When I first purchased these three plants (two Pitcher Plants and one Sundew), they had very few heads. Apparently they've enjoyed a diet of mosquitoes, flies and other hapless insects because they have really burgeoned into a lush bowlful of exotic shapes. A month or so ago, our resident buck cropped the tops of several of them only to discover that they didn't taste as good as he had hoped. I hung a string of bells to further deter any unwanted samplings, and the plants sprang back with amazing vigor. It's nice to step out onto the back porch, knowing that my "guard-plants" are on watch for those pesky mosquitoes!
365Caws is now in its 14th year of publication, and was originally intended to end after 365 days. It has sometimes been difficult for me to find new material, particularly during the winter months, but now as I enter my own twilight years, I cannot guarantee that I will be able to provide daily posts. It is my hope that along the way I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world. If so, I can rest, content in the knowledge that my work here has been done.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Successful Carnivores
When I first purchased these three plants (two Pitcher Plants and one Sundew), they had very few heads. Apparently they've enjoyed a diet of mosquitoes, flies and other hapless insects because they have really burgeoned into a lush bowlful of exotic shapes. A month or so ago, our resident buck cropped the tops of several of them only to discover that they didn't taste as good as he had hoped. I hung a string of bells to further deter any unwanted samplings, and the plants sprang back with amazing vigor. It's nice to step out onto the back porch, knowing that my "guard-plants" are on watch for those pesky mosquitoes!
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Wow! those turned out beautiful! So unique....fun to watch bloom I bet
ReplyDeleteI'm not actually sure what the blossom looks like on the Pitcher Plants. The Sundew makes a cluster of white star-shaped flowers. What you're seeing here is all foliage.
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