cultivation

I decided to expand and get one of these which according to the vendor will do well with my lowland nepenthes provided the pot is isolated since it will be fertilized. I received some basic cultivation info but have a few more questions to compare notes: soil mixes? soil ph? fert mix...

'Tis time to pay forward Paul's awesome giveaway from last week. To continue the generosity I am offering a starter "kit" of aquatic carnivores. I will include two or three strands of winter-hardy Aldrovanda, a sprig of Ultricularia inflata, and associated water plants to help level out the...

I've always been interested in taking the superstition and mystery out of the cultivation of CPs. In the past I've had the opportunity to do so from a cultivation angle, now I have more-quantitative tools available. I'll often see discussions of old media coming up. Many repot religiously to...

I believe that Aldrovanda has a (mostly) undeserved reputation for being hard to grow, and I think that is one of the reasons why it isn't as popular as it should be. If the secrets and key components of it's cultivation are shared, in detail and from the experience of successful growers, then...

I'm (extremely) new to the hobby, though my enthusiasm for CP's goes back nearly 20 years (how can that be!?). As such, I've accumulated a teeny-tiny collection, while simultaneously devouring every F.A.Q., discussion, tutorial, opinion, etc. on the cultivation of CP's in general. I also own...

OK, I have got one. Yesterday, I visited the home of a gal in a plant trading group locally. She has a tree that is quite rare locally, but it readily produces seed she says are easy to germinate. Said to grow 18 to 20 feet tall, very cold hardy, fast grower, originally from Mexico. Only in...

If there is any interest, I thought it would be nice to start a thread for discussing aquatic Utricularia, where we can share our setups, pictures of our plants, etc. I will freely admit that this idea came from RL7836's Orchidioides thread, but there shouldn't be much overlap with that thread...

Cypripedium plectrochilum is another small flowering orchid in my collection. I definitely enjoys my cultivation attempts as it doubles annually. This year's flowers. And last years

Up for bid is one G.radians plant. These are also known as Wine Cups. They grow alongside D.cistiflora in the wild and have similar cultivation needs. Bidding starts at $1.00. Winner pays $6.00 for shipping. Some pics of the plants in bloom...

I find it so ironic that many species of Utricularia native to North America are not commercially available in the United States, yet are available from European sources. For example, who has seen Utricularia resupinata, juncea, cornuta, or floridana for sale in the states? It doesn't seem...

I recently received a small N. kampotiana plant that was just coming out of "dormancy", with several basals growing from the rootstalk. I had observed the same plant at a nursery a couple months back. The plant appeared suddenly "crash" and die suddenly. I had heard of this species going through...

While I am mainly interested in hybrids, N. veitchii is probably my favorite of the "pure species" and one I am very interested in growing successfully. A nursery only a couple miles away has several varieties available, N. veitchii "highland" from Bareo and Hose Mtns. locations, N. veitchii...

I've been wondering for a long time why Genlisea is (or at least seems to be) so rare. The ICPS suggests growing them like terrestrial utrics, which doesn't seem particularly difficult to me. And a few sources mention that they can be weedy like terrestrial utrics. Yet I don't know any place in...

It seems to me that there is a lot of interest in sundews of the petiolaris complex but not a lot of information out there. I consider these plants to be some of the most beautiful and interesting of all Drosera, if not all plants. They continue to be rare in cultivation and expensive to buy...

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...

Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, volume 43, number 1, March 2014 is available for download as a PDF for ICPS members on the ICPS web site: http://icps.clubexpress.com/ Because of a delay at the printer, hard copy will be mailed to members in mid-March. CONTENTS In memory of Geoff Wong Observations...

When I have a greenhouse I'm going to let one of my hamatas grow as large as it wants to. I'll only make cuttings when a vine is mostly brown and the growing point is suffering for it. It occurred to me that I've never seen a large hamata before. The photos people post are almost always of...

Hi guys, Lets address it point by point: 1) I have been off the grid for a long while. Haven't been around any forums for over 6-8 months. Same old story...plants going downhill and loosing interest. But recently, I got a call from my local hamilton RBG to give a 1h+ talk on carnivorous plants...

Hello everyone, It is with great pleasure (and relief) that I would like to announce the publication of a 40-page paper that summarizes 23 years of field work with the Drosera villosa complex in Brazil. I think I wrote the first draft of this article back in 1997, but the writing only truly...

Hey Y'all! I'm back from college and my plants aren't even dead! :-O Anyways, these guys have been sitting under their lights in plastic tupperware bins with the bottom full of about a half inch of water for the past three months. No other care was given, only water and light. N. singalana x...