Drosera all red or all yellow ?

Question All red or all yellow Hey guys ! Well I got this all droseras all red in full spectrym t5HO light 14 hours day but is turning yellow not red not green..just yellow and horrible one. I dont know why

Early seed pods

Question Pollinated ? not pollinated ? Hi Jacob and Jeff I hope your spring and now summer are going well. I didnt pollinate my Sarracenia flowers this year and so have left them to be pollinated o

Extended D. Spatulata flowering and leaf loss

QuestionMy D. Spatulata has been flowering for since early spring here in Maine, and is continuing to produce flower stalks. It has stopped producing dew and begun to lose leaves, although it is kept wet via the tra

Seedling Question

QuestionCan a Cephalotus and VFT seedlings be planted in the same pot for a while? if they can how far from the Ceph should the VFTs be from it? AnswerHello Dennis, Cephalotus prefer soil with more sand, so a 2:1

Please identify this Sarracenia

Question Saracenia Sarracenia I got this plant from a friend. Sun:11 hours in the summer Water:distilled Soil:100% Peat Moss AnswerBased on your photos, my best educated guess is Sarracenia alat

Cephalotus Question

QuestionI just noticed my 2 Cephalotus, 1 was dying into the soil and covered with white specs I took as being mold so I got it out of the pot and tossed it I also uprooted the healthy one and ran pure water through

plant water

QuestionI have been using a very old dehumidifier in the summer months to water all types of insectivorous plants, I have been doing this for five years. My question is if I purchase a brand new dehumidifier will I

vermiculite with cobras

QuestionHi, I asked a question a few days ago in part about soil media for cobras. My question to you is whether or not vermiculite is okay to use for aeration in place of perlite or pumice. My only fear is that it

Small holes on plants

QuestionThree small holes QUESTION: Hello Sarracenia Northwest, Im here to ask a question about these unusual small holes I recently found on my king Henry flytraps. I grow my plants outside in full sun 6+ ho

Planting for the Classroom

QuestionI recently purchased and received one of each of the following: Sarracenia x Scarlet Belle [Sm], Drosera capensis (Broad Leaf), Pinguicula agnata, and Dionaea muscipula Dente Flytrap. I also purc

Sundew dying off in June

Question Photo 3 Photo 2 My drosera intermedia x filiformis is dying off now--- late June. Seems early!! Ive had it from Sarr NW for a few years now. Just repotted this year with standard mix- pitchers

Nepenthes seeds

QuestionDo you recommend this for sowing Nepenthes seeds? http://www.burpee.com/seed-starting/grow-lights/ultimate-grow-light-prod002765.h AnswerHi Eric, Ive used this light for growing a couple different types of

Mealybugs

QuestionHelp I have mealybugs on my drosera muitfida !!! Hi guys, long time shopper and pod cast watcher. (I even won a collection of Venus fly traps about 4years ago) But now I have a big problem. I compani

D. capensis outside in Portland?

QuestionHello! I recently purchased a very healthy, flowering Drosera capensis. I live in downtown Portland Oregon, and I was wondering if I could grow my Drosera capensis outside on my porch. The porch gets five o

Dionea seeds

QuestionDo you have to start Dionea muscipula seeds indoors? I ordered 25 and they said to grow them in a plastic bag on a sunny window until they have new leaves. Should I? I live in zone 7/6, Ell

What is it? -- abnormal trap on Venus Flytrap

Question Strange Venus Flytrap Strange Venus Flytrap I found this strange looking trap on one of my Venus Flytraps a week ago. All the other traps are normal but this one almost seems swelled and inst

My outdoor bog garden

QuestionIve several years worth of experience in growing carnivores and Im trying to grow by seed in an outdoor bog garden. My fiance insists that the water expelled by our air conditioning unit is distilled and per

AVOIDING WATERLOGGING

QuestionCould I put a plant on top of a brick thats on top or inside a water-filled growing tray to keep the soil damp while avoiding water-logging? AnswerHi John, If a pot is sitting on a brick, it wont get any w

How to plant and germinate Nepenthes Seeds

QuestionQUESTION: I did luck into a seedpod from my pitcher plant last summer but when I sowed the seeds in damp Spaghnum moss - nothing grew. Do I need to refrigerate them or let them freeze outside in NY first? Is

S. Minor question

Question okefenokeensis I purchased a plant from you guys a little more than a month ago, details as follows: 1) S. Minor okefenokeensis 2) The plant seems to growing very slowly, no pitchers ha