So busy

With school, I haven't been able to write as much, but I noticed the other day that my Nepenthes has a new pitcher coming in. I thought all the plants were going dormant...but I'm glad to see it growing!! I had to  clip down Sundew completely, and we'll have to wait til next spring to see her come back. Its finals week at school and I'm super busy so no time to write!! xoxo

New chenille growth

 Chenille has new growth. She almost died because I forgot to water her for a day and a half and she was all dried up. I lost all my red fuzzies but with an IV of water everyday shes now sprouting new growth. She's also living inside now, on a permanent basis. Although she remains bed-ridden on the shelf, I'm hoping she can return to hanging next spring.

 My Dalia's delight continues to amaze me with her transition. By far the most interesting and pleasing plant I have. She appears to have completely metamorphosed. What was once a dark red plant with tiny pitchers is now a gorgeous green, red, and white pitcher plant with detail as if an artist painted her.

I brought dente inside for a bit, but he'll go back out tomorrow. He's dormant I'm fairly sure. See you next spring!

My Nepenthes has three little pitchers, I'm wondering if they will grow this winter indoors. Nepenthes is also in bed next to Chenille (different pots obviously) with a distilled water IV

Fly in the oreophila

A video of the fly oreophila caught today

Been a while

Nothing of note has happened to the plants, so I haven't really been writing, but two days ago I saw that my Dalias Delight had totally blossomed! Dente continues to be prolific, and my oreophila caught a hornet AND fly today! They duked it out, the fly being killed by the hornet in the hornets feeble attempt at escape, followed by the hornet succumbing to exhaustion a few minutes later. The whole ordeal probably lasted around 5 minutes. Nepenthes and sundew are now living inside. I had to trim them. Nepenthes has 2 baby pitchers, hoping they will grow, but its almost winter so perhaps not.

Renewal not maintenance

Life is about renewal. The dying leaves of my hibiscus tree don't seem to be coming back to life. So, I trimmed them off to make room for the abundance of new growth that has been coming out of her since I adopted her. Since the day she came into my life, she has been strengthened and now has new shoots coming from all over her body!

All of my carnies are doing quite well except Nepenthes, who appears to be going dormant. I'm hoping for the best though, because Nepenthes does that and the experts say its nothing to worry about.

Where there was only stagnation, new growth has come about rather quickly from the hibiscus tree I received

.  Perhaps after 15 years, I can help her to bloom again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dente has new life popping up all the time.

They are quite happy together

My oreophila also has new tendrils growing out of her body.

I trimmed off the dying leaves to allow more sun to nurture the new growth

Soon we will be leaving the solarium behind for a new home. I truly hope that the plants can be happy in their new home. I do not have a solarium for them but I do have a room with a long wide window. I will be investing in a green house next year.

A small sprout coming out right next to a leaf that had been dying. I trimmed the leaf to let the sun nurture its baby

The tiny green nodule above the stem is actually a new sprout

Nepenthes, hopefully just going dormant for the season

Growing up

Nepenthes is opening back up, a good sign

Sundew is quickly digesting that mosquito eater. It's all dried up and withering away. Meanwhile Sundew's nectar is plentiful and it seems to be thriving.

My basil plant blooms new flowers everyday which I pick off to encourage leaf growth

Jalapenos and habanero

Can't wait to see how the habaneros thrive

Chenille has new life!

Venus has all but one dente open and the new growth seems to be getting bigger

My little plants are doing wonderfully. I've included some pictures of my other plants in the solarium as well.

life in action

Looks like a sundew caught a big fish today. That should tide him over for a bit:

Thought this guy was takin' a rest on my plant so I went to blow him off, realized he was stuck, dead, and currently being digested.

I wonder how long this is gonna last ha! This is why I want to keep track of the plants. Moments like these when I get to see the circle of life in action.

Life begins

This is the first of the updates on my particular current plants. I currently have a Nepenthes hybrid, Sarracenia Daina's Delight, Sarracenia Oreophila, Dente Trap, and Sundew. This is how they're looking currently:

All but two of the traps were closed yesterday now a new one is opening up.

Regard pitcher right: Was totally closed from transplant shock yesterday, slightly open again today.

Sarracenia Dahlias delight's petal is wilting. It may die off to allow new growth.

Oreophila seems to be doing very well and the large pitcher next to the flower is currently digesting a bee

Sundew has three curlies

Hoping the sundews flowers will bloom but we shall see they look wilted right now

The nectar seems to be thriving at this window and up on the west ledge the best.