Mac version of e-book?

QuestionHi guys, Is the Mac version of Secrets to Growing Beautiful Carnivorous Plants for Your Home and Garden? nearing completion? I eagerly await its arrival. Thanks, Marv AnswerHi Marv, We were

nepanthes has no pitchers left

QuestionI purchased this plant at a flower show and it had lots of pitchers. They all eventually dried up and died so I cut them off. Last sumer I had the plant outdoors, hot and humid, not direct sun.

Lighted Plant Stand

QuestionHello, I have just received a lighted two-tier plant stand. I can only put in two 20 watt fluorescent lights on each tier. I am growing a Drosera Binata, several tropical sundews and a Sarracenia wri

CocoEarth? for Venus Flytrap?

QuestionQUESTION: Hi Chris, This afternoon, i went to a garden land and was about to buy peat moss for my venus flytrap. But then, the manager there suggested me to use a soil called CocoEarth which is

butterwort buds dont survive

QuestionI have a Pinguicula, allegedly moranensis, that I bought from another company a few years ago. Its growing, staying sticky, and even produces offsets. But neither the original nor the offsets are

my sarracenia plantlets are dying

Questionmy sarracenia plantlets (from your seeds purpura and hybrid mix) are about an inch tall in their germination container which is another inch higher. They are starting to dry out. Im from a very hot and

Stunted growth

QuestionI have a flytrap I purchased two years ago. It went into dormancy and came out, but it has never grown very bit. It looks like it has about four heads smaller than half of my fingernail on my lit

a schools veus flytraps

QuestionQUESTION: I work with a science school, and our 3 year old flytraps arent doing as well as expected. Ive read your online information and answer site a few times when we first got some, and a few times since

keeping cephalotus alive on a trip

QuestionI was wondering how I could keep a cephalotus moist enough while Im gone on week to 2 week long trips. Im worried that it will suffer being too dry or die from too much water as many report that the pl

Looking to start an indoor garden...

QuestionId like to get a mix of at least 3 types of plant (preferably a sundew variety, a pitcher variety and an undetermined third, looking for color and impact). Id be growing them either in an aquarium style se

Mites!!

QuestionHi there, Im from Wellington, New Zealand and am currently into my 5th year growing my Sarracenia Purpurea with beautiful results and have been growing them in Peat soil all these years. Have placed them in

so-called distilled water

QuestionGreetings Again! Im trying to decide which bottled water to buy for CPs. Drinking water, distilled water, processed water, et al is available. One claims to be a product of Reverse Osmosis. My question is,

Venus Flytraps Leaves

QuestionQUESTION: Hi, I have a question concerning my Venus Flytrap. When I first bought it, it was looking pretty healthy. After 2 months, somehow its stems have became really long and they are quite u

Watering a venus flytrap

QuestionGreetings, Ive recently begun the difficult task of attempting to grow Venus flytraps from seeds. Ive set up soda-bottle terrariums, with 2.5x2.5 square plastic flower pots in each. The pots are each about 3

Nepenthes and Darlingtonia question

QuestionHello I noticed that the Nepenthes have two rows of hairs with a smooth spot between them. Is that a path for the bugs to crawl up? Is the tongue part of the Darlingtonia the bait for the insects? Answe

Can you help me identify this Nepenthes?

Question N.unknown hello there! I bought this Nepenthes from a local nursery 2 days ago. I have left it on a table by a shaded window in my room where it is around 30 degrees Celsius and around 50% RH. As I read m

Flytraps tall or shallow pots?

QuestionHey experts, A while back I emailed to ask about what to do with my flytraps growing pretty badly after skipping dormancy. Well Ive managed to get them back on track. I started off with putting

Whats wrong?

QuestionHi, i had a few questions reguarding my cape sundew seedlings. About a month ago i put them outside and when i looked at them today there outer leaves were redish-brown. They were all green befor

Seeds and Seedlings

QuestionHi Jacob and Jeff I have a few questions about seeds and seedlings I have a D. filiformis x intermedia and I seem to remember reading that they are sterile, is this true ??? I also have a D. rotundifol

rainy conditions

QuestionDear Jarob, It has been raining here in the midwest(michigan) on and off for the last two weeks. I ordered venus flytraps( venus, dente, and red dragon from sarracenia northwest two weeks ago). I am wonderi