coffee

A couple of questions come to mind that I've been wondering for a while... 1. Is there such a thing as a lowland plant that tolerates and grows well in minimal humidity without a lengthy acclimation process? I have never ever had a lowland plant do well for me (except hirsuta) because of my...

Even if you dont like burkei you have to admit this is a real beauty, dvg has got it goin on hu?:drool::drool::drool: ..... .............. . Forgive me dvg I couldnt help but show off your Burkei:hail: in another thread, in case some were ignoring the now old coffee post.

OK i treated my slow growing n.burkei on Dec. 9th , . . here it is now at about one month after 1 cup 10oz decaf coffee poured straight thru and allowed to drain without pot for a few min. then back to the HL terr. the pic is from thh opposite side but i think you can see the small pitcher to...

I was out on a walk today, and discovered that a hydroponics store had opened near where I live, and discovered to my joy that they carry Maxsea 16-16-16, which a lot of people seem to be investigating for the purpose of fertilizing their neps. Now, I have a small nep, so I picked a jug of the...

There have been some threads about this in the past, and on other forums, but I tested the water with my highland Truncata, and have now moved onto watering all my plants with some cold coffee after seeing these results. This leaf unfolded about 1.5-2 months after I watered the plant with...

I taped a coffee filter to the perimeter of a coffee cup and poured the 10 % bleach solution of seeds through. The water can be poured out the side while holding in the seeds. Rinse and repeat, until most of the bleach scent is gone. There is one seed where the purple dye is visibly trailing.

Hello All, Being cursed as an "early bird" and usually up with coffee in hand before sunrise, I couldn't resist snapping a few photos of one of my Drosophyllum right before sunrise... The greenhouse was steamy and humid with the occasional dripping sound from condensation to break the silence...

Facebook Quiz How well do you know (Jim) Scott Straus? 1) What is my favorite color? a) Blue b) Orange c) Green d) Red e) Turquoise 2) What is my favorite beverage? a) Mountain Dew b) Coffee c) Grape Juice d) Coke e) Vanilla Milkshake 3) What is my...

Whale dreck was a substance they had leftover and no use for when they cooked down whales after whaling. I just bought a bag of "Kona Blend" Coffee by "High Mountain Kona" or some such brand and brewed a cup straightaway. It was absolutely terrible, hence my new term "coffee dreck". :D The girl...

YOU KNOW YOU ARE LIVING IN 2009 when... 1. You accidentally enter your pin on the microwave. 2. You haven't played solitaire with real cards in years. 3. You have a list of 15 phone numbers to reach your family of 3. 4. You e-mail the person who works at the desk next to you. 5. Your...

heres the proof that i need. Aliens have been visiting my back yard for awhile now and finally got that SOB on video. Its a red triangle that hovered for awhile. I was later abducted where the creaters preformed wierd experiments on me with probs and strange medical equipment. I was glad to...

Well, here are some of my neps. This is a chunk of my personal collection, in my mini-greenhouse in my back yard. Hopefully it worked, i gotta compete with some of the other pic threads! :-O Ok, heres my big breeding stock N. truncata. Truncs are my favorite nepenthes... 16" ruler...

I got an Email from a forum friend about the uses of coffee filters: Coffee filters -- not just for making coffee! And you can purchase 1,000 at the Dollar Store for almost nothing. 1. Cover bowls or dishes when cooking in the microwave. Coffee filters make excellent covers to prevent...

Hey guys, Here are some updated pics of my plants. :) N.bicalcarata: the pitcher on the left in the background is a little over an year old. The one in focus is the latest one. This newest one is around the size of a coffee cup...if I may say so. The plant has a diameter of a little over a...

I'm curious if anyone else here drinks Yerba Mate (mah-tay)? Sometimes called "Paraguayan tea" (though it's said to be Argentina's national drink) made from the Ilex paraguariensis tree. I received 4 bags of various brands today, one brand is shown below but it's not my pic. I've tried two of...

I got this in an email today: "London Times Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense 'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape...

I almost did a spit-take with the morning's coffee, having received a link from a friend to some US dealers (who shall remain nameless) offering tiny Nepenthes macrophylla in four-inch pots for 250.00 (my apologies for a bit of an exaggeration -- it was only 249.95). When I purchased mine, it...

What may seem obvious to experienced growers may be of some benefit to those just starting out . . . I have found over the years that the utilization of live sphagnum, whether as a component in composts or simply as a top-dressing, offers several benefits to carnivorous plants, one of the...

What may seem obvious to experienced growers may be of some benefit to those just starting out . . . I have found over the years that the utilization of live sphagnum, whether as a component in composts or simply as a top-dressing, offers several benefits to carnivorous plants, one of the chief...