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  1. DJ57

    Temperate plant package #2 (Dan796 $20)

    For your bidding pleasure, a temperate plant package consisting of 2 small Sarracenia Dana's Delight divisions from mature flowering plant; 2 Drosera intermedia (no location data); 2 Drosera filiformis x tracyi; and 1 Venus Flytrap Dente variety. All plants shipped bare root. Pics of VFT, D...
  2. DJ57

    Temperate plant package (Rhizomatous $22)

    For your bidding pleasure, a temperate plant package consisting of 1 typical Sarracenia flava division from mature flowering plant; 2 Drosera filiformis x tracyi; 2 Drosera intermedia (no location data), and 1 Venus Flytrap Dente variety. All plants shipped bare root. Pics of VFT, D...
  3. Plant Planter

    Leaf Cutting Care

    In an attempt to clone my now vigorous flytrap, I took a leaf cutting, since it's just the beginning of spring, it's still cold here in northern Ohio, and I don't want to risk my plant, especially since I just discovered that it's beginning to divide. How am I supposed to take care of a leaf...
  4. D_muscipula

    Carnivorous plant jokes, let's hear 'em!

    I thought it would be fun to make a thread where members can create and share jokes about carnivorous plants. I got the idea after thinking one up earlier. I imagine this will be a challenging task, reserved for witty persons. Let's do this! Here's my joke. Q: What did the flytrap say to the...
  5. Plant Planter

    Leaf Growth Issue

    My Venus flytrap is growing leaves, but rather that staying upright, they always arc downward into the soil; other than that they're fine. What might cause this irregularity? My hypotheses are low humidity, low light, bad water, poor air circulation, or my sundew and butterwort making something...
  6. SDCPs

    Goodies for YOUR TYPICAL Flytraps! My for trade list posted

    Please do not PM me. I will not respond. Instead, send an email to the address in the above photo with the subject as "Trade with __your name here__": What I want: Mature Typical Flytraps. I do NOT want multiple clones of the same plant. I want genetically different plants. Priority is given...
  7. RobinGordon

    RobinGordon's Plants

    I'm only a beginner in the carnivorous plant arena but I'm a long time gardener. I have an Albany Pitcher Plant and two Venus Flytrap varieties. They are all growing outside and uncovered at the moment. Temperatures at this time of year are about 15-40 C. The pitcher plant was half eaten by...
  8. JRFxtreme

    floating island experiment

    Last summer I decided to build a floating island for some plants out of a large net pot and some empty drink containers with the idea that I would put it in the lake behind my house. Some info: -The lake water TDS tests at around 170-180 PPM. -Media is around 60/40 to 70/30 perlite/sphagnum...
  9. H

    LF: Venus Flytrap cultivars

    Well its that time of year again where the temperates will be starting to come out of dormancy and Im looking to continue to build my dionaea collection. Here is a list of the Dionaea i am looking to aquire. Please pm me with trades or possible leads as to where i maybe able to find these. Thank...
  10. Ozzy

    Terraforums Cup (Nascar Fantasy League) 8th Year

    This will be the 8th year for the Terraforums Cup. If you have an interest in Nascar, and you think you can beat either me or Elgecko come on and join. All you have to do is sign up (for free) and enter our private league. You'll have to pick 8 drivers a week that you think will gain the most...
  11. S

    Is it to early for?

    Hello I am a newbie here and I only got one venus flytrap but it has set a flower stalk I know I read that you should cut it off but I never seened a flower before on it so I am going to get it grow to see it then will cut if off? but isn't it to early for one to bear did I do something wrong to...
  12. divaskid

    "Scientists discover carnivorous plant using sticky catapulting tentacles"

    Thought someone would find this interesting http://www.sciencewa.net.au/topics/environment-a-conservation/item/1839-scientists-discover-carnivorous-plant-using-sticky-catapulting-tentacles.html Below is copied from the above article..... "The study found the snap-tentacle movement is not...
  13. Veronis

    Water propagation result macros

    A couple months ago I did some water propagation with a few leaf pullings/flower stalk cuttings. They sat under T5's for somewhere between 2 and 3 months before being potted. Here are some macros of them. The "10 days later" photos were taken today. Here are a few still underwater, where...
  14. Ozzy

    Funding a VFT Catalog Project

    The North Carolina chapter of The Nature Conservancy is doing a project to catalog the VFT's in the Green Swamp. They are raising funds to do this. I believe that its vital to the survival of VFT's. Please donate to this very worthy project...
  15. Keith

    Shortbus' growlist (I'm new at this...can you tell?)

    Keiths' growlist Growlist Key "[]"numbers in brackets indicate quantity of plants available for trade, "+"indicates more plantlets started and/or sprouts "*"indicates seed pack/s available for SASE, limit 1 per request while supply lasts, PM for details No brackets = No trade Byblis-Rainbow...
  16. Lil Stinkpot

    Haunted Sarracenias

    Several of the local Masonic lodges are collaborating and putting on a Halloween party with a haunted house. A couple years ago Dory's lodge was in charge of the HH, and I stole a corner and filled it with Sarrs and the super N. ventrata. This year it's another lodge doing it, but I got asked to...
  17. D

    Lewisburg, Tennessee

    Hey, I am Michael. I am new to growing carnivorous plants correctly. I have been interested in carnivorous plants for a long time. I also have an interest in hydroponics, aeroponics, and aquaponics. I want to eventually experiment with hydroponics and carnivorous plants. I have seen several...
  18. Ozzy

    Sad Day......Stanley Rehder has Died

    You may not know his name but you probably know of him. S.Readii was named for him. He did a lot of work for cp's. It's a great loss but all of us that loves cps are better off for the life long work he did. I talked to his daughter a few weeks ago, he'll be missed...
  19. NewspaperFort

    looking to get rid of my tropicals

    for some lovely sarracenia. oooor maybe a flytrap or temperate drosera. i have capensis, (normal and alba) and drosera intermedia, drosera adelae, drosera venusta, some pinguicula. all very lovely plants. only the p. sethos is looking the worse for wear right now. d. affinis but it doesnt look...
  20. sarracenia_X

    Double Dormant Deathcube Rescue

    so, about a week or so ago, while at my local Lowes, i was searching the deathcube rack for a new CP to bring home. thats when i came across one of these "terrarium sets" of course, the plants in these are temperate, and completely unsuitable for a terrarium. and they have apparently also...
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