Sunburnt leaves or pest? n. ventricosa k

QuestionHello, I got my N. ventricosa k about a year ago, and since then it has only put out not so great looking leaves. Is this particular clone a lowland form? It hasnt put out any pitchers and just

cephalotus soil mix

QuestionHello I just bought a cephalotus from you.My first cephalotus actually I am very exited.When it arrives I will put it in my cp set up with everything just right.Here is the question after it aclimates to its

Mold/Fungus on soil surface

Questionsoil blight 1 QUESTION: Beginning of June I built a large flower box inside a greenhouse and moved my carnivorous plants inside. A strange cottage cheese looking, tan/brownish mold is starting to grow

Over Watering Sarracenia

QuestionHi Jacob and Jeff Besides my two outdoor bogs, I have about 30 trays of Sarracenia. Because I have a full time job and a life, keeping up with watering them in high summer can be a challenge.

weak growth of sarracenia

QuestionHi! I have a slight problem with 2 of my sarracenias... First Im gonna describe growing conditions... Plants are grown outside all year roung, and they have come every year in order... no problems whatsoever

Cape sundew not capturing insects

QuestionHi! I got a cape sundew in the mail a few weeks ago and it lost all of its dew. After a few days, the dew returned. So i caught a fruit fly and i put it on the leaf. The fly easily escaped. How come? Answer

Windowsill/Artificial Lighting?

QuestionWindowsill Plants QUESTION: Hello Recently I ordered a two Nepenthes and a Pinguicula knowing I was going to place them on my south facing windowsill that was getting filtere

queen hearts x spades

QuestionQUESTION: Hi I was wondering about how long does a seedling usually take to develop pitchers I bought this truncata from you guys a couple months ago and has already developed a new leaf.I know it really dep

does this Nepenthes look okay

QuestionNepenthes QUESTION: Alexperts, This Nepenthes I got a year ago. I got the plant at Lowes. I use know distilled water on the plant; I have used tap water for it. Th

whitney farms bark mulch

QuestionHello I was wondering if i could use whitney farms bark mulch as an amendment for darlingtonia in my bog garden. On the website it says its douglas fir bark. Before I remember I bought perlite from whitney f

Nighttime cooling

QuestionHi Jacob and Jeff As you may know, the northeast is experiencing a rather intense heat wave. Yesterday the thermometer read 103 and nighttime temps barely dipped into the 70s, and we are not expecting a b

Drosera Spatulata seeds

QuestionHi, my Drosera Spatulata (mound) has thrown up 4-5 flower stalks. The tallest flower stalks buds are just now opening. I have never dealt with Drosera seeds before, so I was wondering if you could give me a

Smaller leaves of Nepenthes

QuestionHi! I live in Asia and Ive been growing some Nepenthes for about 2 years now and its starting to have some problem. Lately, the leaves of almost all my Nepenthes was smaller than the previous ones and no pit

Pinguicula Moranensis propagation.

Question PING Hello there! Its currently winter here in New Zealand in the Southern hemisphere. I had just recently bought a pinguicula moranensis mexicana from another CP grower. The problem is, I have no idea if t

Judith Hindle Sarracenia

QuestionIve been growing Judith Hindles in a 8 inch pot outside in full sun and I keep the water level around 2 inches. Last fall they died down and I cut them off when you mentioned to do so. This sprin

Anti-fungal Powders for over-wintering

QuestionHey there! I wish there were some way of searching past questions because I cannot imagine this has not been asked before already. What type of anti-fungal powder should I look for when preparing potted, tem

Cephalotus typical

QuestionCephalotus typical QUESTION: Hi there, I want to ask you something about my Ceph - I noticed these days the older red pitchers are becoming lighter in colour (it was only a month ago that I repotted

proper soil mix

QuestionQUESTION: When transplanting Serracenia to a larger pot what type of mix should I use and proportions to mix my own mix? Can I use just sphagum peat moss? ANSWER: The three most common ingredients of most c

Too much of a good thing ?

QuestionHi Jeff and Jacob I have two outdoor bogs. Along with the CP in my bogs, I have a nice crop of sphagnum moss growing. So much so that in places it is as much as four inches deep. Some of this moss is surr

Nepenthes Villosa Red Spot On Stem

QuestionHello, I enjoyed your open-house. It was extremely cool, fun and you guys have gorgeous plants. My Nepenthes Villosa that I got from you guys has a dark red spot on the stem. It looks a little s