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What do you guys use to monitor temperature and humidity? I had a bluetooth device but it stopped working one day after I misted my plants with a spray bottle.

I'm looking to buy Nepenthes aristolochoiodes. Please let me know if you have one for sale.

I really want to use white gravel as a top covering for Cephalotus. I know limestone and marble will leech minerals. I have found aquarium gravel that I like but it says it is coated in acrylic to make it inert. Is it ok to use coated gravel? Or is there another source for inert gravel?

That's a great idea! I would love to be able to control the water level like that!

We've been getting a ton of rain which has saturated my mini bog. It's 7" deep with lava rock in the bottom so the soil later is probably about 5". How far down should I still drainage holes? This is for Venus flytraps.

Thanks for the suggestion, this looks perfect for what I'm trying to do.

I haven't grown CPs for 6+ years and I would like to get back into the hobby. I used to have a rack of 4' T8 shop lights that I used for intermediate neps and cephalotus and that worked really well. I've been trying to figure out what lighting setup to go with and I am completely overwhelmed...

I grew Nepenthes and Heliamphora reasonably well with a basement setup in St. Louis for about 5 years. After moving to an apartment in Texas, my plants suffered and either died off or I gave them away. Now I'm moving to a house (still in Texas) where I'll have more room. I really want to get a...

1)Stickytraps24,Thanks for the chance 2)Oregoncp, Thank you! 3)afrodisa 4)Morpheus, Thank you so much for the chance! 5)twigs, thanks! 6) 7) 8) 9) 10)

Call me inspired! I went out and built a similar system today. I'll post pic's if I get a chance.

Lately it seems like many of my nepenthes are in a funk. Some continue to grow leaves but have stopped pitchering while others have slowed down all around. Quite a few have spouted basals in the past few months so that might explain some of it. I moved to Texas at the beginning of September...

Here's a few pitchers that jumped out at me today Newly opened pitcher of talangensis x veitchii. I love the bright green peristome but I wouldn't be sad to see it turn yellow with red tint around the edge like some of the pictures on cpphotofinder. I also noticed that the pitchers on my...

I've never used sphagnum peat for nepenthes, it seems way too compact for my liking. I've just recently switched from a mix of lfs, perlite and cypress mulch. My new mix is much chunkier - small coconut husk chips, sponge rock, charcoal and a bit of lfs. I'm still not sure if I want to keep...

Saw this the other day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_flytrap_sea_anemone

I picked up a temperature and humidity data logger from ebay. It hooks up to a computer and you can download data to excel. Temps hover around 60-62 for about 5 hours at night. The fans/humidifier shut off around 5 AM and come back on for an hour around 6-7. I though it was pretty cool to see...