Hi everyone! I just joined so I could share about these amazing carnivorous plants I found growing in someone's lawn today. They are sun dews, Drosera capillaria. The homeowner asked me what a carnivorous plant was, & was disappointingly unimpressed. He's lived there 13 years & never noticed them. He let me dig up all I wanted though. I have them in a small open terrarium in the house, hoping they will catch some annoying gnats, but I'm thinking they should not be kept indoors for too long.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.I really like these plants and quite a few varieties grow here. I discovered a plant in my Seattle home called a Vodoo Lily [gardeningknowhow.com] (or for us atheists - the devils tongue). They are grown from bulb and shortly after the plant blooms and pollinated by flies it goes dormant back into the ground. I took some bulbs and planted them here on the island and they are doing great. Spectacular plant, horrible smell (only at certain times of the day) and they seem to be able to grow anywhere, sun, shade and not picky about the soil.
JackPedigo
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Mar 2, 2019
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Oooh, I had one of those appear at a little house I had in Portland years ago. Awful smell, but interesting and fascinating to watch grow. It grew right along the east side of the house, got full morning sun and was shaded all afternoon.
@tinkercreek Everyone loves the flower, except when it is blooming. It is a bulb and the bulbs multiply. I have to thin them out once in a while. Want some? lol
Crazy! Their needs are pretty specific. Wishing you success!
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misternatureboy
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Mar 1, 2019
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Thanks! Since they're native here, I plan on putting them on the porch after we've enjoyed in the house for them a few days. Something interesting: digging up, transplanting, & watering them in rubbed off all their "dew." It's been 4 days now & they are finally starting to glisten again.
Apparently there is also a pitcher plant native to Mississippi called Saracenia psittacina. I'll be looking for it!
Carin
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Mar 1, 2019
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That is pretty exciting! Good luck
@Zoohome Thanks! I'm finding more & more sun dews in grassy areas. In some areas they are so thick you can't even walk without stepping on them. They go for $9.95 a piece on Ebay. I want to see if I can make a little money from them & some other types of plants that grow all over the place here.
@Zoohome Some of the ones I put in a small terrarium a few weeks ago are almost in bloom & I'll certainly post photos. In other news, I've found lance leafed arrowhead & parrot feather, along with tons more sun dews, in a vacant lot that's headed for development. & I've sold some sun dews on Facebook already!
@Zoohome The sundews are the size of a US quarter, at the most, so they don't exactly jump out at you. I have special Crazy Plant Person Vision. I'm finding them in low spots in sparse, unhealthy lawns--unhealthy in that people don't fertilize them or apply other lawn chemicals which carnivorous plants are killed by as they are very sensitive to things like that, as you must know since you are keeping a pitcher plant alive. I've found those to be the hardest carnivores to grow!
I'm in Gulfport Mississippi, about 15 minutes from the coast. I've never been to Florida yet.
The white flowered plant is Lance leaf arrowhead. It gets a couple feet tall. I imagine they have those in Florida too?
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