Cleaning water plant tanks

 

Cycled, first day of Minnesota State Fair for 2023

Cleaning tank pump filters, particularly the tank with the carnivorous pitcher plants
I also cleaned the soot from carnivorous pitcher plants (see photo)

Next to the tank, the Asian tree Glyptostrobus pensilis (in the cypress family), had to be swapped out with one of the cycad trees. This effort took 3 of us to perform. The cycad was doing poorly next to the tank resulting in large yellow spots on the fronds. The G. pensilis will probably do better in the position next to the tank.  A year ago I had moved the G. pensilis to its former location, and adjusted the stakes to help keep it upright. It has grown well in the meantime.

Next to the G. pensilis tree I noticed the pot of stone plants in flower. The plant is from Africa: Conophytum

lithopsoides.

Another cool aquatic carnivorous plant: Drosera regia (a rare form of sundew plant, from a single valley in  Africa)