The Nature of Toys
Today at lunch I was watching an interesting episode of The Nature of Things. I've become a bit of a Nature of Things junky as they play old episodes twice daily on The Documentary Channel....
January 23, 2003
Thinking Out Loud About Plant Groups
I subscribe to a Cactus and Succulents mail group. The list has only been active a few short months, and during that time there has been little activity. Today I contributed for the first time....
January 16, 2003
More on Nepenthes
My copy of "The Savage Garden" arrived today. I've spent a few hours this evening going over the Nepenthes chapter and looking at tons of photos online trying to identify my plant. A few...
January 15, 2003
Nepenthes Gets Droopy, Staghorn Fern Gets New Fronds
I think I'm going to just call the Nepenthes, Scylla. There were some great suggestions, but in the end Scylla works. So far this morning the sun has been too intense for the plant and...
January 10, 2003
Name My Plant and Amaryllis
The amaryllis turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. Okay it's a beautiful flower, I won't deny that. However, I had been led to believe I was buying a miniature and this...
January 08, 2003
Name My Nepenthes
Tropical Pitcher (Nepenthes) Thought I'd post a picture of the full tropical pitcher plant (Nepenthes) so you can see how large the actual plant is. It's a bad photo but you can see that...
January 06, 2003
Tropical Pitcher (Nepenthes)
Tropical Pitcher (Nepenthes) Well I did it! I bought the tropical pitcher plant (Nepenthes) I've been coveting. I was walking back from a visit to a local printer and decided to pop into my...
Will the Madness Ever End?
A few hours ago I was innocently going about my daily ritual of inspecting my staghorn fern for scale insects, when I happened to look over and from the corner of my eye spotted...
January 05, 2003
Impulse Buys Are Out in 2003
The buds on my new minature Amaryllis 'Pamela' are about to bloom. I don't typically name my plants but I'm predictably naming this one after Pam Anderson Lee (or whatever she's going by these days)....
