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Already, the Neps get about 5+ hours of direct, early morning-afternoon sun, and bright shade till the end of the day in my East facing window. HOWEVER, it's rainy today, and this reminds me that the window might not always be the best light source. Especially with how cloudy and rainy Portland...

I've got my mini-bog all setup and will be moving plants that have been growing well under CFLs in a terrarium to outside. I plan on placing the pot on the east side to get some less intense morning sun but am a little weary of placing it on the ground. Any ideas how to keep curious animals...

Hello! So I'm upgrading my grow rack from a makeshift shoe rack conversion to a full fledged, multi-shelved growing environment. Now I must choose the lighting, which will be used for primarily nepenthes and drosera (for now). I know I want florescent, I just don't know which one I really...

I've been thinking about getting an aquatic utric. Should I just put it in a pot full of distilled water and under my 3 26-watt cool white fluorescent lightbulbs? What do they need, ie. what are the requirements for growing them? I want to get Utricularia gibba

I decided to give Streps a try several months ago and picked up a few varieties, and one of my youngins is putting out its first flowers. The colors are so darn vibrant! The camera couldn't quite capture them right, but good enough. I think these are going to be a staple in my collection...

Lately most of my plants have been sprouting pitchers and growing like crazy! My Nepenthes (and a few others) are on the windowsill in my room under a few fluorescent lights, and they have finally adapted to their new home! N. spectabilis x aristolochioides This is it's first pitcher since...

Summer's here and I'm stuck at home. Why not make a paludarium for a small project? I'm using my 10G tank for this project. I had a single 2.5 betta divider that sparked the idea of using those dividers to divide the land and water section. I had to get two more which brought me to 3 dividers...

I have Red Clawed crabs (Sesarmae) and a Lerius Quinesrius. Will it blind them. also will it blind a beardie?

Hi all Four pitchers on my ceph have developed yellow/white bleached sections on the lower parts of the central rib. The ceph in question was recently aquired and was mostly green in colour apart from the peristomes which were red. I've placed it 6 inches under a 24w Cool daylight compact...

Have anyone tried this? by using a magnifying glass on a light bulb to magnify the light intensity to a plant? It would be a cool experiment.. :banana2: of course to magnify the natural sunlight = nuclear death to the plant.

Hi, I'm sure that many of you are aware of my VFT hydroponics experiment that had been running since 2009. That experiment uses an active hydroponics called Deep Water Culture (DWC). Whilst it has been successful, the complexity of the setup may put some people off of trying it, so this year I...

Thanks again for all the prior advice. My Sarr seedling count is now 7 or 8 (out of ~25) so my yield isn't great, but for a first-time-ever attempt, I'll take it. The seeds were the ones Travis (Pyro) harvested and adnedarn sent out in packets; they're a mix from around 80 or so different Sarr...

I successfully germinated about 10 burmannii seeds December 1 through December 10. As seedlings are, they were about 1mm in diameter. Almost two months later, the burmannii seedlings have turned red, but do not seem to be growing - they're still 1mm diameter. 1. They are in 1 part peat to 1...

Hello everyone, in school we were doing a "how to" guide of anything we ant to make it about. I decided to do "how to grow Nepenthes from seed" I honestly don't know why I chose this, because I only have done this once and I didn't even do it the way I explained to do it... and I only have 2...

Cultivation of pygmy Drosera Jan Flísek and Kamil Pásek Pygmy Drosera comprise up a peculiar group that include the smallest sundews - small growth is a typical characteristic of this group. Most pygmy Drosera are found in southwestern areas of Western Australia. Only D. pygmaea is found in...

I've got quite a few seeds from this plant that I'd like to trade off. None of the plants that flowered have died as they were supposed to.. being annuals and all. :p I'm interested in Mexican pings and seeds or specimens of really red dews; but of course if you have anything else you'd like to...

I had something interesting happen and I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience. I have a couple of N. rafflesianas growing in the basement outside of the tanks, and when one of them got a little dry, the leaves closest to the lights promptly yellowed and started showing the...

After all the research I've done and questions I've asked, I have a good idea of how to do leaf pullings properly, but the last part, "planting" them, has a gray area I'm hoping someone can help with. I have two main questions... I used newly-opened traps to make both pullings off of TC...

This stuff is originating in some of my water trays. I use distilled water and the effected pots are under a fluorescent light. Water typically sits in some of the trays for long periods because I don't want to soil to dry out. I can't take a pic because it's clear and I can't get a clear shot...

"Natural hybrid. Very pretty. I did not expect them to be so spectacular as they turned out! We now selected a clone that certainly is one of the most beautiful Heliamphoras I've ever came across." A. Wistuba As this plant has grown it has become one of the most prized Helis in my collection...