Hi Only place Ive found them thats cheap and acceptible is Cooks. Jacob from cobraplant said when they move the nursery he may start selling the Giant mutations. There are a number of different ones like: Big Mouth Low Giant Vigorous Dingley Giant They produce traps upto 2" in length, THEY ARE HUGE!!!! They grow fairly low to the ground and are quite strong growing plants, the giant mutations seem to be imported from Australia. Oh by the way, Jacob told me that when they had the PC crash that some plants got neglected, one of them was the D. Aliciae, so he wants to get them all back to good health before he lists them. He said hopefully they will be ready in a few weeks. I just looked and Cooks has a number of Giants in stock now, he currently has a few left of: Big Mouth: http://www.flytraps.com/newlook/product.asp?pid=dio13&from=s Vigorous: http://www.flytraps.com/newlook/product.asp?pid=dio12&from=s Low Giant: http://www.flytraps.com/newlook/product.asp?pid=dio20&from=s Triffid Trap: http://www.flytraps.com/newlook/product.asp?pid=dio19&from=s Cheers Sheldon

lillo: Have a local solid surface fabricator fabricate a color matched piece 2" longer than the bar you want to mount. Drill through the solid surface completely to mount your hardware (don't screw directly into the solid surface), making sure the back is flush. Silicone the solid surface to the shower wall. It ain't comin' off, even if you used it as a grab bar.

thanks everyone for the replies. yeap poor everybody. nope she never apologizes for anything. Ima, you nailed it. family is not and never was a priority for neither BM nor her family. the thing is that according to both DDs and SO (whom i do believe now because I always thought they exagerrated) when BM didn't drink, she still ruined every occassion and always stirred something. so it is not as much drinking. she also always picked a fight wiht SO's family, some of SO's cousins wanted to come to the wedding but didn't because they were scared of BM starting a commotion. She did not talk to most of SO's family for one reason or the other. Unless his family are very skillfull actors, they seem nice and I do get along wiht them, they all very easy going and very family focused, which she is NOT. after I observed her for the past week i do understand all her crazy phone calls, emails and why DDs don't want to go to her house and if they do why they come back in tears and red faces. it also seemed strange that this woman was the one who left SO (and younger DD who was still a minor) for this man. I can't even describe how he looks and how he behaves. ima, DD27 was almost estranged for awhile not talking to BM because of how mom left dad (she moved everything out of the house -furniture dishes everything while SO and younger DD-still a minor were out of town), she moved all her and family stuff into apartmnent that she secretly rented with that drunk BF. she didn't say anything to anyone so when SO and his younger DD came home house was empty, mom and everything besides bedrooms is gone. later she left voice mails to both DDs that she moved out and now lives at such and such address wiht TOM. after divorce though she bought a house where she lives wiht this "classy" guy.

Mine goes dormant in the winter and looses its leaves. Since it's winter where you are, I wouldn't worry about the leaves turning yellow/brown and dropping off. As far as the stem getting slightly soft, My young Pachypodiums feel like this when they need water. Since the roots look good, and it's been dry for 3 weeks, I would try giving it a light watering and see if that helps. Here's my horombense this spring, just starting to break dormancy... and here it is now...