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Sashoke's Picture Thread
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Thanks! Though admittedly the Spathulata x Rob was always toothy ;P
In other news I count 5 S. Jonesii germinations. Woo!
The great ritual suicide of the ants seems to have come to a close, they have dissapeared as quickly and mysteriously as they came, leaving nothing but well fed plants and corpses in their wakes.
Seriously like, hundreds and hundreds of corpses. There must be at least 200 in my ventricosa "Red" alone. Here are some pictures of everyone's stuffed bellies! (Plainly visible by the very dark areas near the bottom of the pitchers.)
sibuyanesis
ventricosa "Black"
ventricosa "Red"
These seem to be the only plants that the phantom ants were attracted to. So to compensate I gave all my other Nepenthes (And a few of the larger Drosera) cut up meal worms. Bon appetit.
Also, sibuyanesis made a cute pitcher:
Seriously like, hundreds and hundreds of corpses. There must be at least 200 in my ventricosa "Red" alone. Here are some pictures of everyone's stuffed bellies! (Plainly visible by the very dark areas near the bottom of the pitchers.)
sibuyanesis
ventricosa "Black"
ventricosa "Red"
These seem to be the only plants that the phantom ants were attracted to. So to compensate I gave all my other Nepenthes (And a few of the larger Drosera) cut up meal worms. Bon appetit.
Also, sibuyanesis made a cute pitcher:
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I tried to get a picture of inside of ventricosa "Red" but I really could not get any good angle to take a picture. But you guys will have to take my word for the black stew that is in there right now, nothing but a pitch black soup of dead ants. Im still baffled by where the heck they came from.
I havent given N. "Red Leopard" much love in this thread, even though I think its one of my nicest looking plants! So here it is. This is my first and only plant Ive grown from a cutting.
Tendrils galore!
My N. burkei only grows pitchers in this corner of the pot.
N. ventricosa (artist x thorelli)
Tendrils galore!
My N. burkei only grows pitchers in this corner of the pot.
N. ventricosa (artist x thorelli)
Carnivoregon
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Thanks Randy! Yours are looking great too.
NemJones
I Am the Terror Of the Night!
It is a crab spider.
"Nowadays, there are more than 2000 species of crab spiders all around the world. Only in the United States there are known to live around 200 species. Numerous crab spider species can be seen in Canada, too. The spider will mostly be seen on yellow, green and white flowers, but it can also make a habitat on woods, edges and in gardens."
"This spider a part of the Thomisidae family, of the Thomisoidea superfamily, Araneae order, Arachnida class, Arthropoda phylum and Animalia kingdom,"
"There are about 170 genera of spiders of this type in the world and more than 2,000 species that are known."
Above quotes are from:
http://www.crabspider.org/category/general-facts-about-the-crab-spider
Do a GOOGLE search for "crab spider images" to see the many wonderful varieties of this type of spider.
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This wasp was too big to get eaten. 
Capensis seedlings, bottle cap for scale.
Under the dichrosepala
These 2 have finally made pitchers that go out of the pot.
N. ventricosa "Black peristome" made a small pitcher for some reason, still cute though. (Previous pitcher in background, its way bigger)
Im really excited for all these tendrils. With 3 pitchers developing at once, surely at least one will be a beaut!
So one of the ice bottles I use to cool my plants was touching a tendril without me realizing (the leaf was stretching up really high) and it is now all shrivelled up (freezer burn) anybody know if this will make a pitcher or not?
At this point my spathulata x rob is a ship in a bottle. Its actually grown so much it can no longer fit through the gap in the greenhouse door, so I cant move it to look at this pitcher it made. So enjoy the back of it!
I could get it out by taking the "tarp" off of the rack but its not that big of a deal.
One last sibuyanensis glamour shot ;P
Capensis seedlings, bottle cap for scale.
Under the dichrosepala
These 2 have finally made pitchers that go out of the pot.
N. ventricosa "Black peristome" made a small pitcher for some reason, still cute though. (Previous pitcher in background, its way bigger)
Im really excited for all these tendrils. With 3 pitchers developing at once, surely at least one will be a beaut!
