nursing vft & ping back to health.

QuestionI bought a venusflytrap and a butterwort this afternoon. Both the vtf and the butterwort were flowering. I know their both supposed to be in winter dormancy. So I cut the vft flower stalk off. I know it was

Nep. Sibuyanensis

Question Nep. Sib. Hello- I have a nepenthes sibuyanensis I was looking to repot it due to the soil starting do sink and it seems as time goes by the lower half of the plant is getting to look as though it is dieing

N. Villosa with possible rust spots

QuestionQUESTION: hey i just got my N. Villosa from you guys and it looks fantastic for being a very tiny Nep, anyways to the point i just noticed what looked like rust spots on one of the leaves and was wondering w

Drosera Capensis Seeds

QuestionHI How much light should I give to Drosera capensis seeds once they start to germinate? And will a CFL equivalant to a 100 watt light work instead of Florescent tubes? Thanks AnswerHi Fishboy, The compact

POnd setup

QuestionQUESTION: I am currently in the process of setting up a pond for U. Intermedia. It consists of a bowl with first 2 cm of peat, then 4 cm of sand. I add the sand so the water is still acidic, but

Cephalotus conditions

QuestionHi. I am very excited to have just purchased a cephalotus. I was wondering if the conditions I am putting it in are ok. I have about 60% humidity (no terrarium), two 15 watt flourescent tubes g

Splitting Nepenthes

QuestionI have an Asian Pitcher plant and im curious about how you split it? Because I would like more than 1 plant. Right now it has 2 branches and I see another branch starting to sprout from the base.

H. heterodoxa x minor

Question H. hetero x minor I ordered one of the 4 H. hetero x minor recently. When I received it the plant was beautiful and larger than I thought it would be. Thanks guys. Ive been growing it in 90%-100

learning to grow new carnivorous plants

QuestionIm planing to grow aldrovanda,drosophyllum and byblis but I dont know how to grow them. And when will my judith Hindle,S.flava and D.filiformis Florida Giant come out of dormancy. AnswerHi Jesus, Since thi

MY CARNIVOROUS PLANTS

QuestionI have two nepenthes growing under artificial light. I have a N. Miranda and a N. Sanguinea, they are about 8 inches from the light. The N. Miranda is slightly red but when it produces 2 pitchers. The pitche

What to do with old pitchers?

QuestionI purchased a Nepenthes Deroose Alata from your site. I am very happy with it & all is doing well. I live in Central Ohio, so I still have about another 4-6 wks before the weather starts to break

Question about Dormancy for Sarracenia and Darlingtonia

QuestionHi! I live in Ky, which is Zone 6. I really want to grow Darlingtonia Californica and some Sarracenia here, but Im wondering if dormancy would be too long here since they live in FL, which is Zone 8-9. I am

Sarracenias coming out of domancy

QuestionQUESTION: well this is my first winter season where i own carnivorous plants and springs is around the corner. For where i live its already happening. I live in Los Angeles. I have some Sarracenias which are

sarrs/mex pings

QuestionHi, i just had a couple questions reguarding these, plants. For the sarrs, i live in zone 6, and was wondering what a good pot size would be for overwintering them outside...most of the sarrs i recie

nepenthes picture

QuestionUnder the Tropical Plants page of your website, what is the Nepenthes that serves as the image link for the Asian Pitcher Plant Hybrids option? It shows two reddish traps and the main plant stem is off

Plants in pots/tubs

QuestionI live in No.Virginia and had a carnivorous plant garden several years ago that looked great the first year but diminished shortly there after. Also, the animals particularly squirrels loved to dig in

Mysterious Sarracenia Death!

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Guys! I have been growing Sarracenias of all types since 1990. However, the only plant Ive had super long term success with is S. alata. This thing is like a weed, and cannot be kill

Darlingtonia Californica/Nepenthes Alata

QuestionI keep these plants at a steady temperature of 85 degrees. After a week of the time I bought the plants, the nepenthes started to turn black starting from the growing points and the cobra lily started to shr

scorpido sundew repotting

Questionas i understand it, d scorpido only live 2+ years, ive got one thats going strong on a little over a year, and could go for a repotting, simply because the bottom 2 inches look like a hardened stalk. i

Substrate

Questionwell, I was finaly able to get volcanic rock to increase the aeration of my substrate in my pots. The specific red rock I bought is called Tezontle, is that good for my CPs? or is it possible that some volca