Monday 16 June 2008

Others who are doing well




let the pictures speak for themselves... I'm having so much fun watching them mature

Focus on the Royal Red VFT

Our Royal Red VFT is by far our best specimen. Purchased from Mike King earlier this year, it is just stunning, so here are a few close ups to show it off in all its glory

Sunday 15 June 2008

Showing off the Beasties







Saracenia Flava in all its glory

VFT Vertical - one of our favourites
VFT Great West Giant - still a baby, but doing well

Royal Red bites off more that it can chew!


Well if it can't catch flies, then it will have to make do with a Sarra!!

Tuesday 10 June 2008

all settled in

I finally have pictures of the beasties enjoying the sun






Progress on the collection

Glenn went mad on VFTs and we have so many that he has had to take some home with him because I ran out of room. Well the new babiesx are all settling in nicely, I'll get a list up here soon, but here is a picture of the nursery....

Sunday 18 May 2008

Our Grow List

After re-joining the CP addiction, we have obtained a few plants now, so, we thought it time to stick a list up here!Right, here we go (deep breath)..................

DROSERA
DROSERA CAPENSIS
DROSERA BINATA

SARRA'S
ALATA RED LID
ACENIA FLAVA
WHITTAKERI
HGG (NOT SURE WHAT THIS IS HELP REQ)
H7 (AS ABOVE)

DIONAEA
TYPICAL
VERTICAL FORM
SOUTH WEST GIANT
LARGE GREEN
ROYAL RED
LONG RED FINGERS
DENTATE
CROSS TOOTH
SAWTOOTH
SHARKS TOOTH
2x B52'S (AWAITING COLLECTION FROM MIKE)

TO ARRIVE FROM ANDY, WHEN MY PAYPAL GETS SORTED
VFT-001 All Red
VFT-002 Heteradoxa All Green
VFT-006 Upright with Large Traps
VFT-007 Long Upright with Medium Traps
VFT-020 G16 – Slack's Giant
VFT-032 Claytons Volcanic Red
VFT-035 Upright with Large Green Traps

PHEW THATS ABOUT IT (FOR NOW), SPECIAL THANX TO MIKE, TREV AND ANDY FOR MY PLANTS, SEE SEPERATE POST FOR OUR BIGGEST PLANTS :)COMMENTS WELCOME

Sunday 30 March 2008

A new Home...Hope



Well they have all settled in and are ready to grow...hopefully.
We are in the process of creating our grow list and taking individual photos of our little beasties. There are a couple of currently unidentified specimens, which we will call on the cpuk forum for some help.

Monday 24 March 2008

In the beginning

Our Adventure into Carnivorous plants has began!!

Well we have started collection after a visit to Mike King's Shropshire Sarracenias. My boot was full of pots, which I'm assured will be a fantastic collection of Sarracenias, Venus Fly Traps and other killer plants. They survived the journey and are currently lodged in trays on my kitchen window.

I'll get some photos tomorrow and a run down of the specimens... can't wait to see them grow and eventually devour!!!