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Thanks! -- Rick
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> Hi all,
>
> I joined the list at the weekend, and I thought it was about time I
> introduced myself!
>
> Im 25, live in North-East England, make a living as a
> programmer/analyst, and have been collecting carniverous plants on
> and off for about 5 years (although I've recently started more-or-less
> afresh, due to a combination of moving house & a bad outbreak of grey
> mould).
>
> At present, I have a few S.Purpurae, S.Flava & P.Moranensis (offspring
> of my first ever carniverous plant), A seedling tray full of
> D.Aliciae (or, possibly (due to a seed mix-up), D.Natelensis - I'll have to
> wait for them to grow a bit so that I can tell!!! ), and a healthy clump of
> D.Capensis plants (which, for the benefit of Dio Lazlo, don't move
> anything near as fast as a venus fly trap!!! - if you want to make their
> leaves curl, you'd better be prepared to sit tickling them for a few hours!!!).
>
> At the moment, aphids are the bane of my life - particularly with the
> pitcher plants. Being wary of using chemicals with CPs, to date I've
> been 'fishing' them off using leaves from the D.Capensis.. but it's a
> slow and tedious job - any suggestions for a better way to do this?
>
> P.S. - I tried out the web site URL given in the list joining note,
> but my browser spat it straight back out at me. Is this still valid?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Shep.
P.S: Try http://www.hpl.hp.com/bot/cp_home. It should be working. -Rick