Showing posts with label flytrap. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flytrap. Show all posts
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Meet Phil
Phil is my Venus Flytrap. I bought him right after I got out to Colorado. I've always wanted one, and there are lots of flies in the cabin during the summer. Well, Venus Flytraps are supposed to live in humid environments, which the mountains of Colorado are notably not. When I first bought him, I fed him a fly and a couple other small insects. After a week, or so, Phil started to turn brown, a couple of his heads died, and the ones that I had fed opened up and released their food. I thought he was done for, but kept watering him just in case. About a week ago, one of the heads that had opened earlier, closed back around the fly I had fed it. The rest of the plant seemed to be getting greener and looked healthy again. So, it seems Phil is making a comeback. Now, the problem is that I won't be able to take care of him while I'm gone. I'll have to try and get him on the plane to take back to Kentucky. Think I'll be able to get him through airport security?
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