Date: Wed, 06 May 1998 12:29:35 -0700 From: "vincent uybarreta" <vincent.uybarreta@mailexcite.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1519$foo@default> Subject: Introduction
Howdy.
I've been growing cp's for 2 years and have been receiving the cp
listserv for 4 months. I'm growing the basic beginner's lot:
Sundews: capensis
aliciae capillaris filiformis slackii
*something that looks like it might be
*"anglica", but whose name sounds like
"Madagascar"...it stays green in full sun except for the glands
*a mysterious clump of capillaris /
*aliciae - looking stuff that also stays
*green
in full sun
*a binata that sprouted "spontaneously"
*from the dirt something that looks like
*"schiz&#@$*!" from the Australian
*jungles, I think?...got
it at Home Depot
VFTs: a few pups & teens and two big grannys
S. purpurea that seems to thrive by God's will alone (I haven't
bothered with it
in months and it looks great...dark red, short and stout)
A cephalotus that is finally growing (tiny red
pitchers...yippie!) since I got it
more than 6 months ago
A few P.planifolia (a favorite) and a hen P.primufolia with 3 -
4 little chickies
I think I am also growing some sort of terrestrial bladderwort...I thought it was
really short bog grass that spontaneously sprouted, but it has small yellow orchid-like
flowers
All the sundews (except filiformis) and the "bladderworts" grow
in two very crowded
6.5 inch pots that sit in varying levels of H2O. I had them on my fire
escape until we got 2 weeks of very unusual dry, windy weather. They
started to shrivel and dry-up.
Now they live on the window sill in my shower....less light, but high
humidity to
help with the shock. They're sticky again but not as red. I may have
to repot soon....there's a root coming out of the drain hole in the more
crowded pot.
The butterworts, filiformis, and cephalotus are in another 6.5
inch pot and they
didn't seen to mind the windy weeks. I try to keep their water tray
filled but it can go dry for a couple of days without any ill-effects.
There is no method to this
madness....space is a premium...it would be nifty to have each species
(or even
genus) in a separate pot....one day, when I have my dream greenhouse.
The VFTs are in two 6.5" pots and the lone S.purpuea keeps chuggin' - a - long although
the dirt was so dry for so long that even the live sphagnum died. They also live
outdoors.
I used to have an awesome-looking N.ventricosa. The ill-fated plant was "pushed"
from the 3rd floor fire escape by Max (a Rotweiller/Bassethound mix) and then eaten
by Bull (my landlord's Great Dane). I was told she "jumped", but I know they had
it out for my ventricosa from the start. There was nothing left except a cracked
pot, dirt, incriminating paw tracks and a broken heart.
I live in New Orleans, Louisiana, but am moving to Brooklyn, NY
after graduation.
I'm pretty sure I won't be able to keep my plants outside (in NYC) and
will have
to invest in a terrarium / aquarium of some type.
I love CPN....as well as CNN :) ...and hope to be a contributer
one day..although
I DID submit a sketch for the ICPS logo contest!
That's all for now. I'd love to chat about and receive growing
tips on anything
cp.
later,
vin
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