Venus flytrap

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  1. severedhead

    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    Anyone know anything about flytraps?
    Mine has grown some kind of appendage and it won't stop growing.

    [​IMG]
     
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  2. ch424

    ch424 Design Warrior

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    It'll turn into a tiny flower in a few weeks. It hapenend to both of mine! Apparently they only flower if they're very happy with their environment. I don't know if that's true though. ;)

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    ch424, 22 Feb 2006
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  3. P2D

    P2D 99.999% Pure Spam!

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    :D (You know what im thinking.)
     
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  4. severedhead

    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    Cheers ch424, I thought it had gone all retarded and about to mutate into something weird.

    Lol P2D!
     
    severedhead, 23 Feb 2006
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  5. Xenred

    Xenred What's a Dremel?

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    That would make it so much more fun :D
     
    Xenred, 23 Feb 2006
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  6. WireFrame

    WireFrame <b>PermaBanned</b>

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    .me hums "little shop of horrors"
     
    WireFrame, 23 Feb 2006
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  7. mushky

    mushky gimme snails

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    That what it will use to attach to your forehead when you're asleep and take control of your body.
     
    mushky, 23 Feb 2006
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  8. madmodder

    madmodder What's a Dremel?

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    It's going to start speaking to you soon! "Feed me Seymour"!
     
    madmodder, 23 Feb 2006
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  9. Mary Jo

    Mary Jo oh lolz

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    Mine never used to catch anything :(
     
    Mary Jo, 23 Feb 2006
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  10. Hybr1d

    Hybr1d Bаnned

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    Nice plant, I've always wanted one, and a Pirahna plant from the Mario games!
     
    Hybr1d, 23 Feb 2006
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  11. speedfreek

    speedfreek What's a Dremel?

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    Damn beat me to it. :hehe:
    I kinda want one but I think I would probably kill it.
     
    speedfreek, 23 Feb 2006
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  12. cpemma

    cpemma Ecky thump

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    Cool, mine died after about a week, must have eaten a bad fly.
     
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  13. severedhead

    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    That would be most funny :hehe:
    Cheers cpemma, much needed info there :thumb:
     
    severedhead, 23 Feb 2006
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  14. Fly

    Fly inter arma silent leges

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    :eeek: :worried:
     
    Fly, 24 Feb 2006
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  15. Krikkit

    Krikkit All glory to the hypnotoad! Super Moderator

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    I'm glad I'm not the only person in the universe who's actually seen this. One of my friend's recently got a Venus and after I quoted that, I may as well have suggested raping small children...
     
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  16. Austin

    Austin Minimodder

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    :duh: To cpemma whose Venus Fly Trap only lasted 1 week; did you feed it tap water or rain water? The former will kill it as will setting off the traps without providing sustinence, long-time dead flies don't count either! Also you should water it from below (in a dish) rather than from above and they also like very wet, boggy conditions so keep the water topped up.

    :wallbash: Hearing they (possibly) grow that wierd appendage when happy is ironic. My kids' Venus started growing it but it was desperate to be repotted, I repotted it, topped it up with the rain water I had saved and all seemed well. Until it didn't rain for over a week, the appendage fell off and it got seriously close to death! It seems to be just hanging on but where have the flies all gone to? I usually swat the flies then feed them to it but the blighters are all hiding. Grrr ...
     
    Austin, 24 Feb 2006
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  17. severedhead

    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    Mine has been sat in tap water for months now and its been fine. Grown quite a bit actually.
     
    severedhead, 24 Feb 2006
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  18. Austin

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    :confused: Oh!
     
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  19. Colonel Sanders

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    I was just reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_fly_trap and it had some very nice information which agrees with most everything said in this thread. Wikipedia bascially explained in more detail everything(?) that I read in this thread. Plus it had a couple cool pictures of the plant. :)

    L J
     
    Colonel Sanders, 25 Feb 2006
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  20. severedhead

    severedhead What's a Dremel?

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    So just how tall do these things get?

    [​IMG]
     
    severedhead, 21 Mar 2006
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