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I return from lurking with a whole string of questions, and a bit of a background story to help put this all in perspective (This is a MUST be done situation, not a "I just want to"). Oh and an apology for any unintentional ranting that may come up. My daughter, otherwise known as "The Tropical...

In November, I ordered 2 Nepenthes diatas from...somehwere...and they were pretty much the same size with one or two pitchers on each. I decided to put them in different environments to see what happened. One went right into an tank without a lid on it and under CFs. The other was just tossed...

I am cold stratifying several seeds now: Cephalotus follicularis various drosera (sundew's) cobra lily s. leucophylla s flaca rugelii s psittacina s alata s purpurea I am trying to get a jump on the outdoor growing season. Come January, I will need to take them out of the garage (zone 5 here...

I had a few seeds in the fridge for awhile and decided to attempt germination. So with hammer and screwdriver I delicatly destroyed, apparently, all but one. At the moment I have in the Nep planter, under artificial lighting. First of all, it grows like a weed! It went from one inch to three...

I was in Petco yesterday and while walking down the aisle for terrarium stuff, something caught my eye. It was a plastic Nepenthese (looked like a ventricosa)! Nearby was a plastic VFT as well.

Kerala is on the southernmost tip of India. Kerala, the land of Ayurveda Kerala's equable climate, natural abundance of forests (with a wealth of herbs and medicinal plants), and the cool monsoon season (June - November) are best suited for Ayurveda's curative and restorative packages. Nestled...

Hi everyone, I have yet another lighting question. (I used the search function and read up on previous comments...) I recently purchased a 100 gallon aquarium that is roughly 49"x21"x27". I want to get artificial lighting for it--ideally without breaking the bank. I intend to put highland...

Hi, I am planning to set up a small growspace in my kitchen. I was wondering if anyone could point me to any specific brands of growlight that are reliable? Specifically, what light do you use for the following plants: -Drosera capensis -Drosera adalae -Pinguicula tina Thank you!

Hi Everyone, I'm a student who is working on a 300 gallon vivarium/terrarium display. It is filled with carnivorous plants accenting a artificial stream created by a resevoir on one side of the tank with a 250 GPH pump supplying water to three small mini-waterfalls. Im very proud of it :)...

Late last fall Joseph Clemens sent me a P. gypsicola and it had the classic summer leaves look. I promptly put the plant on the window sill and that look changed radically in a few months: In the spring I put the plant in the closet, under artificial lighting, with an ~15 hour photoperiod. It...

I want it to be the biggest most colorful one I can get. I would take it outside for many hours a day and give artificial light to it as well. BTW this is my first plant what size pot would be perfect for it? and what kind of soil fertilizer and other things do I need. Im reading and reading but...

Last year I was given a copious portion of seeds and I think every last million of them germinated. Consequently, this species became n intergral part of my "newbie packages", such that I have a reasonable amount left. They also got separated into two different containers and differing...

A few of my sundews that are being grown in a storage container, open tray, under artificial lighting, are experiencing white, puffy balls of what I think are mold. They also have in common that they are in a top layer of live LFS. Anybody else experiencing that?

I've been growing the following plants under T5s. They flowered for me and I thought perhaps soon, I could try and stimulate gemmae production. D. puchella D. occidentalis x puchella D. ericksoniae x puchella They are now receiving 12 hours of artificial light and are growing normally as they...

In my closet setup for the winter, under artificial lighting, both U. sandersonii white & blue sent up flower scapes. White was first and produced this flower: On that same stalk, another flower developed. At the same time, a scape initiated on the blue colony. It looked to me that they would...

I posted this at another forum so I figure you guys might want to see my crappy pics. I'll just paste the whole post. Do you find an advantage to using natural fertilizer over artificial? Here's 3 consecutive pitchers of N. bical "red" x campanulata. If anyone else has one of these I'd love to...

Hey, there. I dont know if many of you from years gone by will remember me. I am sure a few do. I would hope. But members come and go and there are a lot of unfamiliar usernames here in the forum. I joined when I was 11.. Well, I was a lurker. I didnt actually register until I was I think 12...

Hi everyone, I had a question about temperature drops for Highland plants. I've read a lot of literature that says it's useful to provide Highland neps with a temperature drop at night. However, which of the two circumstances is better: 1) warm day conditions, and cold temperature drop at night...

I have an aquarium that I think is about 35 gallons.. It is cracked on the side so I can no longer use it for fish.. Instead I want to use it as a carnivorous terrarium.. I've been doing a lot of reading and this forum has been especially helpful.. For the setup I plan on keeping the plants in...

Article  here. So what do you guys think? Enacting legeslation for proactive public health? Or massive civil liberties breach?