Introducing... Jawsie & The Buggytrap

Random weekday lunches with Mr. Gecko often led me wandering aimlessly around China Square Central when he left me for work after lunch hour. It was then and there I chanced upon this just-established outlet selling quaint English countryside garden & living-lifestyle merchandise where I saw this little pot of plant I only read about in my Science textbook. So overwhelmed I was with this discovery, I obviously wasted no time and brought Mr. Gecko with me to the shop and showed it to him.

And... Mr. Gecko really surprised me with the little pot of exotic green when we met up for lunch last week. Look! It's my little pot of Venus Flytrap - which we named Jawsie!

Jawsie

I was quite drawn to the morbid nature of Jawsie, I mean - look, have you ever kept any carnivorous plant? Ironically, with such a mean streak for a plant, they are named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty! Perhaps, the person when naming this plant had just been married to a beautiful woman. Hee.

Some fast facts I had wikipediaed over the weekend so I can better care for Jawsie:

✺ They are not houseplants and should be grown in pots under conditions that mimic those in their natural habitat - they have a large reputation for being difficult to grow. *me glups~~*

✺ Venus Flytraps ideally should not be watered with tap water as accumulated salts in tap water may kill carnivorous plants. Both distilled water or clean rain water are ideal. *I run down 7 flights of stairs these and every rainy days to collect rainwater just for Jawsie.*

✺ The temptation to trigger the traps manually should be resisted. *Opps~~* Venus flytraps are entirely capable of catching their own food; thus, feeding them manually is not necessary... *That said, Mr. Gecko was apalled and strictly warned me against it when I first suggested I will catch some bugs to feed Jawsie :/*

✺ The trap rarely catches more than three insects in its lifetime *So much for looking forward to alot of live action - what was I thinking about man....*

Eating Up Poor Laybbit - Jawsie Wasted No Time Satiating Her Lust For Red Meat