Daily Archives: January 18th, 2010
Brother, why is my page dingy?
ShareI own a Brother HL-2140 mono laser printer and it has been chugging along just fine until recently. I decided to be ‘sensible and practical’ and bought a recycled ink refill for the toner cartridge. Big mistake! The pages of my résumé did not print out as crisp type on a snow white sheet. No, the type was muted [...]
[20100118] Nepenthes “Red Leopard”
ShareI’ve decided to try the development exercise with one or two of my other plants and compare the growth rates. This one is Nepenthes ventricosa x maxima “Red Leopard”, one of my first tropical pitcher plants. It has a smaller pitcher than N. “Mardi Gras”.
[20100118] Nepenthes “Mardi Gras” development
ShareDay 3 of this series. Although there appears to be very little change, there will be massive changes soon. Note the lifting of the tendril at the head of the bud and the further elongation of the body. We had a short but sharp storm last night, storms change the humidity levels around the plants [...]
