death

I came across this very interesting letter while researching Drosera that quite frankly makes me smile. It's a publication from 1873 which compares the attractive dew of the Sundew to the temptations of sin. Whether you be a religious man, or irreligious, it's still worth a read...

In response of a recent giveaway I feel it needful to make this thread. I have made the choice to make the Bible the foundation of my life and belief system and I must say I was rather blown away at the response and fervor of this community that has participated in Thez_yo's giveaway. Obviously...

Giveaway for the U.S. only.. will ship potted for the smaller ones possibly, but really just want to ship bare-root. I'll cover shipping costs so this will cost you nothing, other than your address should you win. As one of the few groups who actively get hunted down and beaten near or to...

Hey terraforum members, Yesterday I bought a new bag of peat moss and perlite from home depot, in order to re-pot my venus flytrap, and my three saracenia species. After mixing up the recipes per The Savage Garden, I realized that both bags of media were made by Miracle Gro. So, it looks like...

So my local Lowes finallly got some CPs in...picked up a purp, VFT, and a S. rubra which is a new one for me. They aren't in great shape and right now are in a more shaded area of my 15 gallon, in standing water. A couple questions... 1) Media: Looks like they're in straight up LFS right now...

Yeah, I know was originally planning on getting a Ceph, but I decided I'd hold off on that for the time being since I have a few trips planned and it would be too easy for someone to water it wrong and kill it (making it either too dry or too wet, watering it with tapwater, etc). So I decided to...

So I have a plant rack set up in my apartment. It has the standard 4' wide T5/8s, wireframe shelf, with the plants being about 4-8" away from the lights. (Smallest pots are 8" away, my neps gets closer to 2-4ish. All sides of the rack including top and bottom are covered in tinfoil to...

So, I'm heading off to college in a few weeks and I've got to do something about the plants! There's no way I'm fitting them all in my dorm so I'm only keeping two neps (my first one, and a small truncata). The rest are up for postage! The catch is that most of them are pretty sick looking...

Here are a few shots of the various cultivars of flytraps enjoying the Summer weather in Northern California -- and catching more than their share of flies and wasps in the process. The fourth photo (of the pale-colored traps with the flies) was a "death cube" rescue from an Orchard Supply...

Not literally of course, but to insects those traps must be pretty frightening! I mean should I stay away from trying to grow them or finally take the plunge and get one of those little guys? I've been eying them since I first read The Savage Garden, they seem like the "holy grail" of...

Months ago, I got a tiny death cube nep with only one leaf. I assumed it was a ventrata, because...I thought all death cubes were. It was only today that I actually looked at it and questioned what it was. And BAM! Just like that, a ventrata I've grown for months that has grown 10x as big as...

Little red mites have been eating my two N. glabrata to the point of almost death and I have tried removing them as best as I could. So far the buggers have not really infected any my other plants, but they have wreaked havoc on my two pure glabrata. I know some people just throw out their...

So I got a few new vfts a couple weeks ago after the squirrels of death killed all of my old ones. I planted them up in 50-50 peat/sand and a layer of lfs, and kept them for a week on my windowsill, covered (for shipping shock), and the past week they've been outside in partial shade. I was...

"Death doesn't like to be cheated" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7b0kjMVbE

At 1 O' Clock in the Morning of July 5th, my Aunt passed away in the hospital from pulmonary fibrosis and a few other health related illnesses. She was on 90 percent oxygen and still having difficulty breathing. Normal oxygen levels in a room are about 21%. I spent the fourth of July visiting...

Houston Chronicle July 4, 2011 HOUSTON- Actor Randy Quaid has died from an apparent overdose of alcohol and painkillers early this past Monday evening- medical examiners said. The 61-year-old film star died “of an acute intoxication” from a combination of painkillers and alcohol. According...

You may have seen these guys on thinkgeek as the mini pet cactus. I bought one two years ago, and she was great! I named her fluffy, wore her around my neck, and brought her everywhere with me... But alas, life is such a fragile thing, and before I knew it, the love of my life had been wrenched...

Another save from the brink of death... I bought another Nep today from my local garden centre today, when going to pick up a soil mix to seperate and repot a capensis alba, it had about five dead pitchers attached and a general look of abuse so I managed to get the price down to 4 pounds. It...

So.. these guys are really touchy!! I'm absolutely hating this media mix.. as you can see it's having some issues. And it seems that every time I move or repot the seedlings they either decline to the brink of death.. or just die. These are all that remain from my group, and I want to ensure...

Perhaps one of the most annoying and frustrating thing for a grower like me staying riiiiight at the equator line of the earth's circumference is dormancy of CPs. It's FRUSTRATING to try growing sarras for a year or two and then they just shrink and....usually die. I've heard of fridge dormancy...