Drosera Regia (King Sundew)

QuestionQUESTION: ive had my king sundew (which i got from you guys) for a little over a year and a half. last spring i repotted it into a large community sundew container its about 6inches deep. i

Winter watering

QuestionI forgot to ask this in my last question. You say to still keep the soil constantly moist in the winter but there is just one problem, my soil is frozen solid. Should I be worried about this at a

nep sanguinea

Question pic 97 I asked u guys about my sanguinea about 3 months ago. after i clipped the top, the entire plant kind of shut down. a followed your instructions and did some fertilizing efforts. Im includ

nep san pic

Questionsan clip QUESTION: sorry about that! here is the pic. ANSWER: Hi Darren, Your cutting looks very good. Just give it the regular fertilizer regiment. More than anything else the plant

Ailing P. Moctezuma

QuestionHello. I have a P. Moctezuma that I purchased at one of your open houses last summer. I am growing it indoors under fluorescent lights. It had been doing quite well until recently and it ju

N x Menarik

Question the small pitcher Hello Christopher. I am happy to say that my Northinia order was successfully canceled and am now considering n x menarik (veitchii x rafflesiana) can this be adapted to low humidity. On a

Repotting rajah

QuestionQUESTION: Hey guys, hope your doing well. Im planning to repot my Nepenthes rajah pretty soon and was wondering whether I should use a green pot or a white one. My plant is about 12 inches in diameter in a w

dying sarracenia

QuestionHi, while I was on vacation for a couple of weeks over Christmas, my Sarracenia (which looks like a leucophylla x flava or alata) was not watered for one to two weeks. I live in Christchurch, New Zealand, so

Carnivorous Bromelaids

QuestionI see some places sell carnivorous bromelaids. Are they truly carnivorous or are they misrepresented like cobra lillies are? AnswerHi John, Brocchinia reducta, Brocchinia hechtiodes and Catopsis bert

A serious gardening question

QuestionI have been all over the site trying to figure out what would grow best in my setting. I have an indoor garden setting. This room is for a vegitative setting, not flowering. I decided to give the carnivorou

Mold,fungus,botrytis?

QuestionMy pitcher plant collection has a serious problem withmoldthis year. Crowding in my 2x3x5 cold greenhouse probably caused it. I have Neem oil available, but would sulfur-based fungicide be a better choice. S

Moss identification

Question moss I have a couple kinds of mosses growing in my carnivorous plant pots (photo attached). I believe the left to be sphagnum moss, but what about the right (long leaves and white flowers)? Neither have see

aphids and white fly

QuestionWhat do you recommend for treatment on tropical/mexican pings for aphids and white flies? Theyve been preset for a couple weeks and are spreading, of course. Soil is sphagnum, coarse sand and perilite mix. I

lumens for nepenthes

Questionis 2500 lumens is good enough for 4 nepenthes, I use 1 daylight lightbulb which gives out 1750 lumens and one t8 florencent light that gives out 750 lumens. The lightbulb are about 4 inches close to the plan

whiteflies!!!Help!

Questionhello im having an outbreak of whiteflies and would like to know if you have any recommendations on killing them. ive heard orthene, alcohol or burning the plant though its affecting my more expensive

location of flytrap in bog and removal of sundew foliage

QuestionHi, I reside in Walnut Cove,NC in zone 7. My questions regard two things. When I first planted my 3 new sundews in the bog I was in a hurry to cover them with pine straw and then tarp them for the dip into

Heliamphora pitcher

QuestionThis is one of those times I wish I could enclose a picture to explain but here goes. My heliamphora has a single pitcher that is less then .5 inches wide, and 3 inches long. At about the h

plantlets on flower stalks of Drosera spatulata

Question Drosera spatulata plan I just noticed something Ive never seen before. Among the many flower stalks on my colony of D. spatulata, two of them have plantlets sprouting near the top. I cant find a

new truncata leafs

QuestionHi I got my N. Truncata pasian from california carnivore dec. and the plant showing no stress I just want to know how long does nepenthes truncata produce a new leaf & also have a safe flight to hawaii soon!

WInter Dormancy Location

QuestionHi, I have a few Judith Hindles, Dainas Delights, Yellow Trumpets, Dente Flytraps, and Sweet Mountain Pitcher plants. I am located in Northern New Jersey, so I moved my plants to my garage for the winter. I