Dosera Spatulata

Question Drosera Spatulata I recently recevied a Dosera Spatulata fron you guys at Sarricenia Northwest. When it arivved it was in perfect condition, and for about 3 weeks it looked wonderful. Just a few day ago tho

Sundew identification?

Question Sundew My mom, in her infinite giving nature, bought me a sundew to add to my collection. It seems to be doing well aside from perhaps needing a touch more sunlight. My problem is that it seems someone pick

Pitchers not opened

QuestionNepenthes ventricosa QUESTION: I love my Nepenthes ventricosa I bought from you guys in August 09.. It is nice and green and looks very healthy. It has a new pitcher on it and 5 other vines growing an

Lance leaf sundew : is this enough light.

Question Lance leaf sundew Hi allexperts, I have a lance leaf sundew that I am curious whether it is getting enough light. I have it under flourscents lights for 12 hours a day. Attached is a photo of the pla

Low pitchers

QuestionI was reading through other questions and I saw you say that if you cut off the growing tip of a nepenthes it will start to grow pitchers lower. Could you give me some more details on this I am interes

DeRoose Alata

QuestionMy DeRoose Alata and my tree are currently one. I know I need to bring it inside soon,but obviously Ill need to cut a lot off, and start several new plants. Question: will it survive several nights of temps

N. Ventricosa pest infection?

QuestionHi SN! This evening as I checked on my N. Ventricosa, I spotted about 3 or 4 small white bugs on my newest growing leaf. They were barely visible and I was worried if this was a pest infection. If it is, wha

Deformed leaves on my Cape sundew

QuestionHello - About 2 weeks ago I unpotted one of my capesundews to separate some of the baby ones that had been growing. After I repotted....all look good except that the motherplants leaf growth has been been

Good CP to grow outdoors in Maine?

QuestionHello - I am looking for a CP to give to my friend who has some property in Maine (zone 4 or 5?). He is not on the property year round and it does get pretty cold there. I would like to build him a very s

Nepenthes KUC

QuestionQUESTION: I just bought a nepenthes kuchingensis and I have no earthly idea of how to care for it or if it is a lowland or highland or what. I was hoping you could give me some tips on kuchingensis care. I l

Ceph repotting

QuestionHello I live in New Mexico i was wondering when is it the best time to repot a Ceph. and why dont you join www.flytrapcare.com AnswerHi Allen, The best time to repot a Cephalotus is in mid to late winter

Compact fluorescent lights

QuestionI recently bought a Sylvania SuperSaver (Soft White) energy efficent CFL that uses 40 watts and has an light output of 2600 lumens. I know you mainly recommend cool white and daylight bulbs , but I could onl

Question about Venus Fly Trap

QuestionI Have a Venus Fly trap. I give it water when it looks dry at the bottom.I put it in sunlight during the day and darker places at night.my bedroom is most of the time 69 degrees.I feed it house flies e

Lack of color in N. ventricosa pitchers

QuestionAbout 4 months ago, I purchased a nepenthes ventricosa from petflytrap.com. It was smaller than expected and I assume had all of its adult pitchers cut off for shipping. I had to cut the top section that had

Is my plant healthy?

Question N. Rafflesiana Youngli Hey Ive had my Nepenthes Rafflesiana for about 2 weeks and four days. Im not sure if its healthy. The incoming leaf is sort of browning edge of the leaf and at the tip where the new p

question for lighting and the plants

Question north america carnivor I have a unknown sarracenia ( could be dana delight or Judith hindle or just tell me if you can identify it it will be helpful!) and I whant to know how old is it (grown by seed or ti

Indoor Flytrap/Pitcher/Sundew specs?

Question Maxs Setup Hi there my name is Max and I bought a venus flytrap, Purple Pitcher, and a Sundew. The place where I bought them from has failed to return my questions which makes me think I should have p

Winterizing Venus Flytrap

QuestionI live in the Chicago area where it gets very cold in the winter. With that said, what is the best way to winterize a Venus Flytrap that has been grown outdoors very successfully? Presently the plant is star

A few questions

QuestionHello, I have a few questions so thank you ahead of time. I am planning on putting some wood chips around my yard. It is also getting close to dormancy time, so I am going to be using wood chips to mu

S. minor pitchers are small and not opening

QuestionI live in the Santa Cruz, CA area and have an S. minor that purchased a year ago. It was healthy when I got it, with pitchers about six inches tall, but now its pitchers are short, thin, not opening and die