venus flytrap eat

Questionhi, a while back i found a bunch of earwigs a.k.a rollie pollies and i fed a couple to my venus flytrap i think the traps didnt like the earwig they kinda went brown and i think died. i wanted to know

Potting multiple CPs

QuestionHi there. I plan on potting a few different cps out side this spring and I was wondering if theyd all be compatible with the same soil. I hope to have a sarracenia purpea, venus fly trap, canebra

Miserable sarracenia

QuestionHey Jeff and Jacob, Long story but I want to know if my flava still has a chance at coming back and if you might have any ideas on what caused them to decline. Anyway dormancy was going better then ex

Identification, relocation and care

Question Pygmy Drosera I just purchased your e-book and now I am trying to dismantle my terrarium and move them to the best locations for them. I have several plants I do not know the exact name and where it i

systemic insect killer

QuestionI just recieved and watched your DVD vol 1...awesome! One question I have, you mention that you use Ortho systemic Insect and Aphid...i went to the nursery nearby and the only systemic insect killer they had

Nepenthes cuttings

QuestionHi, Ive had a nepenthes for three or four years that I keep in my office near an east window. Its doing great - it pitchers regularly and the largest vine is probably a good 6 or 7 feet long with the next la

S. oreophila - Green Pitcher

Questioni bought a tiny Green Pitcher from you guys 4 years ago and have been too apprehensive to divide the rhizome until this spring (considering its an endangered species, and CITES says i cant get another one fr

Trapping

QuestionFor the sundews, is there any you sell that have noticeable tentacle movement. Ive heard that drosera pygmy scorpiodes does. Ive also heard mixed messages about drosera rotundifolia moving in minutes o

Venus Fly Trap opening with undigested fly

QuestionHi I have a Venus fly trap which is the first I have ever purchased. It caught a fly last week and I have noticed today the trap has opened and the fly (albeit dead) is still there. I thought th

Tray water too warm?

QuestionI am growing several different types of sarracenia outside. I have them sitting in trays of distilled water on top of some blocks. I am in Riverside, CA, so the temperature has been great lately but my

S.Purpura?

QuestionHello Ive noticed that my S.Purpura or how its spelled arent growing... The plant bulb is set just like you do in the plants Ive just ordered but no growth from the small pitcher or

S.purpurea

QuestionHi! I recently ordered a Purpurea from a CP grower online. I get the plant, and it had healthy traps. but within a week the traps turned black at the base, so I picked them off. What remained was just the bu

CP lighting

QuestionHi! I was currently growing 8 cps under 3, 15watt bulbs. I am new at this, but I now understand that growing them under these bulbs is like me eating less than 1 meal a day! But I am getting a 125watt compac

no lids

Questioni am kind of concerned with my nepenthes ventricosa. he is a decent size and is making pitchers but the pitchers are kind of disformed. the lids grow very small compared to the pitcher and then the lid dies

Darlingtonia, cobra plants

QuestionHello its spring time and I manage to do it again this year. I covered my cobra plants during winter they were green in color in the start and just when it got a little bit warm then back to cool weather in

Light temperature

QuestionHello, I use HO florescents for some of my plants, and noticed that using a mixed color temp that is more orange then blue seem to work better for the Nepenthes, while just more blue seems to work better fo

Correct sunlight for pitcher plants and fly traps.

QuestionLast year I bought three pots of pitcher plants and fly traps at whole foods. I live in Durham North Carolina and all the plants have made it through the winter. My question is where would be the

lifespan of octopus plant

Questionhi i bought a carnivorous plant [octopus plant] how long do they live and how big do they grow? and what do they eat Answer Drosera capensis Hello Gerald. The octopus plant is actually one of a very large f

D. Capensis digestive fluid

QuestionHello, I bought a D. capensis from your online store a few months ago, and it has been doing great! Lately though, I have noticed something that has concerned me a bit. When I first got it, my house had a l

Worm pest

Questioneaten venus flytrap fl QUESTION: I have a venus Flytrap, with traps about 3cm large, and i spotted a yellow worm that was on its flower stem.After i removed it, it had eaten some of the stem. Will the