sarracenia flower

QuestionHi, my S.flava has flowered, but my other sarracenia arent flowering. So can I take the pollen from that flower and pollinate it. AnswerHi Jesus, Yes! You can use the pollen from the same plant to se

Mystery Monster Plant

QuestionMonster Plant QUESTION: Hi, While I just placed my first order with you guys, I simply couldnt resist when I stumbled across this giant while I was at the nursery today. In the past I have only

My new set up

QuestionBefore i had my plants, pitcher, sundew, and venus outside in full sun all day, but now im back in college (spring break ended..bummer) and i was forced to buy a grow light..they are still in 1-2 inches o

Nepenthes Types to grow

QuestionI need your help in which types of Nepenthes would be most suitable for my region. I live in San Jose, which is zone 9. I have a terrarium, so that means lowland plants could possibly be grown al

Lime Sulfur and Nepenthes...

QuestionHi Guys, After asking you a question about mold growing my nepenthes you informed me I needed sulfur fungicide to get rid of the mold. So I went to the local hardware (like your Home Depot, only smaller)

carnivore

Questionhow does a Cephalotus Follicularis repoduce and their lifetime AnswerHello Siyang Cao, Cephalotus follicularis can reproduce with seeds, by being divided from rhizome offshoots like Venus Flytraps, by leaf

drosera slackii

QuestionCan you give some info on drosera slackii? Ive ordered one (finally after waiting 4-5 yrs. for one to pop up) but I dont know just how different this particular drosera is from the rest. Can you give me som

VFT Flowering

QuestionHi, I have three pots of venus flytraps, two of which has flower buds. One pot though has almost 15 flower buds and I have only had them flower once before. What do I need to do to get seeds fro

wetness

QuestionI made my 2nd batch of potting mix which is sphagnum peatmoss, play sand, and now some pumice. (the 1st batch didnt have pumice) and the plant is in a plastic pot in a bigger plastic pot without wholes an

baby pitchers bad or good

Question pitcher plant I have a pitcher plant and it has like 4 big pitchers with openings big enough for bugs, and then like 7 tiny pitchers. some of these babies are brown on top (zoom in on pic). The only reas

baby pitchers

Question pitcher I have a pitcher plant and it has like 4 big pitchers with openings big enough for bugs, and then like 7 tiny pitchers. some of these babies are brown on top (zoom in on pic). The only reason i kept

soil mix questions

Questionive recently transplanted my sarracenias into much larger and taller pots, ive upped the soil mixture to 2.5 parts peat moss to 1 part perlite because the bowls i have for the 16inch pots only go about 1/3 o

Part of my flytrap is ok and part is not. Should I be worried?

QuestionHi all. Ive had my VFT for just over a year now. From the size that it was when I got it Im guesssing that its 2-3 years old now. I have done a lot of reading up all VFT issues and made a decision to repo

peat moss enriched w/plant food.

QuestionQUESTION: I noticed that the peat moss and perlite I was using to repot my plants was enriched w/plant food. Before I repot anymore I want to know if need to get another kind. The only brand carried here is

Sarracenia Psittacina

QuestionI have a parrot pitcher plant that i got about a month ago. it has many pitchers, but they are small and they look split at the top- not like the normal ones. They are small in size and pale green with very

Sundew troubles...

Question Spatula Sundew? Hello, Im having 2 problems with a series of Sundews that I got recently. 1) I received the sundews wrapped bare root in sphagnum in a sealed Ziplock bag. I potted the plants in a mi

Mexican Pinguiculas

Question Hello, I recently received two Mexican Pinguiculas, P. moctezumae and P. moranensis both were shipped in live sphagnum moss. Ive planted th

smell

QuestionI just had to re-pot my carnivorous plants because the cheep pots cracked, and they were kind of on the short side anyway and i wanted more room for roots...ANYWHO..as i was gently lifting them out of the

Malformed Droseras

QuestionDrosera pathetica QUESTION: I am having a terrible time with the Drosera family. Currently I own Capensis, Prolifera and Binata and all are doing terrible. My Dionaea, Sarracenia, and Nepenthes are al

zinc in roof run off

QuestionIs there a simple way to test for zinc in the rainwater that runs off my roof into my rain barrel? I use the rain barrel water to water my CPs and the plants do ok but Id like to make sure that the water isn