A few shots

[mmlr38]

So I put a terrarium together a couple of months ago to raise some CPs from seed. I had to stratify some of the seeds before sowing them, so I put a few of my smallest VFTs in the terrarium to give them a head start on spring.

I was amazed at how well they grow in the terrarium. When I put them in there, they were exceptionally small. Now they look almost like adult plants, but they didn't flower this year.

I thought I would share a few pictures of my favorite plants. These are just typical VFTs:

Thanks for looking!
Matt

 

[Alien1099]

They are beautiful! What kind of lighting are you giving them?

 

[mmlr38]

They are beautiful! What kind of lighting are you giving them?

Thanks! I have them in a 90 gallon aquarium growing under 6 Agrosun 40W fluorescent bulbs. They are very close to the lights, about 2-3 inches. Here are the specs on the bulbs:
2450 lumens
color rendering index: 93
color temperature: 5850 kelvin

 

[joossa]

Great shots, awesome plants!

 

[JMurphy97]

Nice! I like the shot of the inside of the trap.

 

[mmlr38]

Great shots, awesome plants!

Thanks a lot!

Nice! I like the shot of the inside of the trap.

Me too! It's amazing what that stuff looks like up close, huh?

 

[upper]

this just proved to me that inside terrarium=better than outdoor.
i leave mine outdoor 24/7 for a couple of months now. its barely pinkish.

 

[mmlr38]

i leave mine outdoor 24/7 for a couple of months now. its barely pinkish.

I too have some outside plants and most of them aren't really coloring up much either. They will once the days get longer and the temps get warmer. I have the plants in the terrarium on a 16 hour photoperiod and kept between 65 and 85 F.

Not all of the plants that I have in the terrarium are as colorful as the ones I posted the photos of. However, they are all much more colorful than any of the plants I have outside right now.

 

[bianchi914]

Wow that last photo is amazing!!!

 

[D_muscipula]

nice pics.

 

[Capensis]

Dude, that's amazing! Such awesome looking VFTs! I love the last pic, you can see the digestive glands (I think that's what they are).

 

[mmlr38]

Wow that last photo is amazing!!!

Thanks! It's my favorite too. It's really neat to see a trap that close up.

nice pics.

Thank you very much!

Dude, that's amazing! Such awesome looking VFTs! I love the last pic, you can see the digestive glands (I think that's what they are).

Thanks Capensis! I am in love with my little terrarium plants right now. I must look at them more than a dozen times a day. I can't wait for summer to get here so that my outside plants start coloring up and growing more.

Yeah, I would think that those little red dots are digestive glands or whatever you would call the part of the leaf that secretes the digestive fluids.

 

[polywer2345]

sneak sneak . awsome plants wish mine was like that

 

[JMurphy97]

Plus if they are inside then no terrorists can get into them. What do you do for dormancy?

 

[Trapper7]

Those are awesome!

 

[mmlr38]

Plus if they are inside then no terrorists can get into them. What do you do for dormancy?

Hah, that's true. I worry about that a little sometimes because I always get neighbors asking me what I am growing in the backyard. I didn't even think people noticed. Right now I only keep a few in the terrarium and they were actually the smallest plants I had. I just wanted to give them a jump start or summer and hope that it helps them mature a little faster.

Last winter I left them outside here until about the first week of November. That's when we had our first snowfall and freeze. Then I brought them in on an unheated south facing porch for the winter. They started showing growth again about mid-February. I got the terrarium at the end of March and when I put them in it, they just took off. I am planning on moving them outside in a month or so though.

Those are awesome!

Thanks a bunch Trapper7!

 

[JMurphy97]

Sounds good to me. I hope that you don't hurt them by bringing them to full sun right a way. Terrorists can be anything from humans stealing your plants or animals.

 

[mmlr38]

Sounds good to me. I hope that you don't hurt them by bringing them to full sun right a way. Terrorists can be anything from humans stealing your plants or animals.

Ah right! I used to have problems with squirrels. They would nibble on the leaves and sometimes dig up plants, but I built a little cage to put my plants in to keep the squirrels out. So no problems there anymore.

I am planning on hardening them off to full sun when the time comes to move them outside so that they don't burn up. Hopefully they adjust well.