Carnivorous plants and others

I collect all sorts of different plants and things are getting pretty full around here.

Just a look at a few things I have


Carnivorous pitcher from my Cephalotus plant


Drosera prolifera flower and carnivorous leaf


phalaenopsis amabilis orchid


Venus fly trap

 

Very nice!

 

Thank you

 

Nice collection, I understand Cephalotus is not the easiest of Carnivorous plants to keep. I only have a Fly trap now. Three types of native Sundew can be found in a bog not far from me but I guess yours is one of the cultivated forms.

 

Could do with some of those in our conservatory with spring coming on! Cheers, Tony

 

There was an article in the BBC science section the other day where they found that the venus fly trap actually counts. Clever things plants are.

 

Yes in fact not only can the Venus fly trap count but it uses a complicated algorithm of trigger hairs that need to be triggered in order to trap. In fact if one were to hit the right combination the trap is "locked" open for 24 hours before the cells have time to grow back to normal. It's an extremely complex process to be able to tell the difference between a bug crawling along it and a leaf falling on it.

I have over 110 species of plants right now about 50 or so are carnivorous. None of my plants are wild because it's usually against the law to take these types of plants from their natural habitat. The carnivorous ones I have right now are mostly native to Australia but are pure bred true cultivated varieties. I have plants from all over the world, carnivorous plants from most parts of the planet and I even happened to get my hands on draconi cinibari seeds a few years back while they we not so endangered. It's near impossible to get true dragons blood trees these days and people pass the close relative ( draconi draco) off as the true dragons blood which isn't the case.

Thank you everyone for your kind words

 

They aren't that difficult.
A peat/sand mix, rain water and a nice sunny windowsill (min temp 5*C)
And you should have no problems

 

I suggest againt ever using sand because it often will leach calcium over time and kill the plants.