My first Palu

[beckdg]

two words... wabi sabi. looks gorgeous as it is.

plant species i cannot help on, sorry.

[phoenixflames44]

what Beck said XD

[AquaticEscapes]

Picked up some cool stuff at the nursery today. Had to post some pictures. I think she's looking pretty full! Time to sit back and watch er grow.



















Cheers,
Diana

[beckdg]

carnivorous plants... nice! i am plant retarded though so if you don't mind what's the second to last pic?

[phoenixflames44]

LMAO! Beck! thats a species of sundew. Here. Let me google that for you. It's about time I could return the favor!

@Aquatic The tank looks amazing! I really love the jewel orchid!

[beckdg]

thanks pal... it's LMGTFY.COM though. so simple... i knew sundew but it's a little early i guess.

remember when you want to bust a friends stones... it's the initials for let me google that for you... then you put in what you want to search and it gives you a link to copy. copy that link and paste it into your chat or email and watch them stomp and kick and moan for busting their stones.

[Epiphile]

Looks like someone went shopping at Hawaiian Botanicals... am I right?

You won't have to wait long for that one to fill in, I don't think. That L. discolor's going to go nuts when it's done flowering. And what Nepenthes species is that?

Beck, I think the one you were wondering about is D. capensis.

[beckdg]

for plants for the black water i might ask hydrophyte what he thinks.

i think the fly trap might need dormancy correct?

thanks epiphile.

[AquaticEscapes]

Yup made it out to Hawaiian Botanicals . And good timing too because they had a lot more small stuff then last time I was there.

Its Nepenthes sanguinea, I know its gonna get big. For a few of these I can forsee moving them eventually. My fiance has already suggested tearing down one of our aquariums and making it into a terrarium :P. Its interesting that we have been keeping aquariums for so long, and at the same time attempting to keep tropical house plants with moderate success (orchids, plumeria, palms, etc). Suddenly we've figured out that we can keep all these tropical plants we love in aquariums.

I'm not too sure about the fly traps... I remember her saying something about them being dormant, not too sure what this entails with fly traps.

Thanks and I hope everything does well for us.

-Diana

[beckdg]

i know they often come from swamps/marshes in virginia... it does get below freezing there at some point in the winter.

check out harrywhitmore's build if you have that many or large tropicals. it might give you some ideas.