Charcoal

QuestionHi. Ive read a lot of articles on the net about nepenthes soil mix, and Im really concerned about charcoal. Is the charcoal that is used in nepenthes soil mix the same as the charcoal that is used for cookin

what happen to my venus fly trap

Questioni have three venus fly trap and then suddenly all my vft trap now have like little small teeth. half of the trap teeth are small and straight, and the other half are still curled teeth like as you see when a

snail

QuestionI work in a Nursery and i found a tinsy winsy little baby snail and i figured I would see if it would fit in my new VFT from you guys I put it in and it kinda slipped and when it fell into the trap the darn

Follow up: Burning my plants?

Question Overall Setup Hi! This is a follow up question, and I have photos this time. The original message is below, thanks for your help. I can only send one picture at a time, if you need pictures of the plant its

Cool white for carnivore plant

QuestionIs it ok to use cool white light bulb for carnivore plant only? AnswerHello Aaron, Cool white tubes and bulbs of the florescent variety are the general types of artificial lighting to use with carnivorous

Windowsill Cephalotus and N. mikei

QuestionHey i currently grow N. ventricosa alba on a south facing window in my home and it thrives. I live in N. Ireland where it is mostly overcast and humid. I bought a Cephalotus back in February and place

info pinguicula

Questionhi, i just bought a pinguicula from lowes and i dont know what kind of speacies is it, it doesnt say on the box but i have a photo of it, can you tell what kind of butterworth is it, right now i put it in 4

purple pitcher plant and venus fly trap

Questioni bought 1 each of the above plants in 4 pots from a vendor online about 1 month ago. i transfered them both into 6 pots using peat for the V.F.T. and sphagnum for the P.P.P.i keep them both outside on a pat

utricularia

QuestionQUESTION: hi, i had asked already a question regarding U gibba. After you answered me I tried to ask a follow up, but couldnt. Anyway, right now I have my plant in a 3l aquarium. I chose a small one becau

butterworth

Questioni just rescue a ping. or butterworth last night from lowes i repoted in 40-60 peat and perlite and i just wanna know how do the leaf get sticky and goo on it does it need huminity or sunlight? AnswerHello A

White top Pitcher plant

QuestionI am seeing a new thing happening to my plant that has never happened in the past 4 years. Some creature (birds?) is eating into side of flower stems where the bugs are lodged. I suspect birds have found a s

deer resistant

QuestionNot really a vital question, but after just watching your podcast on Darlingtonia I am wondering if carnivorous plants are deer resistant? (Any and all carnivorous plants) AnswerHi Matt, Funny that you men

fungus!

QuestionQUESTION: hi, I wanted to know how I can make my nepenthes alata grow larger pitchers. Ive had this one plant for almost 3 years now and although its bigger than when I got it, its not as big as Id like it

Turning brown

QuestionI live in Winston Salem, NC, and have a Venus fly trap. It stays outside and the potting mix I use is from you. But I noticed the leaves are turning brown then black on them. Is that normal? Than

sarracenia purpurea dormacy

QuestionHi all exports, Im wondering what I should do for the sarracenia purpurea. Should I leave it outside? If I put it into water and the water freezes would that be damaging to the plant? I live in USDA zone 7.

Sarracenia and Drosera capensis

QuestionQUESTION: I have a Sarracenia x Dainas Delight growing in full sun, but it seems to be confused on the seasons. All that it has produced this year are phyllodia no pitcher

Sundew Overheated

QuestionHello. About 3 weeks ago I bought a Sundew Plant, and it was in a healthy and good condition. Its leaves were strong and were not wilted. Earlier today, I decided to put the sundew outside for about an hour,

Lowland Nepenthes Groeing conditions

QuestionHey SNW, I was looking for a nepenthes that has pretty compact growth so that I could keep it in my terrarium. I live around San Jose, which is in zone 9. The terrarium is near a south facing wi

Nepenthes are yellowing

Question Nepenthes I purchased several Nepenthes from Lowes kept in plastic boxes. I believe they are Judith Finn hybrids, but have been told they may be N. alata (spelling?). Upon purchase, I re-potted them in a m

Best carnivorous house plant to rid my house of horse flies?

QuestionI live in northwest NJ across a field from a horse farm, so there tends to be 4-8 horse flies in my house at any given time. I cant get myself to kill them myself either by swatting, fly paper, o