africa

Is anyone currently growing any of these plants? admirabilis aliciae "Plains form" coccicaulis curviscapa esterhuyseniae jacobii sp. Rhodesia sp. malwai sp. South Africa Also the legitimate species: affinis, alba, burkeana, cuneifolia, galabripes, hilaris, pillosa, trinervia, or venusta? I...

Hi, I will be for about 6 weeks in Kenya and Tanzania next Tuesday and I would be interested if someone knows which Drosera can be found there. And what they look like... Thanks and have a nice summer... Martin

Please email me if you are travelling to Africa or South America or if you know anyone who is. Thanks! Matt

(I have posted this on the UK forum, but thought  others may be interested. rest of discussion is there, http://www.carnivorousplantsuk.co.uk/cgi-bin/cutecast/cutecast.pl) As requested by Richard... I discovered this form of Utricularia bisquamata in South Africa in early 1985. The standard...

Hi all, I'm pretty new to the VFT hobby, so here's a few questions, please: 1. Living in South Africa, we're closing in on winter. My VFT, which I got about 2 weeks ago, has two or three traps turning black. It is also pretty unresponsive. (A small ant got into one of the traps, and it closed...

Hey guys, Many thanks for the great advice on my "lots of traps which don't opne or eat bugs" problem which I posted a while ago!  The little beast is still growing new leaves, but much much slower and the traps are still not opening all the way OR eating bugs, but he seems to be healthy, so...

Hi guys, I recently got my first fly trap, although i have been fascinated by them for quiet awhile now. They are not so easy to come accross since i live in S. Africa and people with first hand information on them is also a hard find. I've been looking around on the net and found there is no...