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Leaf/tube/mouth of a Sarracenia illuminated from behind by a light, that shows two huge flies trapped inside

Edit: Her name is Scylla!

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Good plant. Very nice of it to get rid of the FUCKING FLY! I personally prefer my salt shotgun and the 30 spiders in my house because im clinically unable to not mess up plants, its either to much or not enough of something... Usually light or water, sometimes they hate the soil itself.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can't get lower-maintenance than a spider.

I don't think I could date an arachnophobe. No way I'm killing or evicting my bathroom spider! We're bros.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The problem with people thinking like that is the spiders are only gonna stay if the food source is abundant.

Aka you got a lot more bugs than you think if there are spiders chilling everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

If I had a massive spider infestation, yeah, I'd want to investigate. But fruit flies and mosquitoes come and go often enough anyway. Presumably enough to sustain one or two spiders.

Had a bit of a gnat (I guess?) problem last summer because they're small enough to get through my window screens. Made me crazy, but even then I don't think they were actually nesting in my home.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I am in a similar situation and came to the conclusion that plants hate my mere presence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Maybe it's all the salt :p

[–] [email protected] 29 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] howler 12 points 6 months ago

She really is!

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago

I got my Venus flytrap as few years ago and it hasn't disappointed me with catching flies. All flies that dared to enter my room would shortly(1-3 days) be caught by the flytrap.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

a ha, good name.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From a little shop during the solar eclipse.

[–] howler 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I fear the day it tastes blood, for it will demand more

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Must be fresh ...

[–] howler 7 points 6 months ago

A local plant shop I trust, so I really hope it wasn't poached. It had all the European Union stickers and plant passport

[–] tigeruppercut 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I notice you have some extremely long ones compared to the older ones at the bottom. Mine did the exact same thing when spring hit this year-- this season's have a couple that are waaaay longer than anything it's produced before. Wonder what's up w that

[–] howler 2 points 6 months ago

It's pushing new heads like crazy, and they are all very long. It's my first Sarracenia so I have no idea of what is normal or not. Maybe this year's Spring is ideal for them?

[–] howler 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I got yet another extremely long one, way longer by far than the others. I made a post about it because it's reaching WTF levels

[–] tigeruppercut 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm still getting long ones too, and the last of the short ones are pretty much dead. I can't quite understand the point of the long ones-- the base seems too delicate to hold them up on even a mildly windy day. I came home to one of them looking in bad shape bc it'd spent the day flopped over the side of the pot. Maybe they're supposed to be growing taller than other grasses that are usually around them in nature, and those same grasses act as a but of a support so they don't get too floppy or something?

I'll try to remember to take a picture this weekend-- I've been really busy at work this week

[–] howler 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'd love to see a picture, if you remember it!

I'm happy to learn that I'm not alone in the Sarracenia confusion camp

[–] tigeruppercut 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The short ones have already shriveled and all the new ones appear to be the long ones

[–] howler 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damn, those lids are huge. Mine are relatively small, compared with the length of the "body"

[–] tigeruppercut 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I think they're probably different species-- yours look like they fold over the opening a bit more, and the head shape looks a little different too

[–] howler 2 points 5 months ago