http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog One man's struggle with carnivorous plant addiction Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:14:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My AC unit used to pump its condenser water right into my laundry sink.  All I needed to do to access this water was to put the end of the tube into a jug.  Any overflow would just go down the drain. However, we ended up moving our HVAC equipment into ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/49/ I went to our local nursery to buy some plants for my mom for her birthday, but couldn't resist purchasing a couple of new Dionaea.  I left them in their 'cubes of death' for a couple of days but put them in the open after that. So far they seem to ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/47/ One advantage of our home remodel (that resulted in the death of my outdoor CP's) is more sunlight in the back yard.  In the past, there was an enormous cypress tree in the back which gave us shade most of the day.  This tree was removed as part of the ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/37/ Much like a Sarracenia in spring, the Kimoto Carnivorous Plant Blog slowly struggles back to life. A quick update: We decided to perform a gut-and-redo on our house.  As a result, we were out of the house for around a year.  After moving back in, my spare time was spent unpacking, ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/33/ We have several birch trees which produce copious quantities of seeds.  Because of where my bog and outdoor cp's are located, the seeds end up trapped in the space around the front porch.  The wind causes them to swirl around and many of the end up in my cp pots! I ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/32/ As it turns out, the VFT that I thought had gone to that great bog in the sky has come back to life.  After the near-death experience, it started to send up new leaves and now seems happy, though smaller than it was before. http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/31/ I am happy to report that several adult pitchers have started growing from my Cephalotus. Last year, I got two adult pitchers. This year it looks like I should have four at least. I will post some pictures a little later on. Other exciting news: Peter D'Amato, author ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/30/ Well, it looks like one of my Dionaea  did not made it through dormancy. It started growing, and even sent up a flower stalk (which I quickly clipped off) but now I see no new leaves coming up at all. Looks like bad news. I guess I ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/28/ Spring is the worst time of year for me as far as water issues go. During the late fall and winter, the plants don't need much water. During the summer, my air conditioner supplies all the water I need--I capture the water that comes out of the condenser pump. But during the spring, ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/29/ As I mentioned in the previous post, I recently purchased two new Sarracenia  from Lowes. I still don't know what they are, but I finally got around to taking some pictures. Here are some pictures of the whole plants: And here is a closeup of one of the new ... http://www.cp.kimoto.us/blog/uncategorized/26/