Butterwort Brown Spots?

Question Too much or not enough light, heat, water maybe?? It was fine like the rest of my Mexican butterworts untill after it flowered in January. Any ideas??? AnswerHi Charlie, Pinguicula monctezumae can b

coffee

Questionhey guys, Im hearing about people doing something with coffee and their nepenthes with great results. What exactly are they doing with the coffee and what are your opinion on this? AnswerHi Guillermo, Weve

Nepenthes copelandii, Intermediate

Question my plant I live in zone 7 of the US. I a Nepenthes copelandii, Intermediate and it wont grow any cups. What am I doing wrong It was a beautiful plant when I bought it last summer and it had cups then. The c

Nepethes plants native to Arkansas

QuestionCan you possibly give me a link to where I can find pictures of Nepenthes Pitcher plants that are specifically native to SW Arkansas? I was walking along a river in Arkansas when I found some pit

mold on my nepenthes growing medium?

QuestionHi! I got a baby nepenthes truncata queen of hearts x king of spades for christmas. it came growing in dried (? not living, i think long fiber if that makes a difference) spagnum moss. &nbs

Cape sundew seed germination

QuestionWhen a cape sundew germintes what shows up first the root or leaf? AnswerHello Armand, In virtually all plants, the first part to appear in the emerging seedling would be the root. The root of the plant de

Artificial Lights and Drosera Capensis

QuestionHello Can Drosera capensises be grown under 2- 40 watt flourescent tubes for 14 hours a day, year round or do they have to go through light changes for each season? Thanks, -Jamie AnswerHi Jamie, Even th

Venus Flytrap Lighting

QuestionHello, I just recently bought a Venus fly trap from cobraplant.com. I am wanting to go with artfical lighting since I am unable to provide direct sunlight. I recently bought a desklamp with a 26 watt compact

Nepethese Ventricosa

QuestionHello Jacob or Jeff Recently I bought a Nepethese ventricosa (Intermediate. I understand that Nepenthes shouldnt get FULL sun even more then Florida sun! So I put it in

out of dormancy

QuestionHi Jacob and Jeff I am growing a variety of temperate CP, Sarracenia, VFT and sundews in two large outdoor bogs, as well as in pots. I am in Ulster county NY about 90 miles north of NYC.

saracennia

QuestionHello, I have had several very tall Sarracenia for a few years now, but I recently moved to an apartment complex with a deck facing east - south-east, but there is also a row of trees preventing the direct

questions

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have a few questions for you guys. The first one is about when you say that some temperate plants can take up to a week with temperatures as low as -7癈 , but what does that mean? does that m

Sick Sarr.

QuestionI purchased 11 Sarr. off ebay during the winter between 2 and 3 months ago. I put them all in a big tub and kept them against a cold wall in my basement where I overwinter many plants. I got them out this we

Ailing Drosera adelae

Question Ailing Sundew I am having a problem with my drosera adelae. They had been doing very well and the larger of the two is even producing babies. Lately the leaves are becoming a pale green and the dew does not

Insecticide and Fungicide

QuestionQUESTION: Hello! I recently ran into a pest problem on my nepenthes and sarracenia collection and I believe it is being caused by thrips. The plants also show signs of fungal growth on some of the leaves. My

Singalana as an intermediate?

QuestionHello, hope you are having a great spring and enjoying your plants! I wanted to know if I could grow Nepenthes Singalana as a intermediate rather than a true highlander? I read on the care instructions

multiple nepenthes in single pot

QuestionI recently purchased 3 small N. gentle. I am planning on hanging them in a SW facing windowsill w/ filtered light and using a media mix of equal parts peat, orchid bark, perlite & vermiculite. I also have a

D. Scorpiodes Gemmae

QuestionI recently looked more closely at my Scorpiodes and saw that some of the Gemmae decided to start growing while still on the crown of the mother plant. What should i do about these and the other gemmae still

Help w/ Nepenthes

QuestionMy N. ventricosa is in a very sorry state... over the winter it has become very withered and degenerate looking, and I dont know an immediate solution. I have not repotted it in some time (not since Ive had

Growing Multiple Carniverous Plants Together

QuestionI bought four very small Dionaea from a nursery yesterday. Before I repot them into a more permanent home than their disposable nursery containers and put them outside, Id like to know if there is a signific