Question
Hey guys, i have just acquired some dewy pine seeds. I was wondering if maybe you guys had any experience or knew the best method to germinate and caring for these? Also, do they really keep each other from germinating if their close to each other? and if so, does it only affect other dewy pine seeds or does this affect any type of seeds?

Also, a while back i ordered 5 of those unknown TLC plants. I know you guys said you werent going to label them or anything, but i figured now that I have them and all, you guys could help me. Of the 5 I recognized 4 of them, 3 were N. sanguinea and 1 was N. ventricosa. The 5th one had me stumped. It is kind of small and i cant really get a close up with my camera so maybe from the description you might be able to help, or at least point me in the right direction to what it might be.

Alright, first thing I noticed was that it did not like the lower humidity where i keep my other Nepenthes. The other 4 were ok, even with the transplanting. This one seemed to start burning, well, one of two pitchers it had started burning and so did the newly developing pitchers. This happened through the course of a day. That day the humidity was rather high in the day, about 60%. Still, it seemed to be hurting, so i put it in with my ultra-highlanders. it seemed to like the new conditions, it perked right back up and the one good pitcher it still had sort of bounced back. When i repot it, I noticed that it was a rooted cutting. On the one good pitcher, the top of the lid was really hairy, the front of the pitcher also had long hairs(I think its called the ala), the leaf is a little more round as oppose to elongated like some of the others like sanguinea and ventricosa are, and the edges of the leaves seemed to have hairs on them. As of now it seems fine, but i just want to make sure that i put it in the right place. I have 3 set-ups, ultra-highlanders/ highlanders, lowlanders, and intermediate/highlanders(these highlanders are those that acclimate well to low humidity). Sorry for the long message. Thank you for taking time to read this. :)

Answer
Hi Manny,

I'm going to refer you to another website for germinating Drosophyllum seeds:
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/sowing_seeds.htm

The folks at that site offers really good information about germinating those seeds and about cultivation:
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/Drosophyllum_lusitanicum.htm

So that's a good place to start.  

I'm not sure what Nepenthes you have.  The proper way to identify the plant is by observing an adult pitcher.  I've also went through lots of Nepenthes, many I didn't know were still in the greenhouse. A few I weren't even able to identify.  You're definitely on the right track by modifying it's environment to see what makes it perk up.  That's why I requested that folks have experience growing Nepenthes so they would know what might make a plant happy.  You can also check with Wikipedia and peruse the species list.  You might find a photograph that looks like your plant.  I use that site a lot for quick research on Nepenthes.

Good growing!
Jacob Farin