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In the continuing incongruity of sundews saving Sarracenias, i also have for your bidding enjoyment one specimen of Drosera dichotoma "small red form", another sundew from the binata group. The parent plant came from the source of the description (California Carnivores/Peter D'Amato), so this is...

Hi, I live in Singapore, tropical region, and have tried twice several years back to keep a vft but failed both times. Am planning on a third time (please dont scold me for murder, it really is very hard to care for them here where I live). So i would like to make sure that all goes well. I have...

Hi, Obviously S. purpurea will do fine in a tank with a shoplight on it, but what does one do for taller ones? Will a MH fry them, or has anyone tried that kind of lighting recently? I have got a few Sarracenia this year, and because of Nebraska's flip-flop weather(two weeks ago, 70s-today...

I struggle with keeping Neps and Nep. cuttings alive, especially from Fall->Winter. I tossed 7 of them that had started growing and then went down hill. I do not have an artificial light and a true terrarium, but have tried creating my own version of one by purchasing a storage container with a...

Sometimes when growing media are mentioned they are referred to as "soil". I am sharing the following definitions from my new soils vocabulary; artificial soil and natural soil to help clarify the distinctions necessary for optimum culture. Natural soil: soils formed by entirely natural means...

My wife has ordered a water garden to be built in the back yard. I live in zone 8, southern Mississippi, and realized this to be the perfect oportunity to install an outdoor carnivorous bog. I already have several types of sarracenia on order, as well as a clump of terrestrial utricularia. I...

Hey there, I was just wondering when artificial light growers were planning on changing their photoperiods for the spring. I've already begun to notice the change in day lengths here, and I'm guessing my plants have too. Or they're just freaking out because I always turn on the lamp next to them...

Many years ago I had stopped at an Orchid Nursery in the vicinity of San Diego, California. While there I purchased a sibling cross produced seedling of Cattleya harrisoniana -- They were in 2 inch pots and staged together on a greenhouse bench. One of the parents was reported to be tetraploid...

Here it is, my very first Pinguicula gypsicola flower bud. This plant and my others are all growing under artificial light at 15 hrs/day.

hello a few weeks ago i began to notice the edges of the leaves on my young kalanchoe (fedtschentkoi, lavender-scallops) beginning to look brown. one leaf in particular started to get two very wide crescent-shaped scoops out of its edge that slowly spread and now half the leaf has basically...

Well I got my mom to agree to getting me a birdy in ONE DAY! World Record...I swear! Well anyway the poor guy (or girl) is really scared (of course) because he needs time to settle in and get used to me. So far I think he's gotten a little used to me. But not enough. Can anyone give me any...

This is a first for me...Anyone have any experience with a black mould forming on their Neps? If so what is the cause? Too wet? Something to do with excess nectar? I recently went from a timed spray system to a misting system with artificial leaf balance-arm. The result is higher humidity and...

I want to turn a 10 gal. fish tank into a year round home for VFT's. what would be required?

Hi, I've been contemplating building a greenhouse primarily to hold my Nepenthes collection, which is outgrowing its terrariums faster than expected... I really have no clue as to whether my concerns about this project are crazy, paranoid or moranic, so any advice specifically with regards to...

Hello, I bought my first terrarium a few days ago. 50cm width, 50cm height and an awesome 160 cm in length. 400 liter / 105 gallon volume. \o/ It’s gonna be a greenhouse style terrarium, just pots it large square water tray (for at least 2 pots each row)...

Hello I'm very seriously considering buying the Small Moderate Humidity Kit from this site (two VFT's and two sarracenia) for my college dorm room in the fall, since my 10-gallon fish tank is far to large to be lugging 200 miles each way and i need something alive to care for!! And i've always...

Hey gang, I’m after some feedback and ideas. I’m setting up the humidity/misting system in my glasshouse (replacing the temporary spray and timer setup).  Having spoken to a local horticultural supplier today it looks like I have 2x options. Something to keep in mind is that this glasshouse...

When I set up one of my tanks a year ago, I laid down foam in varying thicknesses across the bottom of the tank to act as a sort of capillary mat. This worked quite well. In one place, the foam did not quite meed the edge of the tank, so I planted some utrics in a spot of peat moss in the gap...

How many hours do you give your nep of direct sunlight? Indirect sunlight? Artificial LIght.? Light in genreal? I dont have a nep, but I was just wondering because Im planning to get one. Post what you do.

Artificial(Flourecent) vs. Real Sun Ligh Any Opinions? Its not always sunny, so I use artificial, but when I get a chance, real light is good.