Identification

Question Texas Plant Please can you identify the plants in the attached photo. These grow in a few areas on our property near La Grange, Texas. They are about 3 to 4 inches high and produce a marble sized see

Dormant plant care?

Question My vfts I live in Southern California, Zone 9. I grow a regular Venus Fly Trap along with an Akai Ryu outside in full sun (about 6 hours a day). Ive had them for several months, water wit

Sarracenia ID?

Questionmy Sarracenia QUESTION: Hi, Can you help me ID this Sarracenia? It looks like some kind of S. leucophylla but Ive been unable to find any pictures of one that looks similar to it. Thanks.

I hope this is natural!

Question N. Mira Allexperts, I got this Nepenthes Mira from you guys. Its new home is in a window sill. I believe the window is in the south. I water the plant with distilled w

Thanks, and another Question

QuestionYou recently gave me some care info on a plant and i just wanted to say thanks!!!! I do have another question for you guys. I have been wanting an albany pitcher plant and was wondering if i would be able to

Brocchinia reducta. repotting

Question Brocchinia reducta. Allexperts, I have a question about whether i should repot the Brocchinia Reducta that I got from you guys. the roots of the plant are begin

Albany pitcher plant.

QuestionIf i get to order a Albany pitcher plant from u guys as my christmas gift. would it be ok being shipped in these cold conditions??? i live in missouri near st.Louis. thanks AnswerHi Robert, What we do is w

Salvaging damaged plants

QuestionI obtained from you Flytraps (Venus, Cupped, Dente, and Red Dragon) at the beginning of this years growing season. They started out small but by September all except the Cupped had traps one inch or la

Albany pitcher plants

QuestionHow long will it take an albany pitcher plant to become medium size. I hear they are very slow growers. AnswerYes, they do grow very slowly. A seedling will take about 3-5 years to reach medium size,

nepenthes pitcher plant

Questionhello...Im hoping that you can offer some advice. Ive had a beautiful pitcher plant for 5 months or so thats been doing really well, its forming new pitchers that are developing and has also shot out some we

Repotting D. filiformis and other dormant drosera..

QuestionHi guys! My name is Eli and I have been a customer of yours for over two years now. I grow my plants in full sun on my porch in Los Angeles and they are doing great. On to my question. I am planning on rep

Nepenthes copelandii and pitchers opening prematurely

QuestionI have a nepenthes copelandii that Ive been growing for two years. It is currently in a south window in ur nepenthes mix. It receives around four hours of light per day. I live in Oklahoma.The problem

Bleaching and unhealthy color in sarracenias

Question Sarracenias Dainas Del Hi, Im Marco Acu馻, from Costa Rica, I grow carnivorous plants for 4 years now, but until this year, specifically starting this year, I started to notice in my sarracenias Daina

planting flytraps this time of year

QuestionHi, I live in Walnut Cove, NC and my climate growing zone is 7. I just wanted to know what advice you might have for me before I plant a bunch of flytraps in my bog (some of which will be bareroot). Will t

Nepenthes Copelandii pitchers opeing prematurely

Question Nepenthes copelandii I am growing nepenthes copelandii in Oklahoma, in a south window that receives four or more hours of sunlight per day. This plant is in your nepenthes soil mix, and is wate

Flava

QuestionHey guys, Jason from AZ here. Im wondering what to do with my Flava. I have it in my green house and on the north east corner of my home. It gets mostly bright shade now with about two hours of full sun on t

Nepenthes jamban

QuestionHi! In the past, I had purchased a Nepenthes jamban plant from another source. It came without any pitchers and I had little success with it. I am considering retrying this species, and your plants seem much

dormancy concerns for (very) young vtfs

QuestionHi I live in Walnut Cove and my growing zone is 7. I recently purchased some flytraps (probably just wrapping up their first year or second. I have potted them, but I want to know if it would help if I bur

Crane fly treatment

QuestionHi Jeff and Jacob I am growing sarracenia, flytraps, various sundews, and a Darlingtonia in an outside bog in Forest Grove, Oregon, in peat/sand/perlite mix. I had a problem with crane fly larvae for the 1s

Nepenthes terrarium

QuestionI know you guys are against terrariums but would this fish tanks fluorescent lamp be enough light for nepenthes I know they will out grow eventually? Here is the link http://m.petsmart.com/mt/www.petsmart.co