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Carnivorous Plants

    I've been fascinated by carnivorous plants for as long as I can remember. I probably had a
Venus Flytrap at one time or another. Time went by, I bought a small book about carnivorous
plants at some time or another. At work I heard rumors of a fellow employee who grew bug
eating plants. Years later we worked together. He invited me out to his house, and sent me
home with an armload of plants. I've been cultivating them ever since. I've built three large
bogs, each more sophisticated than the last. Over the last couple of years I've moved
everything into containers in order to move them to a better location (the bamboo is shading
them out!)
     I like carnivorous plants because they grow in unique conditions. They thrive in peat bogs that are very acidic with no nutrients. Growing where they do, they capture insects and other small invertebrae and digest them to obtain the nutrients they need. There are several different kinds of traps, each fascinating in it's own way. Everyone loves Venus Flytraps but I like little Butterworts. They have beautifully symetrical circles of leaves. These can slowly curl up and form pools of sticky liquid that digest the victims trapped there. They have beautiful flowers in the spring.

jmbamboo
4176 Humber Rd.
Dora, Al 35062
205 283 5638

Growing Carnivorous Plants

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