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Seasonal Care for Drosera Hybrids and Nepenthes: Dormancy Timing and Cold Snap Thresholds

D. filiformis × intermedia (× hybrida)

Fully dormant by autumn in Missouri. Hibernaculum formation now is normal.

Nepenthes Cold Threshold

Bring indoors when nights hit low 40s°F. N. × ventrata, ‘Miranda’ (lowland ancestry), N. sanguinea, N. chaniana × veitchii—all risk damage below 45°F. Lowland N. truncata damaged even in 40s.

Carnivorous Plants: Identifying a Mystery Nepenthes Hybrid: Truncata x Veitchii?; Nepenthes jacquelineae and ventricosa Outdoors in Zone 9: Seasonal Temperature Management; Nepenthes eymae: Windowsill OK, Shipping Schedule, Business Questions; Controlling Snails in Nepenthes: Transplant and Bait Strategies; Lowland Nepenthes Care: Bicalcarata and Ampullaria in Windowsills; Outdoor Care for Lowland Nepenthes bicalcarata and Rescued Darlingtonia; Optimizing Fluorescent Light Distance for Nepenthes sanguinea and N. 'Miranda': Close Is Better; Parentage of Nepenthes 'Velvet' Hybrid: Fusca x Maxima Cross from Dutch Breeder DeRoose; Repotting Large Nepenthes and Flowering Venus Flytraps: Pot Size, Moss Types, and Seed Myths; Nepenthes Basal Shoots and Heliamphora Terrarium Lighting Requirements

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