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Thu, Aug 30, 2007

[Link][Icon]Strength in numbers

Unlike most other carnivorous plants, the venus flytrap I was given a year or so ago hasn't died. In fact, it's thriving so well that it's even flowered once.

The thing is... a venus flytrap has a maximum of seven leaves/jaws on it. If you have more than seven, you have more than one plant. They can do that, apparently: As well as the conventional flowering route, they can just split in two as well.

So, the questions are:

1. How many plants are currently in the pot on my windowsill?
[Flytrap]

2. Are there enough to gang up and overpower me if I can't find enough insects for them?

5 comments • Categories: Omni, My Life

Comments:

Comment from: alison [Member] · http://www.creativehedghog.com
"strength doesn't lie in numbers! strength doesn't lie in wealth! strength lies in nights of peaceful slumber- when you wake up WAKE UP it's healthy!"
- I have Confidence (the sound of music, rogers and hammerstein etc etc)

at least you won't have a mosquito problem...
PermalinkPermalink 30/08/07 @ 13:01
Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/
So... I'm fine so long as it's sleeping?

;)
PermalinkPermalink 30/08/07 @ 15:16
Comment from: Genevieve [Visitor] Email · http://iamgenevieve.wordpress.com
I think I have something in my fridge that resembles this
PermalinkPermalink 30/08/07 @ 23:36
Comment from: oneandoneis2 [Member] · http://geekblog.oneandoneis2.org/
You could probably make a very interesting salad then ;o)
PermalinkPermalink 31/08/07 @ 10:34
Comment from: Genevieve [Visitor] Email · http://iamgenevieve.wordpress.com
Perhaps. Although I think it was originally meat-based, so possibly not.
PermalinkPermalink 01/09/07 @ 23:20

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