So one of the ice bottles I use to cool my plants was touching a tendril without me realizing (the leaf was stretching up really high) and it is now all shrivelled up (freezer burn) anybody know if this will make a pitcher or not?
At this point my spathulata x rob is a ship in a bottle. Its actually grown so much it can no longer fit through the gap in the greenhouse door, so I cant move it to look at this pitcher it made. So enjoy the back of it!
I could get it out by taking the "tarp" off of the rack but its not that big of a deal.
One last sibuyanensis glamour shot ;P
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So the ants are back again. 
"Ring of fire"
sibuyanesis and ventricosa "Black" are getting their fill again.
D. binata seedlings:
That deathcube VFT is finally making some new growth after being severely sunburned. (Acceptable losses)
N. spath x rob plz. Plz you dont know what you're doing. It doesnt have to be this way. Plz.
"Ring of fire"
sibuyanesis and ventricosa "Black" are getting their fill again.
D. binata seedlings:
That deathcube VFT is finally making some new growth after being severely sunburned. (Acceptable losses)
N. spath x rob plz. Plz you dont know what you're doing. It doesnt have to be this way. Plz.
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N. ventricosa(aristxthorelli)'s new pitcher is done forming. This thing is beautiful!
My N. ventricosa "red"s developing pitchers are really promising! Theyre already bigger than its previous pitcher and It doesnt look like theyre quite yet ready to pop. Keep growing! Keep growing! (also you can see the ludicrous amount of ants in that pitcher in this shot)
N. ventricosa "black peristome" made a new pitcher. (Also in the background, more ants.)
N. burkei is opening a new one as well.
After years of an uneasy truce, N. "Red Leopard" has broken the peace and set out on a conquest into my Cephalotus' pot.
We'll say it now folks, the strength and size of the Red Leopard is undeniable. It has a massive size advantage over the Cephalotus, and things arent looking good for our Australlian friends. However the word is the Cephalotus got a meal lately, that extra energy might be just what it needs to reinforce its western front with more soldiers and more defenses.
On the other hand, the United Nepenthes might not stand for this. After all the war mongering of Red Leopard has been frowned upon in the past. Will N. Spathulata x Rob and N. ventricosa "Red" step up and help Cephalotus defend? We cant be sure for now, but the word on the street is the United Nepenthes is in council as we speak, very possibly discussing this critical topic...
Until a decision is reached, our hearts and prayers go out to the Cephalotus people.
Shout out to Paul (Whimgrinder) for sending me a bunch of really nice plants, vine cuttings of N. burkei "madja as" and a bunch of seed grown N. ventricosas. I appreciate it Paul!
My N. ventricosa "red"s developing pitchers are really promising! Theyre already bigger than its previous pitcher and It doesnt look like theyre quite yet ready to pop. Keep growing! Keep growing! (also you can see the ludicrous amount of ants in that pitcher in this shot)
N. ventricosa "black peristome" made a new pitcher. (Also in the background, more ants.)
N. burkei is opening a new one as well.
After years of an uneasy truce, N. "Red Leopard" has broken the peace and set out on a conquest into my Cephalotus' pot.
We'll say it now folks, the strength and size of the Red Leopard is undeniable. It has a massive size advantage over the Cephalotus, and things arent looking good for our Australlian friends. However the word is the Cephalotus got a meal lately, that extra energy might be just what it needs to reinforce its western front with more soldiers and more defenses.
On the other hand, the United Nepenthes might not stand for this. After all the war mongering of Red Leopard has been frowned upon in the past. Will N. Spathulata x Rob and N. ventricosa "Red" step up and help Cephalotus defend? We cant be sure for now, but the word on the street is the United Nepenthes is in council as we speak, very possibly discussing this critical topic...
Until a decision is reached, our hearts and prayers go out to the Cephalotus people.
Shout out to Paul (Whimgrinder) for sending me a bunch of really nice plants, vine cuttings of N. burkei "madja as" and a bunch of seed grown N. ventricosas. I appreciate it Paul!
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