N. Miranda is blooming-

Question N. Miranda the tranny Hey I obtained a very large, beautiful and flowering male N. miranda (aka. Mothera) at the last open house. Well its put out 8-10 new winter (green) pitchers and has decided it wanted

the butterworth !!!!

QuestionQUESTION: Hi sarraecenia northwest, i have a butterworth that i just brought today in lowes in a dead cube (note I bought all the carnivorus plants that are in the dead cube!!! which cost me 100 bucks, i got

outdoors safe?

QuestionOk so I just got a flytrap from a hardware store and I抳e finished acclimating it to lower humidity and I抦 wondering if right now is safe to acclimate it to outdoors or if I should wait until springtime to do

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Questionpitcher plants QUESTION: I have sarracenia leucophylla tarnok, alata, daina delight hybrid, mardi gras hybrid. Your video says I can clip the brown pitchers. Do you mean as soon as they tu

Growing CP at work

QuestionQUESTION: I have a desk lamp at work which I have retrofitted the shade to accept a 42W. compact fluorescent 42W spiral bulb. I keep it around 6 above Nepenthes exoctic lady hybrid at work. Any suggestions?

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QuestionHi, I have a butiful vft trap, but i have ? I know it is about to be dormancy period for the plant,but is it OK if i put my VFT in the frige? i live in san antonio TX. Also whats the best way to make the VFT

Help, my N. lowiis unhappy!

QuestionN. lowii and greenhous QUESTION: I bought a Nepenthes lowii from your nursery, oh many months ago (maybe even close to a year now?) and it has been thriving pretty well up until now. In fact, it was w

Nepenthes planting depth

QuestionI received a Nepenthes rajah plant with sphagnum wrapped around the stem. There is about a 3 inch length of stem with dead leaf remnants trimmed off between the crown of green leaves and the start of the roo

Cobra Seeds

QuestionHello again Jeff or Jacob. Well recently I came across some Cobra seeds. Well i wanna know whats the best way for germination. I read the caresheet and Im wondering how i can do it outdoors since I live in

Sarracenia questions

QuestionQUESTION: Hey guys. I have a couple questions. FIrst off is my growing conditions, Southern California Zone 9 Grown outside. Now, I currently have a S. purpurea ssp. purpurea and ive heard that they need

ladybugs

QuestionHello. Will any type of cp have a problem digesting ladybuys? We have so many of them in our house now because of migration. I just wondered if feeding my plants one or two of the insects would cause any pro

my bug eaters are having problems.

Question bug eater problems I have 5 plants in a windows box facing sound. three sundews and 2 butterwarts. I replanted them in a 50/50 mix of fine coconut fiber and cheap sand from home depot because I could not fi

nepenthes ampularia

Questioncan nepenthes ampularia adape to low huminity or should i use a teranium for this kind of plant? Thanks! AnswerHi Aaron, This entirely depends on your region. I dont recall where you live, so I cant

Why does my flytrap open soo soon

QuestionI bough a fly trap from Albertsons and I decided to let it grow outside. It started to get cold and instead of letting it to dormant I decide to grow it in my house under an AeroGarden light. I give it about

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Questionjust a random question if you cut the vine off a nep. and root it will it grow upper or lower pitcher??? AnswerThis entirely depends on your timing, how you make your cut and the species/hybrid. If yo

re-pot little sun dew

Question drosera spahthulata "s im in rhode island and i have my little baby in its original tiny pot. i want to re-pot it. it looks good overall, has a little bit of dead leaves along the edge but is full of

Too many bugs?

Question D. adelae I have three plants, each purchased from you, a D. adelae, P. Aphrodite and P. medusina. I purchased these plants last week so they have whatever your nurserys current soil mixtures are for those

Clone

QuestionIs the N. Rafflesiana I bought from Sarracenia Northwest a clone? What is a plant clone? AnswerHi Travis, Yes, the plant is a clone, which means that all plants from that batch are genetically identical to

Sarracenia Dormancy Questions?

QuestionDanas Delight Example QUESTION: I recently ordered a few plants from Ohio, and those are already dormant, I understand. But I live in Florida, and while its gradually cooling off (day temps in the 80s

winter care- zone 5

QuestionI stopped having North American species because I could not properly care for them through the winter. I have no garage or other building in which they can be kept cold, but not freezing. How can you tell if