Recommend Plants

QuestionQUESTION: I have looked online at carnivorous plants suggested for region 7 (Oklahoma). I would like one that has double petals but dont see one recommended. Can you recommend any? Thanks! ANSW

Pitcher Plants - Dormancy

QuestionQUESTION: I reside in NYS (Long Island) which during the winter stays well below freezing and I was considering placing my pitcher plants in the unfinished/cold basement for their winter dormancy. My concern

New leaves are blackening.

Question My Venus Fly Trap. Hello, My pitcher plants are producing pitchers at a fast pace but some of the pitchers are browning or blackening once or before they fully developed. I water them with water paced throu

VFT

QuestionVFT QUESTION: Hi, I purchased my first VFT 4 month ago (Big Mouth), and last 2 month i noticed that any trap that touches the soil turns black and dies out after few weeks (starting with the point tha

Is my cape sundew dead

QuestionOk so when I bough my cape sundew it didnt have any dew on it a leafs. So I decided to have the pot sitting in a plastic jar of water with a plastic lid with holes in it to increase the hummidity.and I keep

Drosophyllum lusitanicum/unknown Nepenthes

QuestionHey guys, i have just acquired some dewy pine seeds. I was wondering if maybe you guys had any experience or knew the best method to germinate and caring for these? Also, do they really keep each other from

nephenthes

QuestionQUESTION: My nephenthes has been outside all summer receiving well water and rain water. About a month ago I repotted it because it was looking kinda ragged (12 inch pot). Well now it looks worse, the

Can I reuse soil

QuestionI just bough some soil from my cape sundew and I burned the plant accidently. So I wanna know if I buy a new cape sundew can I reuse that soil because it was only about a week old AnswerHi Jontue, For prop

Flytrap - hundreds of traps?

Question flytrap I purchased a flytrap at a supermarket in April, at which time it had 5 or 6 traps and a single growth point. I repotted into a 4 pot of 50/50 peat/perlite. Its grown on a west-facing windowsill wit

Drosera Binata is dead.. i think?

QuestionDrosera Binata QUESTION: Hi my name is David, I just bought a Drosera Binata sundew from CaliforniaCarnivores. At first it had some dew on the leaves but after giving it roughly 6 hours of direct sun

Artificial Lighting for Tropical Carnivores Plants

QuestionHi, My friend wants to keep some carnivores plants at his work, after seeing my collection. He wants to know if he could use a desk lamp for lighting. The desk lamp is a high-output 18 W fluorescent desk la

Nepenthes re-potting

QuestionHi guys, I had a question about re-potting nepenthes. Particularly when they have long stem that is bare about 3 inches from the soil to the next leaf. I know it is normal for the leaves on nepen

Rosera Regia droopy leaves

QuestionSo I have a Drosera Regia and its leaves are always hanging.It is in a south window and gets about an hour of direct light and indirect sunlight for the rest of the day. It is very warm here and at night its

Algae / Fungal

QuestionHi, Im trying to grow Drosera and Dionaea. Im a beginner and threw myself in deep end. Im trying to grow some seeds in a terrarium and others in a bog garden. Small flowers and berries fell

Nepenthes Ventricosa Watering

QuestionI will soon be raising a N. Ventricosa and I was wondering with what kind of water do I need to water my plant with? I heard distilled water was okay but Im not sure. Are there any other types than distilled

drosera hibernaculum

QuestionIs it possible to propagate an american drosera by separating its hibernaculum? AnswerHi Fishboy, Yes, this process is called division. However, youll need to make sure that you actually have two sep

Pings and a Drosera

QuestionI have obtained some plants from a fellow grower. I was expecting only one plant, but got three much to my pleasant surprise. The problem I have is obtaining information about the plants because they are rel

Right Zone

QuestionI saw that you have N. rafflesiana, Giant (Lowland) available and was wondering how this plant would fare in my climate. I live in Florida in the Orlando/Tampa area. If they would be OK would you recommend g

tropical sundews

Question I have a sundew plant I got at a hardware store, species not know. Large for a sundew, pointed leaves, I dont think its drosera alae. It grew great for a while, put out a lot of little plants on runners. If

wintertime light conditions for S.Flava

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I live in zone 7 of Walnut Cove, NC. My question for you deals chiefly with S.Flava. I know that it produces winter leaves which are non carnivorous. Can these handle frost and freezes better