Carnivorous ;) Greetings from Sunny, Hot Florida!

I've popped onto this website several times over the years, and always liked it. 4 years ago I discovered Carnivorous Plants, and I am absolutely addicted. Would love to have a local group (Most of our local groups are no longer in existence). I live in Tampa.

I have a few succulents. Anything that is unusual in shape or color.

I also keep fish, and have Utricularia growing in my fish tanks (should not be possible), and I pull it out by the handful every now and then. I grow plants in all my tanks -- mostly for the enjoyment of my fish, so they are not pretty tanks.

This year I am planting a vegetable garden and have been looking for information, and I figured this would be a great place to find out more.

I am a beginner with plants, but I do know a bit about carnivorous plants. I grow about forty species and have about 100-200 plants (depending on the season). I grow Sarracenia (American Pitcher), Drosera (Sundews), Pinguicula (Butterworts), Utricularia (Bladderworts), Nepenthes (Asian Pitcher Plants), Australian Pitcher Plants and Venus Flytraps. My favorites are the Sundews. I teach classes for beginners at the library and in the past I taught a class called "Sarracenia Autopsy" at the Botanical Gardens. :) I am not great with Scientific Names, but understand the purpose. :)

So happy to be here. I will spend a lot of time in the CP forum, and will learn lots, I know. Thanks. :)

PS Tried to remove the image because it isn't in focus, but it didn't work. Sorry, I will work on a better images in the future.




This message was edited Mar 14, 2009 10:19 PM

let me be the first to welcome you to the best gardening web site on the internet. this is a great place with fun people who know what they re talking about.

i must say i have never seen anything here aboujt carnivorous plants but then gain i am not into plants myself.

as far as vegetable gardening goes just click onto anyone of the great gardening forums we hve here. there is the vegetable gardening forum which encompasses all types of vegetables then there is a more specific forum like tomatoes or peppers etc.

just go on to the vegetable forum and look around.

have a great time and welcome aboard.

Thank you very much for the welcome. This is a great place, and I look forward to learning from the experience of so many people here. Thank you again. :)

Welcome and have fun browsing around the different forums.

Thank you so much. I am completely addicted. I haven't spent so much time reading on a website in a long time.

Yep, if you miss a day, it takes hours to catch up. Sometimes I've had as many as 27 threads that are open. :)