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    Cobra lilies!

    Most of you will probably eye me funny. But I am SO enthused about my plants. And I have wanted a cobra lily for practically forever. And today I got two in the mail! This fills me with glee!



    They're a carnivorous plant, properly called darlingtonia californica, since there are several things that go by the name "cobra lily."

    I am so completely stoked about these. Woot!

    And I got lithops seedlings sprouting, and my peas are growing like mad and I finally killed all the slugs that were eating them, I think, and in general I'm up to my eyeballs in happy plants! Though my regia sundews are kind of not so happy. But they're the only thing that's not thriving right now.
    The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

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  • #2
    I just have one thing to say about this topic...










    COBRAAAAA!!!!!

    Last edited by Jack T. Chance; 05-28-2009, 05:32 AM.
    "Eventually one outgrows the fairy tales of childhood, belief in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and believing that SCs are even capable of imagining themselves in our position."
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    • #3
      Bwa ha ha ha!

      I don't think these are related.
      The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

      See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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      • #4
        I'm filled with glee for you, spark. I laugh every time I see one of your plant-thread titles.
        "Is it hot in here to you? It's very warm, isn't it?"--Nero, probably

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        • #5
          What can I say? I'm a weirdo, plants make me all excited. I should post my seedling photos here too, I just got some sundews and some lithops sprouting.
          The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

          See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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          • #6
            I was chatting with Jack earlier and I noticed this thread, and said, "Spark and her carnivorous plants are beginning to worry me.'
            Last edited by BookstoreEscapee; 05-28-2009, 03:57 AM.
            I don't go in for ancient wisdom
            I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
            It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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            • #7
              Before you know it my plants will have taken over! Mwa ha ha ha ha!

              Speaking of taking over, I have about a bajillion lithips seedlings now! Well, okay it's around 30 or so, and they're not carnivorous, so they're hardly any danger. Here, I share:



              Now these little guys are carnivores: Not even big enough to eat a gnat yet though. You can play "hunt the seedling" in this photo, I didn't circle them. There are two.

              The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

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              • #8
                That bottom photo does not look like anything I would want to have in my house...
                I don't go in for ancient wisdom
                I don't believe just 'cause ideas are tenacious
                It means that they're worthy - Tim Minchin, "White Wine in the Sun"

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                • #9
                  Found them! What do I get?
                  Attached Files
                  I have a...thing. Wanna see it?

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                  • #10
                    He he he. An imaginary pety venus fly trap? I don't know.

                    I got new plants today! I should post photos.
                    The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

                    Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

                    See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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                    • #11
                      New plants that I got today:

                      One nepenthes alata. Well, the label just said "nepenthes, tropical pitcher plant" but I've looked at some photos and I'm pretty sure it's an alata.


                      Two venus flytraps, one large, one small. Both typicals, not cultivars, but that's fine.



                      A small sarracenia rubra, a kind of temperate pitcher plant.


                      A larger (though still nowhere near full size) sarracenia X Judith Hindle


                      The tropical pitcher will be staying indoors, the rest will eventually be planted outside, once I have them properly acclimated.
                      The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

                      Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

                      See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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                      • #12
                        So, does anybody but me have visions of Spark feeding blood to some huge carnivorous plant?


                        Quoth spark View Post
                        Bwa ha ha ha!

                        I don't think these are related.
                        We could fix that...

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                        " Oh Coooobra!!! "




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                        • #13
                          O.o

                          That's kind of disturbing.

                          Also, I know some people who have fed blood to their plants. Apparently they happily eat it! Kind of creepy. They won't eat actual meat though, it tends to make them rot.
                          The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

                          Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

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                          • #14
                            Quoth Eric the Grey View Post
                            So, does anybody but me have visions of Spark feeding blood to some huge carnivorous plant?




                            We could fix that...

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                            " Oh Coooobra!!! "




                            Eric the Grey
                            Do I even WANT to know why Cobra Commander is wearing magenta?!?

                            I mean, red is bad enough (see Sideshow Collectibles' upcoming Sandy Eggo Comic Con Exclusive Red Cobra Commander 1:6 Scale Figure to see what I'm talking about,) but MAGENTA?!?!? Seriously?!?!?

                            I mean, what, is he supposed to be the new spokesman for ▪T▪ ▪ ▪Mobile▪ or something?!?!?
                            "Eventually one outgrows the fairy tales of childhood, belief in Santa and the Easter Bunny, and believing that SCs are even capable of imagining themselves in our position."
                            --StanFlouride

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                            • #15
                              He's obviously very secure in his masculinity.
                              The best advice is this: Don't take advice and don't give advice. ~Author Unknown

                              Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. ~Cicero

                              See the fuzzy - http://bladespark.livejournal.com/

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