Darlingtonia californica seed

QuestionI would like to know how you store you Darlingtonia californica seed. Thanks,Jake AnswerTo help keep Darlingtonia californica seed as fresh as possible until you wish to sow it, just store it

Leaf Burn

QuestionHi Guys, I thought Id take the risk and not acclimatise my VFT. As I expected Ive got leaf burn. Its not shooting out new growth and the plant has looked miserable for almost month but not dead. Its just

Telling the difference

QuestionHi, I purchased two VFTs but I dont know how to tell which one is a low giant and which one is the Big Vigourous. They both look the same. Could you help me distinguish between the two? AnswerHello Bridg

N. Ventricosa x (macfarlanei x aristolochioides)

QuestionMy N. Ventricosa x (macfarlanei x aristolochioides)takes over a month to grow a tiny bit. It grows in a greenhouse that gets lots of humidity and 2-4 hours of direct sunlight. It has a 50% shade cloth.

Hitchhiker

Question My hitchhiker Hi, I purchased a Giant Staghorn Sundew from your nursery back in March, and as I was trimming off dead leaves recently, I realized that there is a hitchhiker in the pot, which Im hoping you w

butterworts and neem extract fungicide

QuestionI have a Pinguicula moranensis that I had sprayed with neem extract as a precaution since it was acting funny. The tips of some of the leaves had been withering so I sprayed it for fungus since of my Alice s

Moving a cephalotus

QuestionI have an Australian pitcher plant and i am trying to move it to a cool place for winter rest. I grow it in live sphagnum moss under warm, humid conditions under a sixty-five watt florescent light. I always

brown leaves on nepenthes ampullaria

QuestionI am growing a nepenthes ampullaria under a sixty-five watt florescent light in pure live sphagnum moss.I use distilled water.the older leaves,not the newer ones keep getting brown spots, then yellow, then t

N.bicalcarata

QuestionHi! I have a bicalcarata and it hasnt been growing much. I heard that it was a really fast grower. The plant is producing more leaves, but the leaves havent gotten any larger! What am I doing wrong? The lea

WAY TOO MUCH WATER

QuestionA few weeks ago here in Southern California, weed been getting a lot of rain. I decided to leave my carnivorous plants outside in the rain so that they could get some fresh rainwater. Two days later, I wen

N. Raffelsiana

QuestionI ordered the plant and it came to me in about a week. It looked healthy and came with a pitcher. It turned brown and died off like I expected to.But the leaves have red stuff all over it and I dont know w

too much light for neps?

Questionhi guys, i have all your dvds and the ebook, which are awesome by the way. i recommend them to all who submit here. but my question is, how much light is too much for nepenthes? i have a mix of highland an

New growth on VFT and Pitcher Plants turning brown

Question North American Pitcher Hello I have a two Venus Fly Traps growing in the same pot and a couple of Pitcher Plants that I ordered from you back in May but one day yesterday I went outside and checked on them

Unusuality on Nepenthes rajah

QuestionI live in Northern Colorado, and have been growing a small N. rajah since early April. It grows in a large pot of a peat/ sphagnum/vermiculite soil, around 5 inches from a bright fluorescent light. I have al

black leaf

Questiondrosera capensis QUESTION: Hi i have a drosera capensis that has on the tip of the leafs black on the tip of them i have no idea what the problem could be i give it 7-9 hours of direct sunlight in a s

regia and heterodoxa x minor

Question D. regia and H. hetero Hi, Ive had my regia for two years and I think its ready for a repotting. Its grown a forth crown and a taproot is coming out the bottom. Is it ok that I use the regular 5

What type of pitcher plant is this

Question European Wasp Eater Hi guys, I live in Victoria, Australia not far from Melbourne. I just bought a carnivorous plant from my garden center. It was sold as European Wasp Eater - so far I dont think it has

feeding tropical carnivorous plants

QuestionHi i was wondering what types of bugs you recommend feeding indoor carnivorous plants like sundews nepenthes and butterworts. I have no bugs in my house mabie a flys every couple months but thats it. Any inf

no pitcher on my nepenthes

QuestionI am sorry for not giving info on my question about my pitcher plants not producing pitchers, they are in 8 inch hanging baskets in a greenhouse with temps from 55-85 lots of bright light, they are potted in

flytraps leave edges turning black

QuestionQUESTION: I have two venus flytraps which grow outside for two years in pots. They did fine until about two months ago when the edges of the leaves began to turn black. I cut off those leaves, but other (non