Proper Lighting for Nepenthes

QuestionQUESTION: I recently purchased a nepenthes ventricosa and sibuyanensis hybrid and I immediately came across a problem - lighting. My house has a whole lot of east windows, a few west windows, and one north w

D. regia - Metal Halide

QuestionI recently purchased a small King Sundew. Do you have any experience growing these under metal halide lamps? If so, can you recommend a good distance from the leaves for a 400w lamp? Also,

Sarracenia dormancy

QuestionHi Jeff I am from the Atherton Tablelands in the tropics near Cairns. Where I live at 757 meters altitude I frequently get temperatures between 10 and 21 degrees Celsius for the minimum and maximums. This y

Ailing Butterwort

Question1) The species of carnivorous plant youre growing. Weve purchased a tropical butterwort (P. laueana) from your site. 2) A concise description of a single issue. This plant looked good upon arrival but is n

Sundew not doing well

Question1) The species of carnivorous plant youre growing. Weve purchased a D. adelae - Lance Leaf Sundew from your site. 2) A concise description of a single issue. The leaves are browning a bit and the leaves do

What type of plant is this?

Question weird Nepenthes Allexperts, Was watching a television show and they were talking about Nepenthes. I was wondering what type of Nepenthes is the one in the picture with the weird pitcher structure?

buying plants

Questionhi guys i want to buy a nepenthes x miranda plant but i can not find one do you no were i can buy one help please!! AnswerHello Robert, Have you tried a search online for Nepenthes miranda? You might obtai

pitcher-less Nepenthes

Question Nepenthes Hi, I have had this Nepenthes Deroose Alata (at least thats what I think it is) for about two years. It has been living the past year in my dorm room in a west facing window and produced onl

pitcherless

QuestionI am loving the plants i own... which is a lot... and I have one, a nepenthes ventricosa x sibuyanensis that will not send out pitchers. I have it in what seems like the correct conditions and ive had it for

Sarracenia has gone dormant?

Question Sarracenia purpurea I have had this sarracenia for 2 years now. It grows in a south facing window and I live in Vancouver, Canada (basically same weather as Seattle). It went through a dormant period

Cape Sundew smaller than usual

Question Cape Sundew Allexperts, The Sundew that I got from you about I believe in December. I put the plant outside about May11th. Since then the plant is gotten smaller since being outside. &nb

RO Water

QuestionI finally got tired of hauling gallon jugs from the store all the time and bought a RO unit. Following the initial flush of the system, my TDS has leveled out at 32ppm. Is this low enough to be u

Rain upturns soil?

QuestionLately here in Virginia weve been getting some quick but hard rain showers with forceful rain drops. Every time this happen, it really beats up the soil in all of my plants. Sometimes it even exposes the roo

Strange Bending of Tentacles on my Cape Sundew

QuestionDear Sarracenia Northwest, You may remember my previous question on the soil for my Cape Sundew. However, I am having a different problem this time. I live in upstate New York and I put my Cape Sundew

dichotoma

QuestionQUESTION: If i want to grow drosera dichotoma indoors, and dont want to provide additional lighting in the winter, what will the dormancy be like? or will i have to do something special? or will i i just nee

D. regia - nightly temp drop

QuestionIve read through many Q&A threads regarding the king sundew, and a common tip Ive come across is to make sure the plants are in an environment where nightly temps drop fairly significantly from 75-80 to 60-6

Nepenthes Venticosa Soil

Question nepenthes Venticosa Allexperts, I have a question about whether or not you could have crushed marbles lining the bottom of a pot? Would that have any adverse advect on the plant itself? &

Heat Protection

QuestionHey guys. I will be coming to your open house in July. My question is what to do with my plants outside. I have a Flava, flytraps and dewy pines. I was wondering if I sat them in the house for the week Ill b

Nepenthes Bicalcarata

Question Bical Please dont judge me by the photograph. Ive had my N. Bicalcarata for a little over a year now and while I have never been able to give it the absolute best conditions it has somehow survived. I rec

Sickly Venus Fly Traps

Question 2 venus fly traps About 3 weeks ago I purchased these 2 plants from the local garden shop. They are sold in these pots with clear plastic cups over them (to keep in the humidity I assume). Shortly after get