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I am primarily a lowland grower, but I've been looking into plants to adapt to my windowsill. I was thinking about a truncata, but I think I want to make my last plant-related investment before college to be in a plant that sparked my interest in CPs: N. hamata. There are two places I think I...

What would you consider to be absolutely necessary for a dream greenhouse? I don't have the finances to build such a structure, but I am looking for advice/things to know before beginning my first greenhouse before too long. In other words, what features have you found to be most essential and...

I was considering converting an aquarium to a terrarium for HL Neps. Less of a production setup and more of a naturalistic display. Since my considering was done mostly at night during our recent heat wave I realized that cooling would be necessary, as the temp of the room I would be able to...

I received a terrarium for Christmas last year and, I'm embarrassed to say, am just getting around to setting it up now. It's got an elegant design, and I've worked out how I want the inside laid out, but could use some help figuring out how to best water the plants. Other suggestions...

Theses days in montreal we experiment extremes temperatures. Today was 41C at 3PM, and tonight will be 23C+ The weather will be like that for 4 more days :-( Its the first time i experiment that, and even with my A/C running directly on my highland tanks, the temp inside remain at 30C ! And at...

bisnicks' Mini-bog container build So recently I decided I wanted to build my own mini-bog container garden. After scouring through forums, I finally decided on how I would be building it. My mini-bog isn't original at all, but a fusion between two of my favorite mini-bogs I have seen on this...

Last weekend I sat down and built a flash diffuser using foamcore, white paper and white duct tape. I wanted something that would be super quick to set-up with the flash mounted directly onto the camera hotshoe (I am a big believer in the KISS principle). The working distance for my 35mm macro...

Hello, I'm very sorry to notify Bob's many friends and colleagues in the CP community that he passed away a few days ago, after a long illness. He was perhaps best known for discovering S. x 'Adrian Slack', describing S. purpurea ssp. venosa var. burkii f. luteola, breeding S. x 'Scarlet Belle'...

I was testing a new flash set-up in my garden the other day and found a few of these tiny flies (Meiosimyza sp.) wandering around on a bracken fern. They were tiny (4-5mm long; about 1/10 inch), colourful and mobile: the perfect test subjects for the flash! I shot the fly at F16, so the...

I've had this plant since last year's auction. I had to transplant it to a larger pot last fall. I read that you should let it dry out a little so I haven't watered it directly for months. Still no blooms! Is there something I can do?

Hi! I'm` in the planning/early construction phase of installing an inground bog garden to upgrade my half barrels. I'm located in SE PA zone 6b, but the area the bog will be located in is a very interesting microclimate. It faces SSE, and is located in the inside corner formed by my blacktop...

Hey everyone, I have a division of "Leah Wilkerson" I would like to trade! My Leah I bought directly from Brooks Garcia in 2005, and it came directly from the Wilkerson bog. (I still have the email paper trail to prove it! :) if anyone would like that along with the plant..) Here is a photo...

I am looking to trade a SG nepenthes jamban. I grew these myself from seed. I have multiple, but am looking to trade the largest one. It was germinated roughly January 2012. It has put on good growth and is approx. 4-5" across now. The little pitchers are starting to get a little shape. I am...

Hi! I have available a bunch of 48" Hagen Glo T5 reflectors. These will clip directly on to any T5 bulb, such as in a shoplight style fixture, and greatly increase the amount of light getting to your plants. I currently only grow outdoors, so I'm looking for any temperate CPs and associated bog...

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For a while I used a 10-gallon tank with water (distilled) at the bottom and an aquarium heater for my Ampullaria and Bicalcarata. The plants were perched atop upside-down flower pots; they're quite young so this setup worked. Recently, however, I acquired a great many more adelae (which also...

Dionaea muscipula : Regular (type) Akai Ryu Big trap red pirhanna Sawtooth all green Red line South west giant G10 Dingley giant Clone H13 "Blood red arced traps" Clone Z05 "All red", traps and petoles all dark purple (MK) "UK Sawtooth 2" Dentate Shark Tooth Clayton's Volcanic...

Here's to elder dogs everywhere. They may no longer have a spring in their step, their hearing may not be very acute, but their sense of duty and loyalty to their family never fades. Tonight Liam(my 2 and a half year old grandson) was climbing on the step stool in my kitchen. Neither Liam's mom...

Hello. Jeremiah generously gave me some Nepenthes Attenboroughii seeds to try my hand at in vitro culturing. I promised to share any progress, so here it is. I frequent this forum often, so it is only fair that perhaps someone can benefit. Let me preface this by saying that I have never...

ill add a few more slides to this video as the next weeks pass, and it colors up. I have found a direct size response to extra watering , and misting directly on the pitcher to result in mush larger lids, and nicer size pitchers.. . moved to later post in this thread