My Fly Trap

Question1) A King Henry fly trap 2) Once the heads fall off after one - two months, should I trim the stem or leave it be? 3) Ive had the plant for going on a month. It lives outside, so it gets plenty of sun, and

Mold

QuestionHi! I have green mold forming in my pot of VFT seeds, and I dont like to buy commercial cides (i.e. pesticides, fungicides, etc.). I tend to use home-made things for pests, such as a Dr. Brommers magic

Drosera Filiformis black leaves

Question sundew in distilled wa the dead-looking leave Hello, I recently became interested in carnivorous plants again, and I bought a threadleaf sundew from an internet vendor about two months ago. I

water quality

Questionis rain water in northern Virginia alright to give to a king henry Venus fly trap and a Drosera filiformis sundew plant? AnswerHi Andrew, Rainwater is always great for carnivorous plants. The only th

Drosera Intermedia

Question Drosera Intermedia Hey Guys, I just harvested seed from my intermedia and Im wondering if this the one that needs cold stratification? AnswerHi Jason, With the exception of the Venus Flytrap, all

Dewless D. Spatulata

Question D. Spatulata before D. Spatulata after Hi, I purchased a D. Spatulata from you back in June, and all has been perfect up until a week ago. It lost all of its dew overnight. I keep

Drosera capensis

QuestionHi! I ordered some seeds from California Carnivores for D. capensis. Since you seem to have the best Q&A policy, as I have personally experienced, I decided to ask you... I ended up getting the

Darlingtonia Growing Angle

Question My Plant A Closer Look Hello Sarracenia Northwest, I just received this Darlingtonia in the mail recently, and I noticed that the pitchers seemed to be coming out at a weird angle. Im assuming

nepenthes rajah

QuestionHi my name is Matt and I need some help finding a nepenthes rajah plant. I have shopped with you guys before. And I was wondering if you guys had any in your nursery for sale or any cuttings you could sen

small Sarracenia Alata

Question Sarracenia S. alata Hello, I have had carnivorous plants for two years now, and this year, my S. Alata has very small leaves. It does not look sick, just has very small leaves, especially

Hole on king henry flytrap

QuestionHi again sarracenia northwest. My name is Alan. A few weeks or a month ago I asked for your help on a problem that I found with my venus flytraps. I sent you a photo of a king henry flytrap that had th

Leaves only on nepenthe

Question Nepenthes Could you tell me what the problem with this nepenthes? It seems to only have developed leaves and it looks like it is dying. I live in Eastern Washington and it does get very h

Your Website Question

QuestionThis is kind of unrelated to plants but why isnt there a nepenthes seed growing guide? I know how to grow nepenthes from seeds but Im just wondering. AnswerHi Eric, It is most like because not that m

Cottony growth on dewthreads

QuestionI just noticed this morning that some of my temperate dewthreads have a white cottony growth on the crowns of the plants. It is occurring on about half the plants right now and seems to be happening on all v

Unidentified Nepenthes Hybrid

Question Pitcher Unidentified Nepenthes Hi- I was wondering if you could help me to identify the parentage of this plant. I think that it might be Nepenthes truncata x veitchii, but I am not a very expe

sundew and pitcher plant

QuestionQUESTION: i bought two carnivous plant kits oone with sundew plant and one with pitcher plant, they come with a pot that have an extra cover to turn it into a greenhouse, in the instruction paper it says kee

Nepenthes Rajah x Mira

Questionpic 2 Rajah x Mira Nepenthes Rajah x Mira QUESTION: Hi guys I wanted your help because I recently picked up a Nepenthes Rajah x Mira along with a Nepenthes Clipeata x Eymae from cooks carnivor

Flopping Sarracenia pitchers

QuestionThe spring pitchers on some of my Sarracenia are flopping, as they often do, and summer/fall pitchers are growing. Should I cut off those pitchers before they dry up? They all seem to have lots of bugs in t

Late summer flower

QuestionMy sarracenia Flava has started to produce a flower bud. That would be cool if it wasnt the 23 of August! Its just weird, why is it doing this? AnswerHi Jesus, This is a fairly common occurrance on the ear

spindly stem

QuestionMy wife gave me a Miranda Pitcher Plant for my birthday last spring. It is a young plant; several inches tall. The top of the plant is green and healthy looking. The stem, however, is very