The Happy Plant
Last year I was in a Carnivorous Plants (CPs) collecting craze. It started with a pot of Drosera that I bought from the local plant shop, and then I started ordering all kinds of CPs online. I also traded some with fellow forum members on the CP community sites, and for a time there I had more than 10 species of CPs - definitely something I was very proud of. Then came time for our vacation, and I didn’t have anyone to help take care of my plants, so for about 6 weeks they were left to fend for themselves. Thinking back I should’ve taken better care of them, but since they were outside, and I thought the rain would help with the watering. When I came back, all of them had dried up and all but one did not make it. The one that did survive was an Asian pitcher plant (N. sanguinea). It was showing signs of dying, but I kept up with the waterings, and soon new growth started to appear.
A couple months ago, my office was moved to a new location, where I had the privilege of having a window cube. I brought my little Nep. to work and placed it so that it could get the morning sun. I can’t believe how happy it became. Every new pitcher that grew was bigger than the one before. Now it is a permanent resident on my desk, and definitely a happy plant. Check out some pictures I took just the other day:
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