown spot ringed by what I assume to be cyanobacteria is the resting place of a second S. purpurea which dried out in a 91 degree heat snap a few days ago. I was out of state for about four days during which my wife did water, but the bases of all of its developing leaves had turned brown. That was three days ago; that brown spot is what's left... I'm hoping that it will bounce back...?
The first catch.
The S. purpurea is almost there. (This question should probably go in the Sarracenia forum... but since you're here I'll ask anyway.) I purchased this from the west coast as an S. purpurea with no ssp specified... I'm assuming that it's either an ssp venosa or venosa/purpurea hybrid (ne "mutt") of undetermined parentage. Is there any way to distinguish/identify?
My first pitcher. Ever. I'm delighted. This seems to be a pretty young plant, no? I was expecting the pitcher to have a more pronounced purpurea shape...?
Mr. Stewart, if you're reading this, thanks again!
icps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dionaea&action=display&thread=3682
...and decided to try my hand as well.
It's a lot more rudimentary than Mr. Stewart's salad, but being fairly inexperienced as I am, I figure that it's a start.
(In hindsight, I would have used more sphagnum peat and I probably would have used a water tray underneath instead...
Still, many thanks to Mr. Stewart for his inspiring pictures...
Yes, that's a zombie in the background.
A ring of five Dionaea surround my first S. purpurea
That brown spot ringed by what I assume to be cyanobacteria is the resting place of a second S. purpurea which dried out in a 91 degree heat snap a few days ago. I was out of state for about four days during which my wife did water, but the bases of all of its developing leaves had turned brown. That was three days ago; that brown spot is what's left... I'm hoping that it will bounce back...?
The first catch.
The S. purpurea is almost there. (This question should probably go in the Sarracenia forum... but since you're here I'll ask anyway.) I purchased this from the west coast as an S. purpurea with no ssp specified... I'm assuming that it's either an ssp venosa or venosa/purpurea hybrid (ne "mutt") of undetermined parentage. Is there any way to distinguish/identify?
My first pitcher. Ever. I'm delighted. This seems to be a pretty young plant, no? I was expecting the pitcher to have a more pronounced purpurea shape...?
Mr. Stewart, if you're reading this, thanks again!
. You could plug one (or both) of the drain holes with clay or any other type of plug, if you want the look to remain the same. Use care not to overwater if you use any method to reduce drainage.
