Eye candy!

[sabotabby]

The always-awesome groovitude guessed, correctly, that I would like the art of Moira Hahn (sheppardzo_14 on LJ).



Um.

Wow.

That is all. I think I could spend hours looking at the pretty.

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In other news, huzzah! The maggots are gone, including Ken Lay. The next step is to get a carnivorous plant of some sort. We are torn between the the ones that look like condoms and the ones that look like vagina dentatas.

Comments

[dobrovolets.livejournal.com]

I vote for vagina dentata!

[sabotabby]

Everyone loves a vagina dentata!

[apperception.livejournal.com]

I hear carnivorous plants are difficult to keep, that they're very fussy.

[sabotabby]

They'd have plenty of light and flies to eat, though.

[apperception.livejournal.com]

I think humidity is the desideratum.

In any event, you should get teh condom one.

[erinlin.livejournal.com]

I believe the only proper response is "DUUUUUDE."

[sabotabby]

Heh.

[thenetwork.livejournal.com]

I want those for tattoos!

[sabotabby]

Yeah; it's rare that I see a piece of art and think, "Hey, I could deal with that on my skin for the rest of my life."

Those might qualify.

[thenetwork.livejournal.com]

They qualify for my skin. At least three of those could've been designed after my dreams. Oh my, a big-scope, long term goal. Thank you for posting those.

[sabotabby]

I'm glad to be a part of sharing the awesome.

[human-loser.livejournal.com]

Look, it's the Story of the Rabies, in asian-lookin art! The one with the umbrella is clearly Luna!

[sabotabby]

The thought did cross my mind.

Things I've learned about carniverous plants

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

1) They like humidity. They apparently do very well if you keep them above the kitchen sink. Otherwise you may need to do something about humidity control.

2) They don't like tap water. You have to feed them filtered water.

3) Some of them don't smell very nice. Apparently the not-so-nice scents attract flies, though.

4) They won't eat maggots. They will, however, eat the things that breed maggots and the things that maggots turn into, besides being cool.

5) Venus Fly Traps, at least, go dormant for a few months of the year, generally if it gets cold. You should keep them in the fridge or freezer when they do, then take them out when the days get longer.

6) Miracle-gro is bad for them.

Re: Things I've learned about carniverous plants

[sabotabby]

1) We want them in the kitchen anyway. It'll be plenty humid in the summer.

2) Hmm. We could get a water filter.

3) Maybe we could get a less-smelly one. If not...well, we can burn incense or something.

4) There won't be maggots if they eat all the flies.

5) Weird. But okay.

6) That can just be for the tomatoes, then.

Re: Things I've learned about carniverous plants

[zingerella.livejournal.com]

2) They shrivel up and die from tap water. Filtered water is o.k. Rain water might be o.k. too.

3) Some of them smell quite sweet. So we just need to be careful to get a sweet-smelling one, and not a feet-smelling one.

Re: Things I've learned about carniverous plants

[sabotabby]

It would suck to have the kitchen smell like feet.

[morgoid.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Brandon Bird's art?

It's Hy-LAR-ious!

http://www.brandonbird.com

[sabotabby]

Bwah! Awesome.

[pretzelsalt.livejournal.com]

Vagina with teeth wins everytime.

[sabotabby]

That seems to be the consensus.

[constintina.livejournal.com]

I'm so mad about Ken Lay. He did not get to suffer enough!

Please keep us updated on your carnivorous plant. Just don't start pricking your finger to feed it drops of your own blood. It may be tempting, but we know where that can lead.

[sabotabby]

One can't expect royalty to suffer the sort of punishment as plebes who get caught with weed or something.

[ygg13.livejournal.com]

I vote for the ones that look like vagina dentatas.

[sabotabby]

They're cute, aren't they?

[ygg13.livejournal.com]

Yes, and I have a feeling they are less likely to smell like rotten things than the pitcher plants.

[eclecticmagpie.livejournal.com]

Pretty cool looking aht.

If I recall correctly, dentata don't smell, but condoms *do*. Also, dentata are more fun to play with, and to watch; condoms just sit there (admittedly, looking cool) filling up with water and dead insects.**

You *could* get some of *each* – they're not that big.

** Boy that sentence got weird when I substituted the nicknames for "flytrap" and "Pitcher Plant", which is how I originally wrote it. It could have gotten even weirder, but I'm quitting while I can.

[sabotabby]

I wonder if the condoms smell because they get filled with dead insects. That's got to reek after awhile.

[eclecticmagpie.livejournal.com]

I call to your attention this sentence: "As the summer season progresses, the leaves become purplish red from the presence of anthocyanins, making them a lure to flies who are probably also attracted by the decaying amino acid odor of already trapped prey.", from this site: http://www.botany.org/Carnivorous_Plants/Sarracenia.php

This also of note: "Several species of mosquito larvae complete their larval stage here, exiting to the surrounding moss to live out the pupal stage. A slightly larger inhabitant, the larva of the blowfly, Sarcophaga sarraceniae, spends its larval life deep at the bottom of the tube where it enjoys the decaying parts of the captive prey. When it matures to form the pupal stage, it likewise leaves the pitcher to pupate among the surrounding moss. But as an adult, it returns to the pitcher plant, this time to steal nectar from the flower and at the same time to pollinate it. Small organisms are not the only ones to inhabit these pitchers. Small frogs sit and wait in some species, taking advantage of the flies that are attracted by the odor."

Finally, *this* page is fascinating: http://www.botany.org/carnivorous_plants/

[sabotabby]

The vagina dentata option is looking so appealing right now.