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Beginner Nepenthes Recommendations & Venus Flytrap Dormancy

Nepenthes

Question: New to CPs. Have Nepenthes, sundew, flytrap from Lowe's. Want another Nepenthes—is N. truncata good? Others? Flytrap missed dormancy—will it survive? ID on mystery Nepenthes (pitcher upside down, cut off).

Answer: Top beginner Nepenthes: N. truncata, N. sanguinea, N. x "Poi Dog", N. ventricosa x inermis, N. khasiana, N. alata, N. maxima hybrids (velvet, miranda, ventrata). All adapt to windowsills with time and sun.

Flytrap: Keep in sunny window with tray water. After frost, repot larger and move outside—it'll sync with seasons.

Mystery plant: Your photo shows Nepenthes ventricosa—easy grower, develops rich red tubby pitchers.

Good Growing!

— Jeff Dallas, Sarracenia Northwest

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