carnivorous plant frost

QuestionDo sarracenia rubra and purpurea need frost or frost protection. What are the winter requirements for flytraps, sarracenia rubra, and purpurea. Thanks AnswerHi Preston, Sarracenia and flytraps are native

Purchasing a Fly Trap

QuestionOur daughter is searching for a Venus Fly Trap and local nurseries dont seem to carry them. We have heard of web sites selling unhealthy plants and want to avoid this. Are you able to recommend a reputable,

Lighting for N. Sanguina

QuestionYou guys just answered my question about keeping the Orange pitcher plant inside, and it was extremely helpful. What kind of lighting would you recommend for these plants? Ive been browsing other sites and a

Nep reproduction

QuestionI have N. x efflugent koto. over 3 tall. Id like to propagate it. May I whack it off, dip in hormone and reroot it? More exact procedure? AnswerHi Bruce, The process of stem cutting

Michigan Venus Flytraps

QuestionHello, Thank you for taking my question. Last winter 2007-08 my husband bought me a couple of venus flytraps from a local hardware store (before I knew about you guys). I found you while doing research

dormancy: flytraps

QuestionMy Venus flytraps have just opened their flowers and I am wondering if show start inducing dormancy. I live in Augusta, Georgia. Their traps have stopped working, and they are indoor plants with a grow light

disapointed

QuestionQUESTION: Hi. Ive had and interest in carnivorous plants for a long time and have really enjoyed growing them. I recently found a species of sundew called the King Sundew on a website (cant remember what it

Rhizome Rot?

Question I have two venus fly traps that have died down to no traps. I took them out of their pots exposing their rhizome and roots. The roots looked good and

winter in Augusta GA

QuestionLast year (2007) I purchased one Venus flytrap, one white top pitcher, two of the Daina delights, and a Judith Hindle. I left them outside during the winter and they really looked like they were doing great.

n. ventricosa and ampullaria

QuestionI have two n. ventricosa and one n. ampullaria that I have been grow in my garage under fluorescents in wet sphagnum. I mist them regularly and have made a makeshift greenhouse for them. The temperature has

darlingtonia and ping.

QuestionQUESTION: I just picked up a Darlingtonia and a Pinguicula from the local Home Improvement Warehouse. Is there a way to tell which variety, coastal or mountain, the Darl. is? And the same for the Butterwort,

Vermiculite

QuestionIn your Secrets 1.2 book, you recommend vermiculite in your Premium Mix for Asian Pitcher Plants. It is my understanding that this can make the mix more basic. Why is this recommended? AnswerH

my nepenthes wont grow pitchers

QuestionI am not sure what nepenthes I have, but I only got it to grow 1 pitcher. And that was in the summer so Im trying to find some way to get it to grow pitchers in the house. If anyone could help Id appreciate

terrarium lighting

QuestionHi, I am looking to build a 4 foot terrarium that is about 20 inches tall. I am thinking of lighting it with 4 40 watt t8 lights which is about 10000 lumens, but is this enough? I will be growing

Plants for south room with no heat or ac

QuestionHi guys. I live in Portland, OR. I have a room with bright southern and eastern light that has no direct connection to heat or ac. Any heat during the winter is ambient heat from the rest o

P. medusina

QuestionHi Jeff and Jacob I just ordered a P. medusina from you and I noticed that it looks remarkably like a P. gypsicola. I was wondering if this was a relative, or have they renamed P. gypsicola to

plants to grow in northern Rhode Island

QuestionQUESTION: I am looking to expand my outdoor carnivorous garden, which currently contains Sarracenia purpurea, Sarracenia Scarlet Belle, Sarracenia rubra, Sarracenia flava, Drosera filiformis, Drosera rotundi

Dionea Help

QuestionQUESTION: Hello,i buyed a dionea muscipula from a local shop where was o very bad conditions ,i give her very much light water and repotted in good soil.I dont now what do do in winter it seems like the plan

Please help identify my pitcher plant

Question Sarracenia flava rugel Hi, hope you can help me. The two plants in the picture came from the same packet of seeds I bought. The seeds were Yellow Pitcher - Sarracenia flava rugelii and although the plant on

Plant Lighting

QuestionI mentioned sometime ago, my plans for putting up a shop light that would release at least 20,000 lumens of light. This is intended for my Nepenthes Sanguinea. I have four bulbs that are 6200 lumens e