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02 Jul 2009Venus Fly Trap dies Venus Fly Trap and Succulent Balcony gardenWent to Arkansas for 3 months came back and found this plant dead. I just couldn’t stay to make sure they got their dry dormancy properly. Oh well… archive.28°C / 82°F
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21 Mar 2009More pics from Mount Makiling 127°C / 81°F
So as not to waste the pics I took:
1) mud springs bubbling and smoking sulfur fumes
2) seeds like shuttle cocks that spin when they fall
3) some alien contraption or just a water pump
4) this flower looks like it was crocheted
5) a mini flower bouquet
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20 Mar 2009Venus Flytrap Repotted to Sphagnum 1 2 Venus Fly Trap Repotted and Succulent Balcony garden28°C / 82°F
Repotted VFT to 4 pots of Sphagnum with some Coir mixed in. I hope that’ll make the medium acidic enough. The plastic box will hold more water so it’ll only need watering once a week.
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17 Mar 2009Mt. Makiling Hike 2Overcast 26°C / 79°F
Went hiking. We brought our dog. Was exhausted carrying our dog in a basket with a strap to notice much of the plants. But it was fun and Max (our dog) did walk for a bit. Picture descriptions:
1) Big road up the mountain
2) Max beside basket we use to carry him
3) Orange mushroom on log
4) Big t...
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12 Mar 2009No peat so can't repot Venus Fly Trap 5 Venus Fly Trap and Succulent Balcony gardenCloudy 28°C / 82°F
I don’t know where I can buy peat here in the Philippines. All I have is coir which according to some expert in the net, is not acidic enough for VFT. :(
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22 Feb 2009Transplanted Echinocactus grusonii Transplanted and Succulent Balcony garden
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22 Feb 2009Long baths needed. 3 Tillandsia bulbosa and Succulent Balcony garden32°C / 90°F
One leaf dried up. I found a dip in water everyday isn’t enough. Now I leave it in water overnight, every other night.
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22 Feb 2009Repotted Agave Agave potatorum Repotted and Succulent Balcony garden32°C / 90°F
I’ve got too many agaves. I don’t know what to do with them and I’m running out of pots and space.
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22 Feb 2009Spotty Sick Big Gymnocalycium horstii and Succulent Balcony garden32°C / 90°F
Don’t know why brown spots are appearing, I think it’s too much sun.
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24 Jan 2009Loving the texture Octopus Arms and Succulent Balcony gardenCloudy 26°C / 79°F
Monadenium ellenbeckii is doing well, growing taller. I wish it were fatter though. Love the corduroy texture, that’s why I bought the plant. It had fruits when I bought it, got 3 seeds out of one fruit. One seedling has already sprouted :D
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