U. gibba has a pretty side

[Matt_95]

I took this photo a while ago, I collect carnivourus plants and my biggest is actually my Gibba, I grow it in a 70cm tub outside with some emersed Rotala ludwigias and Frogbit to hide most of the growing section of my Gibba but I still enjoy the best part, flowers. It flowers profusely during the warmer months and has very few during winter. I don't like it growing in my tanks but it's beautiful like this. Let me know what you guys think.

[fishmosy]

Nice i love weird plants. Do you have any other carnivorous plants?

[Matt_95]

Thanks, yes I do, I have a small collection, it's nice to be able to see some of them growing in the wild as well.

[fishmosy]

True. Do you have pitchers or the venus fly trap? Saw some of the venus fly traps for sale a few weeks back, regretting not buying one.

You seem to have alot of cool stuff, shrimp, spiders, plants. Do you work with this stuff or just have a interest in nature?

I'm currently doing a PhD in marine science, so all this kind of stuff fascinates me.

[Matt_95]

I sure do, have only had the pitchers a few days, they were $1 each at Bunnings because they were "dying" they were really just entering dormancy. I have fly traps and sundews also though.

traps and a utricularia

I have an interest in nature, I do also have an internship at the QLD museum and I deal with certain aspects of the spiders. I have no idea what sort of job I will end up in but I would bet you any sum of money it is something to do with science.

[fishmosy]

Nice. Always good when you can follow your passions, rather than working in a job you hate just because you are good at it.

I remember seeing something about a push to taxinomically identify all the spiders in Aus, particularly in the North. Is that the kind of stuff you are involved in?

[Matt_95]

Certainly not all of them but I am involved with the Theraphosids, there are over 30 species and I think there are 5 or 6 described species in Australia, that group needs a lot of work and it's great it's coming along.

And I do work in customer service to support my hobbies, my god, I don't understand how people can be so stupid, my job makes me hate pretty much everyone, I can't wait to be able to only do what I love.

[fishmosy]

I know what you mean, dealing with animals is so much easier than humans. I would end up choking someone if I had to work in the hospitality industry.