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So.. I've been thinking about this for awhile. And Brokken's most recent updates have fueled my want to get this underway. I want to lessen the light intensity from my T5's. My moss is burning, my plants are slighty sun burnt, and I feel they'd grow and pitcher better with less INTENSE light. My...

I was repotting some pings today, I set some of my extra's aside for trades. I would like to trade these for species I do not currently have. My grow list is in need of updating. For that I apologize. I am open to all pings. Just shoot me an offer! Not looking to capitalize here but I...

Alright, exciting day for me as I finally received the TDS meter I've been waiting for to 'test the waters'. I've heard good things about water quality on Long Island so I was optimistic with it being low. I tested multiple locations allowing water to run for 10secs and had some interesting...

The pitcher plants in this pot are up for auction. It is the pot with the flowers directly next to the thread-leaf sundew. These are from divisions back in winter. Once these plants are established for me they become robust and vigorous. It contains a S. x chelsonii and a hybrid I call S...

I found this. And I love it. My mom and I cried because we were laughing so hard. I copy/pasted directly from http://www.floridaspizza.com/2010/11/15/so-you-want-to-move-to-florida-part-1-the-weather/, only because I wanted to make my own annotations and had to clean up the colorful language...

starting to get a tad torqued over this whole Obama birth certificate issue and "news organizations" not doing their due diligence..... first let me say nothing would make me happier than it proved a fake and think its absolutely stupid and disgraceful it took Obama 3 years to release it...

Up for grabs is a small division of S. leucophylla 'Schnells Ghost'. See the red circle below. If the price gets above $30, the larger growth point directly above the red circle will be included. Winner pays shipping ($6 or so) US Only Bidding to start at $2 Note: Schnells Ghost is not...

Here I'll offer a forever membership to the Thank You group. For as long as I'm running the thank you membership you will have it! No expiration. I don't see the feature going away, but I never know what will happen years down the road... And the features always have the possibility of...

In order to participate in the 2010 NASC auction, you are REQUIRED to read the Rules below for both listing and bidding. By making any posts in the Auction Forum, for either donations of items or bids on items, you acknowledge that you have fully read and understand these rules and you represent...

I lost a few plants to root rot last year and this year that I haven't tried to replace yet. Here are ones I lost that I would like to replace. I'm also interested in collecting Alatas with location data. S. Alata, TX S. Amber Flies S. Areolata, Tibbie Bog, Washington Co. AL S. Areolata...

Hey everyone, Here is my new idea for cooling my highland terrarium. Essentially I've just taken a 6000 btu a/c (I got for free off kijiji), opened it up, removed the evaporation fan, moved the temp sensor off the rad. Then I bent out the front cooling radiator so that I can insert it into my...

Has anybody tried using decomposing granite for mexi ping media? Do you think it would theoretically work? What are the goals for the media, as in what do the pings need? The reason I ask is because I am growing many dewy pines in DG, and 1 directly on a DG slope. Could Mexican pings like...

My success and appreciation of leaf-pulling as a propagation method for Mexican and other tropical Pinguicula species and their hybrids has gradually improved as I spend more time and gain more experience working with the technique and modifying my methods to discover nuances to its...

Dear Friends, I hope you all have had a pleasant start to 2011. As you may be aware, Redfern Natural History Productions has raised and donated over US $ 8,000 to support the work of Meadowview Biological Research Station in the conservation of the habitat of Sarracenia and other carnivorous...

I believe that anyone interested in cultivating this fascinating species should read this report, first: Report on Drosophyllum lusitanicum in habitat Below are two quotes taken from this report: "Soil on the south coast of Spain is sandy or loamy, slightly acid to neutral, lime-less and poor...

Hi Folks: We just posted the latest video of ongoing restoration work on our central Virginia Preserve. Please check it out on our Facebook page at...

Hi guys, I figured I might show off something that I was surprised to see work sooo effectively. May be helpful for a lot of people in the future who plan to try and grow these from seed as well. A little while back ie., we did a BCP order where I ordered some B. reducta, B. tatei and catopsis...

Hi there, So, I've had reasonably good luck with germination Dionaea and Drosera seeds, but I'm having a nightmarish time with Sarracenia... Here are the approaches I've tried: 1) Seeds in damp paper towel, in ziploc bag in refrigerator for four weeks. Result: Mold everywhere Conclusion: WAY...

So, some of you may recall I had set up my 29 gallon tank from fish to planted and shrimp. It did well for a while until hydra showed up, so I did this contraversal dog de-wormer treatment which worked perfectly on killing the hydra. But despite water changes over the next month things took a...

Hi, I successfully grow a Sansevieria trifasciata on my office desk. It's a brightly lit office with a four tube 4ft flourescent fitting directly above my desk. Are there any CPs that would be suitable for growing in such an office environment? Whilst bright, I guess that to a plant it would...