Lil has a real highland terrarium! :D

[That One Guy]

Nice plants Lil! Happy seeing everything is doing well, pitchers inflating everywhere it seems. nice rocks too

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Ooopsies. I forgot the baby toes for Mass, and a pretty Optunia sp. I spotted.

 

[JMN16150]

Your terrarium looks like a masterpiece!!! I never knew that baby's toes had quite attractive flowers; also somehow I found the snail rather cute... eventhough I usually hate snails to death

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

I really love baby toes. So cool. I've seen a couple other kinds, some with warts, I'd like to find one or two for myself.

 

[mass]

loving the deep purple of that flower.. so cool! None of my succulents are flowering yet.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

This one sure surprised me, too.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Now we're getting down to business. N. gracillmaalbawhateveritis snuck out a pitcher and I didn't even see it.

N. "Viking" couldn't hide this one; it came out a little funny.

 

[vraev]

Fantastic sphag shelf Lil. I kind of made that in my aquarium shelf to hang tools. lol! Very well done. BTW...love that M. veitchiana.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Thanks!

Sadly, the poor Masda. didn't make it. I'll get another once I find a pretty one.

 

[mass]

we're gonna have to sit down and teach you how to rotate pics! my neck is killing me..

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Mass, that's my stoooooooopid Photobucket app. It un-rotates some, I see them straight, and I can't tell that its giving everyone else neckaches until I log on wih the laptop. I'll fix it as soon as I do, when the DSL is working.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Moar right-side-up updates. OK, just a couple, it was like pulling hen's teeth trying to get an update through a really bad connection.


N. "Viking"




N. maxima "formerly eyemae" and Heli Iforgotagain




N. veitchii HL Hose mtns popped a double sized pitcher.




N. robcantleyii looking good.




A really blurry picture of a half-buried giant clam shrimp. I'll get a better one, if it ever slows down. A bunch of them are in a kind of stasis at seed shrimp size, this guy suddenly popped, and another just got big. I'll increase feeding.






ETA: Oh, come ooooooooooooooonnnnnn! Photobucket just flipped them all around again. Dangit! I'll try to fix it. Mass, just lay your monitor sideways.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

If they're still sideways, clear your cache.

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Let's get some real pictures in here.

N. truncata x "viking"




N. "Viking"




A size comparison between old and new pitchers on the N. veitchii HLers.




Getting ready to catch a snail....




This is NOT the true color of the new mini orchid I shouldn't have bought:




Here's the regular Phael. that I really shouldn't have bought. This is very close to the real color.




It has three (three!) spikes and even a mini-me. Cool!




Here is a slightly better shot of the giant clam shrimp. They clammed up when I leaned the camera over, figures. Those squares are 1/2".

 

[Api]

What are giant clam shrimp?

 

[mylesG]

they certainly arent giant

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Well, they're a giant form of crustaceans that resemble clams.

http://www.arizonafairyshrimp.com/clamshrimp.html

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Actually, they're pretty danged big for clam or seed shrimp. Most are only a couple millimeters long.

 

[chibae]

Love your phals Lil, most of my plants are in the "shouldn't have bought" catagory

 

[Lil Stinkpot]

Thanks, Chib!

More updates! Real camera, real laptop, authentic hard-wire Photobucket upload. Mass, un-squint your eyes.


N. robcantleyi made a gimp leaf, I didn't expect a pitcher off of it. I guess the plant had a better idea.

The Dischidia is going bloom crazy. It's recovering from bad soil and root rot, it's currently in epiphyte mode.

N. ventricosa x densiflora is making big pitchers. These guys get DARK, chocolate dark.

H. heterodoxa x minor is making new stuff, too. New leaf, and new crown. Woot!

N. maxima (formerly eyemae) looking promising.

Saved the best for last.


N. veitchii x platychila hid a biggie from me.

This one's gonna be goooood.

N. truncata x viking is looking great.