miranda Nepenthes pitchers

QuestionI bought a Nepenthes Miranda about a year a go, and its growing great looking leaves, but it hasnt developed any pitchers. It wintered very well in our home (zone 5), and it really looks healthy.  

Center of closed trap light brown and shriveled

QuestionHello, I have been growing venus flytraps outside under 6+ hours of sun in Massachusetts. I have all of my plants in 50/50 peat moss perlite mixture with each plant in a individual pot which are all sitting

Traps do not open

Question flytraps I live in NE Illinois and have two flytraps one is a red dragon and the other was described as a green large trap. As far as I can tell they seem healthy. They get plenty of water (distilled

Nepenthes Deroose Alata

QuestionIm growing what you previously told me what was a nepenthes deroose alata. All seems fine and its currently outside.I keep the soil permanently moist, and I have a simple question. Im guessing this plant is

Pinguicula Agnata

Question Butterworth I dont think I have a problem, but I just want to make sure. This is my third Pinguuicla Agnata, the first two I purchased from a local home improvement center and they both died. I

Sarracenia Minor suddenly turns brown

Question sarracenia minor I bought three S. Minor pitcher plants about a month ago. I transplanted them into a sand/peat mix, which Ive used successfully with other Sarracenias, and have them in a greenhouse. Over a

n. caesar, sarr mix, future stock plant

QuestionQUESTION: Hey i had a few questions and was wondering if you could help me. 1. I have a relatively large n. caesar which doesnt seem to want to put out any pitchers for me. i moved it outside in

Chepalotus Soil Has White Worms

QuestionHello, Ive been seeing little white worms in my Chephalotus soil. I water the soil when it starts to get dry, and it has OK drainage. Everything seems good, its growing a new leaf and pitcher, bu

companions for hardy carnivorous plants

QuestionHi! I would like to build a bog outside in my yard. The position is ok, and it will get lots of sunlight during the day. I am watering my plants with rainwater, because, I dont live in urban area, so rain is

Extra leaves on Droera adelae

Question Drosera adelae with od A few weeks ago I noticed two red bumps next to the main growth point on my Drosera adelae. I got excited thinking that they were flower stalks. It turns out that they were not becaus

Bog questions - e.g. VFT turning black

QuestionGentlemen, 1) VFT 2) Plant leaves turning black and no growth 3) Naturally spring-fed peat bog with approx. 8 hrs. sun 4) Zone 6b. 5) Description: most of my VFTs are either not growing and a few have almost

Venus Fly trap Seedlings

QuestionHey Guys! Sorry for asking so many question, I just love learning new things but I have about 60 venus fly trap seedlings that are just starting to germinate! You can see a green stem popping out of the top

N rajah

QuestionHi, I wanted to ask you about N rajah... If I live at 6200 feet ASL, in a semi dry and very warm temperate climate (frost is rare), can I grow N rajah out doors with relative ease? same with N villosa and N

i have a Drosera Capensis that will not get sticky

Questionhello, i have a Drosera Capensis that ill not get sticky, i have it in a windowsill im using well water through a mister ,im using pete moss ( or atleast i think it is) i try to go it indoors at about 73-75

Bog Garden Liner Question

QuestionHello Ive recently received in the mail a 5 by 10 Little Giant Pond Liner. It says to install the pond liner with the rought side up and the smooth side down because it says it encourages the growth of benef

cephalotus temperature

QuestionDo you have to provide cold nights for a cephalotus.I will be growing one in the low 80s at day and in the low 70s at night.Are these temps ok,And if not is there a way to cool it down at night? AnswerHi Yu

Watering accident

QuestionHello, I purchased a young mystery Nepenthes Ventricosa hybrid from Sarracenia Northwest last week and my housekeeper got to it before I could give her instructions. To my horror, she doused it with Los Ange

Unidentified sarracenia disease

QuestionHi, I have a collection of Sarracenias (S. Purpurea, J. Hindle, S. Leucophylla. However, I have one common problem that kills my Sarracenias, I always observed that the pitchers are green and looks healthy,

Mexican Pinguicula seed planting medium

QuestionHi Chris, I was able to acquire seeds of Pinguicula Moranensis and Cyclosecta. Regarding the planting medium for sowing the seeds, is it true that the medium needs to be less acidic or basic? If it needs bas

small bugs on plants

Questioni noticed recently that my multifork leaf sundew stopped growing its forks(leaves were dying off after the stems) i was transplanting it to a bigger pot today(had babies like crazy) and saw these tiny bugs c