Nepenthes, Cpehalotus etc fertilizer

QuestionHi i know you said in your volume three video that you can fertilize some of your tropical pitcher plants with orchid fertilizer right? Well is this a good choice to use on them but of course i will dilute i

N. truncata (Paisan) leafs getting smaller

Question New leaf getting small Hey there, I have a truncata paisan that I bought from a nursery back in January. I dont know why but I recently never had a problem before with Truncata leafs getting smaller. I did

flowering

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jacob! My venus flytrap that I asked you about earlier just started to put up a flower stalk. Its like medium sized. I kinda want it to flower so I can see them (not really for the seeds) but I

Hoo! Noo! Spider Mites!

Question Infected Dionaea 1. Dionaea muscipula 2. All my Northern American plants have spider mites mostly concerned with Dionaea muscipula. There is lots of fine webbings all around the plants some are marked

Darlingtonia color

Question Darlingtonia I live in Forest Grove, Oregon. The plant is in a large bog garden with good drainage. The soil in this section under/surrounding the plant is peat/sand/perlite/pumice, depth 18 inches. It was

N.Alata

QuestionHow do I reproduce this plant. Thank you. AnswerHello Sharon, Nepenthes require cross-fertilization to produce seeds as they are divided into male and female sexes like figs. You would have to know w

Water temperature

QuestionCharlotte, NC Zone 8, growing various Sarracenia and Flytraps. Full sun most of the day and they sit in about 2 of rainwater. I use clear plastic water trays that I need to replace every year due to the UV

nepenthes miranda care

QuestionQUESTION: The pitchers on my Nepenthes miranda turn brown after a few weeks. I have a very large plant in a conservatory, with humidity from 45-75%, and temperatures from 18 to 24 degrees centigrade. THe con

Butterwort starting to fade

QuestionQUESTION: About 3 weeks ago I bought a butterwort at a local plant show. ITs large already potted and growing, no cube. Its not grandiflora, but similar, blue flowers, a temperate butterwort. The outer, larg

Unknown species

Question Unknown species Can you identify this carnivorous plant for me? I cant seem to compare to nothing out there. Kind regards Jose E Bastida AnswerIt looks like Sarracenia purpurea x rubra, same as the previo

Transplanting my purple pitcher plant

QuestionHi, My growing zone is 7, and I live in Walnut Cove, NC. U just need to know if its too late for me to move my sarracenia purpurea venosa to a different portion of the bog. Its already in the process of dev

Watering North American CPs with Nepenthes Water

QuestionQUESTION: I live in California and have a small collection of North American carnivorous plants and a collection of Nepenthes. In order to conserve water was hoping to reuse the water that drains out of my N

Stunted Leaves on Drosera Regia

QuestionDrosera Regia QUESTION: I purchased a small D. Regia from you at one of last years open houses. I have it under some fluorescent lights and it also gets some sunlight from a south-facing window.

S. rubra ssp. jonesii

QuestionHi Jeff/Jacob. I just recently received an S. rubra ssp. jonesii from you and planted it in my bog garden April 15 (great packaging!). To my surprise, it is starting to send up a couple of flower buds. My qu

Young Pitcher plant stem turning brown?

Question3 in diameter pitcher QUESTION: I live on the coast of Georgia in brunswick. I got my small pitcher plant (unkonwn, but probably ventricosa) from Lowes. Since i potted it up, it has been doing well.

I need help

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jacob I know Ive been asking you lots of questions lately but this is an emergancy. I order some plants online and they arrived today. I order a sarracenia leucohylla and a drosera capensis. The

Help! Pitcher Plant Sabotage!

QuestionHello! My 2.5 yr old baby brother pulled all of the new growth off of my White Top Pitcher Plant, by hand!!! The growth was already 4 inches long & now it looks like it did when I got it in the m

Two Tube Shop Light

QuestionHey guys, I have a two tube shop light set up same as on your video. How often should I replace those tubes? AnswerThe tubes tend to decrease in intensity over time. You should replace them yearly, or

When to Plant?

QuestionHello, I live in USDA zone 4/5, and I have an outdoor bog garden. I was wondering when the best time to plant new plants would be. Most of the stores I have found online are in zones quite a bit

carnivorous plant pest problem

QuestionHi nice to meet you. i have problem on venus fly trap.(iam growing my /venus fly trap outdoor.)It was very healthy and suddenly the new traps,old traps, and flower stalk is drying!!!SO i looked at my venus f