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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #270 on: October 11, 2016, 11:12:55 PM »
If it's in a greenhouse there's no need to feed it at all,Mark
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #271 on: October 14, 2016, 09:00:53 PM »
I tried my friendly spider with another re-hydrated mealworm and once again she took it. Amazing
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #272 on: October 15, 2016, 09:05:53 AM »
Yum yum!

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #273 on: October 15, 2016, 12:30:54 PM »
This is the spider I identified as Metellina segmentata in the middle greenhouse. She's very difficult to photograph without damaging the web so this is a free hand/macro/zoom shot and not as crisp as I like.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #274 on: October 15, 2016, 03:15:37 PM »
I think I improved slightly on the photo above.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #275 on: October 15, 2016, 08:15:50 PM »
Yum yum!


Don't tempt me!

I have once tasted roasted larvae (mealworms). It was not too bad!
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #276 on: October 15, 2016, 08:40:11 PM »
Chocolate coated would be better  :P
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #277 on: October 15, 2016, 09:09:15 PM »
Chocolate coated would be better  :P

You don't want to see what you eat?
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #278 on: October 15, 2016, 09:23:33 PM »
Not while I'm chewing it.
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #279 on: October 16, 2016, 12:14:55 PM »
MrsG found this Tammy noddy lying on its back, soaking wet this morning. It made a quick recovery with some hand heat.

Phlogophora meticulosa - Angle Shades moth

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #280 on: October 20, 2016, 04:45:23 PM »
S. ‘Peaches’ (S. alata x S. purpurea ssp purpurea) x wilisii (purpurea × psittacina) × (purpurea × flava) × purpurea) x S. purpurea) off ebay and probably not correct due to the amount of red. The sellers title was Sarracenia X (Peaches x Wilisii) x (Minor “Giant” x Purpurea ssp Purpurea)

Three photos showing how each pitcher ages from yellowish to quite dark. I'll have to contact the seller to find out if s/he sent the wrong plant
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #281 on: October 20, 2016, 10:39:29 PM »
From the ebay seller "There is no "parent plant" as such, this is one of a potful of seedlings from this cross I was given by Stephen Morely who originally made the cross, there was a lot of variation among the seedlings (the one I selected to keep for myself was very red for instance)."
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #282 on: October 21, 2016, 08:25:45 AM »
I'm not sure why you think the plant is not correct Mark. There's nothing to compare it to as it's a fresh hybrid.
On a complicated hybrid I would expect a lot of variation in the seedlings.

I think you got the pedigree confused when you attempted the full parentage BTW.
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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #283 on: October 22, 2016, 03:56:19 PM »
Most of the spiders from inside the greenhouse have now abandoned their webs.Outside however they're still around.
Here's a couple from this morning on the outside of one greenhouse which  have webs about 6" from each other.

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Cute little things aren't they.

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Re: Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities
« Reply #284 on: November 05, 2016, 01:49:55 PM »
Good news about Drosera regia in the wild. Only one was known to be left in the habitat at Bains Kloof.
Now after the fire they discovered 12 further ones and one thought to be extinct has revived.
http://icps.proboards.com/thread/3586/drosera-regia-south-africa?page=2&scrollTo=42389

greetings from Bayreuth/Germany zone 6b (340 m)
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