Monday, August 13, 2012

My First Carnivorous Plant

A local Carnivorus Plant Show was in a nearby town and I was amazed at the colors of these bug eating plants



This first Carnivorous Plant was so pretty I had to take a picture of what it was - seen below. Can you pronounce it? 






I can't image what this Cornivorous Plant above ate, look how big it is and the brown areas are the bugs or small mammals it ate. You can see one eating a mice on You Tube here. 
(I could not watch the end of it!) 



I came home with this Carnivorous Plant above to start my first one growing. I may get more in the future. We have yellow jackets on the deck and I was told this one would eat them up. You cannot water them with your tap water, they need rain or distilled water. 

Have you ever grown a Carnivorous Plant before or live near any? 


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10 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 13, 2012 at 11:25 AM

    That's a pretty cool plant! Is it sticky? I'd love to have one ride me of my yellow jackets, june bugs, and wasps, however, it might try and eat Titan too! :) hehe

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    1. UnknownAugust 13, 2012 at 4:18 PM

      It doesn't feel it to me (the one I got that is) I heard others can cut you. One of the growers got a cut pretty bad from one.

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  2. Jay @CraftySpicesAugust 13, 2012 at 12:22 PM

    WOW, this is one of those things that we really don't think about. Very interesting and good looking to.
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  3. RobAugust 13, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    Great post! They're amazing plants indeed. There's this deadly beauty about them that always fascinates me. I've been growing quite a few for almost a decade now. Warning: they can be addicting!

    I really enjoyed your pictures and your post. Great stuff. Looking forward to future updates on your plant/s :)

    Happy Growing!

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    1. UnknownAugust 13, 2012 at 4:19 PM

      Thanks, so yours have survived for years? Hope mine will :) Addicting? Have to see in a year too.

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  4. David BarAugust 13, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    My life would love it if I would plant these all over the place. She hates mosquitoes.

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  5. HappyKAugust 13, 2012 at 3:15 PM

    Wow how interesting. I didn't know there were so many plants that ate different things. I like the one you brought home.

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  6. UnknownAugust 13, 2012 at 4:20 PM

    Hi Happyone, yes I want to see if it will grow bigger. And catch a picture of one eating a yellow jacket.

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