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I recently built a large paludarium (a terrarium with a water feature, I had never heard that word before not so long ago). It is 60X30X48" tall. I have nearly always had a fish tank & put my self through school working in a nursery, so always had a lot of plants but never any CP before. I'd...

I recently built a large 60X30X48" tall terrarium/paludarium & wanted to include one or two CP. I have grown many types of plants over the years but never CP, so am very glad to have found this site. I'm a commercial photographer & also do wood sculpting & turning. This is me & a olive tree I...

This is my first CP project and first CPs. A Sarracenia hybrid, Cobra lily, Venus Fly Trap, Cape Sundew, Purple Pitcher x2, and a Sarracenia. Built this little thing myself, I think I should redo this so the water is flowing and I hate the brown moss :-( make it so dark and dead looking. It's...

Good afternoon everyone! :-D Allow me to introduce myself, My name is Chris, and I am a hopeless forum junkie. I really hope to learn a lot from you folks :) I run a company building motion control systems for timelapse photography and i have been getting into what I call Biolapse. I have put...

First off, here is the almost finished waterfall: And the back side (ignore my dog): To highlight the basics, this is going into a 75 gal terrarium with a mix of CP's ranging from a N. glabrata to D. falconeri. Yes I realize two very different environments but just wait :) The base of the...

One thing I'm always curious about is how everyone else grows their plants. I've only been collecting for a little while, so I've been sort of figuring it out as I go along. Let's see what you've got! Post a picture if possible, describe your lighting, any temperature regulation, where the stuff...

I have a cool little clock that's acting a little buggy, and I'd like to debug it. There's a bit of a language barrier between me and the guy that built it, minimal help there. I know that the guy programmed it himself; is there a way that I can work with it? I will learn what I have to, if I...

Permission from ICPS was sort from author to put into all forums. Here the whole PDF file with the pictures can be downloaded: https://www.dropbox.com/s/padc7yy2hh148y0/cpnl-43-01-05.pdf News and Views...

Hey guys. I recently started cutting glass as a new hobby, considering I've been into keeping reptiles and amphibians in vivariums since I was a kid. My first couple of terrariums I built were Euro-style (restricted top ventilation with sliding glass front and low front ventilation), and I'm...

Hey, some questions for those seasoned Nepenthes growers out there. I recently purchased my first two plants (N. "miranda" and N. ventrata, as best as I can tell). Both fairly small plants and about 3-4 inches height. Both are a little bit yellow, but I suspect that might have come from a...

Hi everyone! I just built one of the infamous harbor freight 6'x8' greenhouses. It's been great to have so far and I'm slowly stocking it full of cacti, succulents, Pings, and Drosera. It is heated to 40F and goes anywhere from 50-70F during the day. I check it twice a day and noticed that...

Hello All, I've recently gotten into CP's. It all started when I went to Home depot and found this ailing Nepenthes tucked away in the discount section half dead. In my attempt to recover my plant I went online and started doing research and came upon a few websites but one in particular, which...

I've seen this idea batted around a few times but I've never been able to find one someone actually built. There are a few fridge terrariums out there but I can not seem to find a wine chiller one. While I was at Lowes today I noticed they had an off brand small chiller with there Black Friday...

a while back i tried to trade it a way but it never worked out, so as things go in life I am happy to say i finally took the house by the scruff, it was not easy it had to be moved 50 + miles. i couldnt find a rental with a large enough opening to get it inside, so i rented a u-haul travel...

I'm needing some ideas for an app (or apps) that would be useful for CP growers. Once built, it would only work on the android platform, as I do not possess Objective-C programming skillz (I can't make apple apps, in other words). Fire away!

Hello Everyone! Today I built a terrarium, using 2 100W fluorescent bulbs, the 18" x 18" x 24" exo-terra terrarium, some aquarium gravel, aluminium foil, cardboard, and a health amount of duct tape. Here's a picture of it; http://postimg.org/image/3ol5rfuxd/ From left to right; N. (x ventrata) x...

Hello everyone, it's been a while. About 2 1/2 years ago, I became obsessed with Nepenthes. Long story short, kill count = 4, lost about 60 bucks worth of material, and general being-annoyed-at-life. Age = 12 1/2. For the past year however, I figured I'd start simple, and work my way back up...

I have been growing Darlingtonia for several months now, and they seem to be doing well. I have a thread on a different forum updating my experiences. Here is a link to that thread for those interested. To summarize, our summers here are hot, and I figured Darlingtonia would not thrive. To...

Let me proceed this by saying I am a horrible forum poster. But I am going to give this a go, to chronicle my new 10x12HFGH. I have wanted a greenhoing use for years (probably close to 12). I have always been held back by a lack of usable space to install a GH. About a week ago I finally...

Hi everyone, I just built this terrarium out of a sheet of acrylic that I had lying around. I know it’s small, but it was a fun project to do, and it will work for the plants I’m growing at the moment. It’s in an east facing window, so it will get morning light from 6:30ish til noon (in the...