Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities

[fredg]

If it's in a greenhouse there's no need to feed it at all,Mark

[fredg]

I tried my friendly spider with another re-hydrated mealworm and once again she took it. Amazing

[fredg]

Yum yum!

[fredg]

This is the spider I identified as Metellina segmentata in the middle greenhouse. She's very difficult to photograph without damaging the web so this is a free hand/macro/zoom shot and not as crisp as I like.

[fredg]

I think I improved slightly on the photo above.

[Hoy]

Yum yum!

Don't tempt me!

I have once tasted roasted larvae (mealworms). It was not too bad!

[fredg]

Chocolate coated would be better 

[Hoy]

Chocolate coated would be better 

You don't want to see what you eat?

[fredg]

Not while I'm chewing it.

[fredg]

MrsG found this Tammy noddy lying on its back, soaking wet this morning. It made a quick recovery with some hand heat.

Phlogophora meticulosa - Angle Shades moth

[mark smyth]

S. ‘Peaches’ (S. alata x S. purpurea ssp purpurea) x wilisii (purpurea × psittacina) × (purpurea × flava) × purpurea) x S. purpurea) off ebay and probably not correct due to the amount of red. The sellers title was Sarracenia X (Peaches x Wilisii) x (Minor “Giant” x Purpurea ssp Purpurea)

Three photos showing how each pitcher ages from yellowish to quite dark. I'll have to contact the seller to find out if s/he sent the wrong plant

[mark smyth]

From the ebay seller "There is no "parent plant" as such, this is one of a potful of seedlings from this cross I was given by Stephen Morely who originally made the cross, there was a lot of variation among the seedlings (the one I selected to keep for myself was very red for instance)."

[fredg]

I'm not sure why you think the plant is not correct Mark. There's nothing to compare it to as it's a fresh hybrid.
On a complicated hybrid I would expect a lot of variation in the seedlings.

I think you got the pedigree confused when you attempted the full parentage BTW.

[fredg]

Most of the spiders from inside the greenhouse have now abandoned their webs.Outside however they're still around.
Here's a couple from this morning on the outside of one greenhouse which  have webs about 6" from each other.

 

Cute little things aren't they.

 

[partisangardener]

Good news about Drosera regia in the wild. Only one was known to be left in the habitat at Bains Kloof.
Now after the fire they discovered 12 further ones and one thought to be extinct has revived.
http://icps.proboards.com/thread/3586/drosera-regia-south-africa?page=2&scrollTo=42389