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  1. Ozzy

    Fertilizing nepenthes

    I bought some orchid fertilizer. It's Jack's classic from J.R. Peters, Orchid special 30-10-10 with micronutrients water soluble plant food. After I bought I started getting worried if it was ok to use or not. I have never used fertilizer on any of my cp's. Is this ok to use on my nepenthes and...
  2. swords

    Trillium & tigridium

    I just purchased some bulbs of Trillium grandiflorum, Trillium erectum & Trillium sessile 'Luteum'. I was inspired the geometrical look of these little woodland plants. How often do they bloom? Is it only once or continuous with good fertilizing? The package says they're easy and there is a...
  3. goldtrap2690

    Goldtraps cobra lily care sheet

    I'm planning on writing a book and I need you opinion on this care sheet made by me . if it is a good care sheet then enjoy                                           INTRO : The cobra lily ( Darlingtonia Californica ) has been proven to be one of the most difficult cp's to cultivate becuase if...
  4. goldtrap2690

    Goldtrap's sarracenia care sheet

    For those that have just began growing sarracenia you might wanna take a look at this, and for the professionals that grow thi plant please give me comments and anything that is wrong with it: INTRO: The North American pitcher plant (Sarracenia) is the 2nd most well known cp in the world. I...
  5. swords

    N. ramispina pitchers getting smaller not bigger

    I've never had such a thing happen before with any of my plants but there seems to be something fishy going on with my N. ramispina. Since I've had it the first pitcher made in my chamber was nice 1 1/2" tall very dark brown with black spots the second real nice (bigger & nearly solid black)...
  6. swords

    Paph surprise

    I had bought a couple Paph hybrids at Target last summer, both with only one growth and one flower. The dark mottled leaf one has done OK and made a second growth but the light green mottled leaf one has made an incredible 4 growths and one small 2" high offshoot that I potted seperately as it...
  7. swords

    Cephalotus lids waaay up

    I was startled today by something weird. The lids on my cephalotus are sticking 90* straight up and down (meaning the mouth is wide open) instead of "gracefully" arching over like they normally do. What do you suppose would cause this? Are they hungry?   I have not fed this plant anything...
  8. T

    Silicon

    I was speaking to an orchid grower the other day, and now days they seem to be fertilizing with silicon to make leaves more ridgid and less fungus sensitive. Do any of you pros use silicon to make the pitchers last longer? When I was a young 'un silicon wasn't exactly on the "necessary...
  9. T

    Variety in diet

    If one were to forgo fertilizing neps and try to keep 'em healthy by prey, would you have to occasionally switch spps? I ask because I'm a beekeeper, and in warm weather 2 or 3 thousand bees can die of old age every day, and there are always lots of dead bees outside my hives. It would be hard...
  10. swords

    Cephalotus leaf/pitcher cuttings

    I'm trying a Cephalotus leaf cutting in my lowland Nepenthes tank, it's planted in the N. bical's pot (wether it's rooting or not I can't tell cos so far nothings happening but the leaf is still healthy after two weeks) . All the books say this is a reliable way to make a new Ceph plant and I...
  11. T

    Fertilizing

    I know that it's not reccomended to fertilize your VFT, but I've heard of people fertilizing theirs. If you've fertilized, what kind did you use? Did it make your plant improve? By the way.. I have a baby Common Venus Fly Trap and I added a fertilizing stick to the soil and it's doing excellent...
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