Volunteers have "rescued" a bunch of Venus flytrap plants from some of the homebuilding sites in our development and established them along one of our nature walks. These interesting little fellows only grow in a fairly small area of the coastal plain in North and South Carolina. They apparently are extremely difficult to transplant, so hats off to the nature walk volunteers for taking such good care of these.
I'm guessing they need specific soil and atmospheric conditions. I've always been fascinated by carnivorous plants. Little Audreys, creepy, but fascinating.
ReplyDeleteAnother plant that is notoriously difficult to transplant is the Joshua tree. As they are a protected species, if they exist on a property you'd like to build on, they cannot be destroyed, but can be moved. One thing that greatly increases the likelihood of a successful transplant is to replant them in the exact north-south orientation they had originally.
Have they discovered any talking ones? Take care when walking those "nature trails".
ReplyDeleteDo they eat democrats?
ReplyDeleteSpiny: They are pretty fussy with respect to climate and soil requirements.
ReplyDeleteDeborah: None of them said anything to me.
Jeff: They eat flies, but I imagine they have some standards, so I'm not sure about Democrats.
Baby Triffids plotting revenge.
ReplyDeleteThat is so cool.
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