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    AWESOME NECPS SHOW!!!!!

    Congratulations you guys. It looks like you had a great show! Steve LaWarre
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    News on my CP Book

    What fun! You are getting closer and closer! I am really looking forward to having a copy. You will truly be an all media nerd, er I mean, plant guru. After all, I just saw your wonderful appearance in the soon-to-be-classic DVD "Snap Tentacles and Run-way Lights" !!!!!!
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    The ICPS Conference!!

    I agree with you all. The BEST part of the show was hanging out with all you crazy CP wackos! I had a blast. Thank you EVERYONE! Steve LaWarre
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    The Complete 2006 ICPS Conference Photo Tour

    Hey Jeremiah, Thanks for posting all of these! I very much enjoyed meeting you at the conference! You are an awesome grower and a true asset to the CP community. Nice Job! Steve LaWarre
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    Rootshield?

    Trichoderma is one of the many, many species of fungi that can form a symbiotic association with the roots of some plants, via mycorrhizae. Mycorrhiza, pl. mycorrhizae: a symbiotic association between certain fungi and plant roots; characteristic of MOST vascular plants. It has been said, for...
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    N. ampullaria

    The common green form flowers for me pretty regularly on the large vines. I think the trick is to get a good vine going. Any time I have had a fat climing vine start, I have had flowers form. This is a male ampullaria about a week befor the first flowers opened. Steve
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    Chelsea gold medal winning display!

    One of the things you guys have to remember is that this was a very temporary display. I think it looks real good. When I look at this picture I can imagine the time that went into placing plants, packing moss around everything so no pots are showing, Making sure flowers, leaves and pitchers are...
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    Rat snake

    That is very cool Oz. I had a great snake experience this past weekend as well! My kids and I were looking for snakes in our back field. I have a few old boards that I laid out a few years ago and we consistently find garters when we turn them over. This weekend we turned the biggest board...
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    Woohoo!

    I love to do my CP talk. I typically start out talking a bit about how I became fascinated by plants. This is the run down I use for CP. - What makes a plant carnivorous? -The VFT: If you were a world explorer, where would you find a plant like this? -North Am. Pitcher plants. -Sundews and...
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    Oh oooo

    I have found whole dried purpurea plants in large bales of LFS... It would not surprise me to have purp seedlings come up. Steve
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    Red-tube sar

    The Dark tube form of alata is not rare in cultivation. It is simply not as widely available as the typical alata forms. Phil Sheridan has a beautiful dark alata that he calls "Purple helmet" (keep it clean everyone) these sell for about $30. Check out the Meadowview Biological Station web site...
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    Clear pots for neps?

    I grow Genlisea and Utricularia in these clear pots so I can better show kids the traps. I do get algae growth on the sides of the media because of the exposure to light. However, these pots stay a lot wetter then I would keep Neps. I say try it out! You can always carefully slip the root ball...
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    Heliamphora dying

    What kind of water are you using? Also, I find that plants in dark pots will heat up when the sun hits them. If you can shade the pots, this would help keep the roots cool. I find that Helia's grow very well for me if I can drop the evening temperatures by about 15 deg F. So, make sure...
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    Death toll

    This may sound silly, but how do you know you totally lost the sarrs? Are the rhyzomes complete mush? any white left at all? Steve
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    Do you live in the

    I grew up in the city (south side of Chicago) and now live in the country. I love raising my kids in the country. I wouldn't like to raise them in the same setting I grew up in. My wife is a born country girl. It has rubbed off on me. Steve
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