Is this normal?

Question cobra plant. Allexperts, The question is, the growth that I am seeing is normal for a Cobra plant. growing on one half of the plant. Will I ever see growth on the other side of the plant?  

Can you please take a look at these photos and tell us what you think is growing and is on top of the soil?

QuestionQUESTION: Can you please take a look at these photos and tell us what you think is growing and is on top of the soil? I guess the main concerns are: -what are the white like dots on top of different parts o

Aphrodite Mexican Butterwort

Question Dying Leaves on Butter Hey! Ive noticed that the older leaves on my Aphrodite Mexican butterwort keep turning brown & dying off. Fortunately it looks like the plant is still growing vigorously. Is this some

sprout id

Question carnivorous sprouts i was given a Carnivorous Creations kit for christmas with 10 varieties of seeds. they been growing for about a month or so now, but i can only identify the venus flytrap. cant seem to f

no growth yet

QuestionI have several Sarracenia plants. A couple 3 years old and 2 bought last year. I changed soil this March with peralite and peatmoss as per your video and keep them on a sunny deck. I live in Vancouver Wa, an

Confused about which pest control to use

QuestionHi, Im having aphid issues - mostly on my sarracenia flava & leucophyla, plus on the flower stalks of my d. filiformis. There are aphids on almost all my other plants too, but not as many. I was looking at

drosera spatulata, d. adelae.

QuestionWould you ever set either of these sundews outside for any length of time? They seem to get dry leaves even in shady areas. AnswerHi Craig, Dry leaves on a sundew are most often caused by lack of sunlight,

Carnivorous plants arent doing so well

Question Sarracenia collection So this year I repotted all my plants into one big planter. Over the winter they did fine but when they started coming back the growth is kind of stunted and scraggly. I have them in 8

Dewy Pine in Arizona

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I asked a question a few weeks ago about a dewy pine Im trying to grow outside in the Phoenix area. I was concerned about the new leaves being smaller. You replied that it was ad

holes in pitcher plant

QuestionQUESTION: hi my pitcher plant is still small but it kinda looks like a hooded pitcher but Im not sure. the problem is that Ive found little holes in my pitchers,the holes are where the tube goes down. i was

little N. Truncata

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I see from the topics that you have a lot of experience with Nepenthes species. Unfortunately I dont and thats why I would like to ask you for the best advice about my little N. truncata soil.

My N. Truncata

QuestionHi, I see from the topics that you have a lot of experience with Nepenthes species. Unfortunately I dont and thats why I would like to ask you for the best advice about my little N. truncata soil. I used a

FLytrap problems

QuestionI live way out here in Grand Island Nebraska (USDA zone 5).i have a Venus flytrap, and my little friend lived inside during the early months of the year. Around April, I repotted it and put it outside.

Darlintonia from seeds

QuestionAllexperts, Hey I have a question regarding how hard it is to sow darlintonia from seeds. Are a scale from 1-10 . 10 being extremely difficult ,and 1 easy where they do they come in.  

Rinsing Peat & Perlite

QuestionHello! I love your website! Its full of great info and lots of great plants! I have a Cupped Flytrap and a red Cape Sundew with an Australian Pitcher plant on the way. Ive read that some people rinse their p

Slugs and other things

QuestionI seen a a picture on cobra plant photo gallery of a slug crawling into a Judith Hindle pitcher if the slug sell in and wasnt able to get out would that kill the plant, also what about other things like smal

Nepenthes shade

QuestionWill covering my greenhouse with a paper material window shade allow sufficient light to my nepenthes I have a small nepenthes in the greenhouse with the paper shade for three days and so far there has been

none

Question my carnivorous plants Hello, I got some carnivorous plants at lowes(a venus fly trap, a sundew, a nepenthes, and a sarricinia purperia) they where in little cubes and growing in just sphagnum moss i thought

Repotting Cephotatus

QuestionHello, I got a Cephalotus from you guys around three weeks ago and its doing good. I am going to repot the plant and plan to use a mix of 1/3 peat moss from whitny farms, 1/3 washed sand from whitny fa

Drosera Venusta - Feeding Quantities

QuestionHi, I recently purchased a Drosera Venusta and placed it near to a number of fruit flies. Within a day or two, it has already caught 10 or 12 flies. Should I be removing some flies, or trying to limit the p