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Carnivorous plants

Started By AntsGodzilla , Aug 19 2024 11:51 AM
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#21 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Yesterday, 12:55 PM

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Here's a sarracenia root cutting that I recently planted.

 

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And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea muscipula (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

 

#22 Offline rptraut - Posted Today, 1:28 AM

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Hello AntsGodzilla;

 

Nice work!    What have you used as a planting medium?

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#23 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Today, 3:27 PM

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Hello, I use a mix of perlite, professional grade peat moss, and new Zealand long-fiber sphagnum moss.


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And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea muscipula (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

 

#24 Offline rptraut - Posted Today, 5:21 PM

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Hello AntsGodzilla;

I sometimes add a bit of coarse granite sand, but otherwise I use the same mix.
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#25 Offline AntsGodzilla - Posted Today, 5:26 PM

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Nice! I'll have to try that sometime. 


 

And many Carnivorous plants such as: Dionea muscipula (fly trap), Sarracenia x 'Fiona' ( American Pitcher plant), Nepenthese ventrata (Tropical Pitcher plant), and Pinguicula agnata x emarginata (Butterwort) (show off your plants here)

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Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! It has no commander, no overseer or ruler, yet it stores it's provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest. Proverbs 6: 6-8

 

#26 Offline antsriondel - Posted Today, 5:26 PM

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Couldn't resist a few more pictures.

 

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Pitcher plants in my greenhouse catch any escapee ants as well as any wild ants that might have raiding on their mind.

 

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There's a great amount of diversity in colours and shapes of Venus flytraps making them even more interesting to grow.

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Wow, pitcher plants in windows to catch unwanted bugs is such a good idea! Might be something I look into doing.


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#27 Offline rptraut - Posted Today, 5:44 PM

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Hello antsriondel;

Those pitcher plants were in my greenhouse where I kept a Campononotus colony. Wild ants kept wandering around the area and I worried they might find a way to invade my colony. Pitcher plants are ant catching specialists so it was a natural way to reduce their numbers and it worked a charm. Plus, I didn’t have to feed those plants all summer!
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