I'm planning a carnivorous bog garden in my backyard. Ask me anything!

[TXlib]

[SoCalDem]

1. You will be careful, won't you ??

:scared:

[TXlib]

4. Of course.

[theivoryqueen]

2. how many carnivorous bog plants are there, exactly?

[TXlib]

5. Lots. Check this link...

http://www.sarracenia.com/

[onebigbadwulf]

8. I remember

watching a video of this extremely rare carnivorous plant that lives on some greek islands I think.

Anyway, every so often it will start expelling this awful carrion-like stench. It draws the attention of hundreds of flies all trying to plant their eggs on the "dead flesh". Well the plant is shaped like a vase of sorts, so when all these flies are inside, it just closes its neck and digests all the flies.


Evolutionary brilliance.

[flamingyouth]

3. What about the children???

:evilgrin:

[TXlib]

6. I'm hoping a pitcher plant eats them.

[flamingyouth]

10. How much $ will you save yearly?

:evilgrin:

[TXlib]

11. Groceries, clothes, Dr visits, Rx, school, etc...

Several thousand a year.

[On the Road]

7. Is the Entire Bog Carniverous?

or just some of the plants? Are you also building a petting zoo to have something to feed the bog?

[TXlib]

12. Mostly

It's not a large garden; just a 22" diameter planter. I'm going to have several different sarracenia (american pitcher plant) species in it: S. purpurea ssp venosa, S. flava, S. leukophylla, S. alata, S. minor.

I'll also have a few drosera (sundew) species in it: D. capensis, D. binata, D. filiforma.

All of these will do very well outdoors year-round in Houston. I'm also toying with adding a few venus flytraps to the garden, but I'd need to keep them in a seperate small planter that I can refrigerate for 3 months in winter for their dormancy period.

I'm also going to add some non-carnivorous bog grasses and flowers to make the planter look more natural, and to provide stabilisation for some of the taller sarracenia trumpets.

[Turbineguy]

9. Good idea!

"....astonishingly good idea you have there...." I live in a heavily GOP neighborhood. Unfortunately, nobody seems to be taking shortcuts though my yard.

[TXlib]

13. Get a man-eating tree from Madagascar.

Good luck getting it through customs, however; they've got a regulation about dangerous animals, and it may extend to plants, as well.

[pink_poodle]

14. Right on!!!!! -nm

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[Ellen Forradalom]

15. Will you feed them Republicans?

There are plenty of them running loose in Texas.

[TXlib]

16. If any are small enough to fit.

[short bus president]

19. Duh!

You have to cut 'em up first, Seymour.

[Cleita]

17. Can I send you my , one of a kind, Venus Flytrap?

The police are getting suspicious about so many neighbors disappearing.

[dolo amber]

18. Does anyone know

if there is a way I can block shortbus from reading this? :eyes:

I can just imagine what ideas it would put into the boy's head...

[GOPisEvil]

20. Too late!

:scared: Be afraid - be very afraid! :scared: