Getting plants out of plastic boxes

QuestionI bought a very small Ping at Lowes. It is encased in a plastic box. I am attempting to aclimate the Carnivores to my conditions. I grow orchids and my humidity runs from 60 to 80% The othe

vft growth

Questionhi, i have a vft that i was almost certain was dead during the last few months. i had to skip its dormancy because of when i purchased it and i wasnt able to keep it outside since i was still in college. &nb

Stuffed Pitchers et al

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Jeff and Jacob I have a couple of questions, the first is more out of curiosity than anything else The other day, I was trimming some of my Sarracenia, when I notic

What to do with my Water Sundew

QuestionI recently bought one of the water sundews from Sarracenia Northwest earlier this year. I live in Minnesota(in the Twin Cities) and I also bought Red Dragon Flytraps and Regular Flytraps. I had them outside

Should i take them outside?

QuestionHI, i just had another question about my nepenthes sorry i didnt combined them, wasnt thinking. All right, i have my 2 N. truncatas i got from you for x-mas, id almost say 2-3 years ago and there doing

CARE OF DROSERA SCORPIODES

QuestionI have two scorpiodes which I have had for two months now and for the first month and a half they were awesome. I keep them in a windowsill(west)all morning(6 plus hours when its sunny or just bright light a

N. bellii

QuestionQUESTION: Hey guys, I am currently growing 6 Nepenthes in a 20 gallon long tank under 3 compact florescent lights (26 watt, 100 watt equivelent), the plants are all small at the moment and are about 6-8 inch

nepenthes sexing

QuestionI have limited growing room and would like to get male/female pairs of several species for breeding, but I never see the sex advertised when Nepenthes are offered for sale. I dont want to just buy plan

Nepenthes Coccinea

QuestionOur plants are doing great. My question is how do these plants propagate. All I could read is you can buy seeds on-line. Our plants is really big and would like to divide them. Can

fly traps closed and wont open

QuestionQUESTION: I bought a venus fly trap yesterday and en route, all the traps closed. I thought it was because they were shutting down for the night but they have not opened this morning. What caus

D. Filliformis Tracia leaf burn

QuestionHello Weiss .I was curious about .Im growing Drosera Filliformis Traci .I receive my from a canadian grower on June 26th . Solves the hassles of goverment perments and exchange rates and all that . Its three

on Nepenthes...

QuestionQUESTION: Hello, I am wanting to get a nice Nepenthes for my home, and I wanted to ask a few questions, specifically about the Sanguinea and Miranda hybrid species. I have a sunny window picked out where w

How long in the sun till traps turn red?

QuestionQUESTION: I have bought a Dionaea and a Sarracenia purpurea not long ago. They are my first carnivorous plants. They are staying in full sun for about 8 hours per day, the rest of the day its not full sun bu

how much for sale Venus Fly Traps

QuestionI dont see picture nor sale price for Venus fly trap. Please e mail what they cost and size they come in and perhaps a picture I can see of what I mite be buyinbg. AnswerHi Fred, Go to this link: &nb

couple of ?s

QuestionQUESTION: I recently harvested about 25-30 spoonleaf sundews from my main plant and transplanted them into a large pot for optimal growth. yesterday i noticed a bit of fungus or slime growing on the so

nepenthes and light

QuestionI asked a question about lights for a nepenthes sanguinea and nepenthes miranda to sarracenia northwest about me using 4 40 watt tubes and if i needed to put the plants farther back. They replied that they h

tipped the pitchers

QuestionI have a highland nepenthes plant that I recently moved into a new pot with new soil. The problem was that in doing so I accidentally spilled the liquids out of all of the pitchers. I was wondering if I sh

Venus Fly Traps reopening after a meal

QuestionHow do VFTs know when to reopen after catching and digesting an insect? The traps stay closed longer for larger insects - how does the plant know? AnswerHi Andrew, Everything that happens in plants is bio

Venus Flytrap help

QuestionHi there, My name is David and I am jointly affiliated with the Biology and Ecology/ Evolution department at Rutgers University. I am currently working on phylogenies based on morphological measurements and

dionaea - soil overheating

Question I grow my venus flytrap outside in full sun. Gets about 8 hours of direct sunlight and i notice the soil tends to heat up, reaching 110 F sometimes. Is there anything i can do to solve this (put white tiny