fungal

this is my third medinilla and i'm having the same problems i had with the previous ones (which eventually killed them both). it looks like some kind of fungal disease but i have no idea what i'm talking about really. i know it wants humidity but can low humidity really do this to a plant ? i...

There is a multitude of flower types and colours available on the thousands of Satsuki varieties available, the main four being: Selfs-single colour, Fukurin-coloured centres with white edges, Sokojiro-white centre with coloured edges and Shibori-which covers all the stripped, half & half...

Here is an interesting article that may be of some aid in TC and in normal grow set-ups. Alternatively can be used as a treatment for fungal outbreaks. Plants should have higher tolerance for near-infrared than the mammalian cells used in the study...

Decided it was time to repot a large x Red Leopard that was overwhelming the chili pepper plant it was growing up. It also needed to be moved because of low light levels on that side of the house this time of year. When I removed its pot (which was inside a much larger pot containing the chili...

Hi all, As winter is soon coming, my cephs are starting to show some good colouration. Most of my collections are obtained from ebay, only 2 from private owner. Cephalotus "Adrian Slack" Red Clone 1 from Ebay Red Clone 2 from Ebay Dark Red clone from private owner Typical Clone from...

After talking with mato in chat and seeing what was going on with his tujuh, I started to get a little worried... a couple of my neps appear to have the same thing or something similar. I just wanted to post a few pics and get some other opinions. Thanks in advance for the help! N. gentle Has...

After five months, the first of my boschiana seed is popping out! I have a quick question though, it seems that for the seed that I spread on peat Moss, there is this fungal growth that is appearing on the seeds. Is it threatening and should I try and remove it? Or is it harmless and I can just...

A number of weeks ago I brought my Cephalotus in from outside, the largest of which had a flower stalk which had finished flowering. Being rather lazy, I decided to just pull the stalk out, rather than cut it, which resulted in me pulling out a length of rhizome, a pitcher and some leaves...

Long story short (not really) the binata was one of the most vigorous growers before I moved back to school. After that the newest leaves just halted growing and I figured it was just stressed (temps spiked to 90F+ and it was a bumpy ride) so I trimmed them off and assumed it would bounce back...

'Big Mouth' grown outside. It had several healthy traps, but recently this brown/black whatever it is has taken over the plant, and rapidly at that. I've cut off several traps and leaves, and yet it spreads. Just a couple weeks ago this was a very healthy plant. 1 part sand, 1 part peat...

Hi guys, I figured I make a new thread on this issue that I am facing. In january..I went away on a vacation for 7 days. I had made arrangements for watering and misting them, but unfortunately, they failed. By the time my parents managed to visit my apartment after 5 days of the 7, the fans...

I have sowed plenty of Sarr seeds to notice that with each batch comes a death rate due to fungal attacks (that greenish blueish fuzz mold). Either before the seeds even germinate or before the seedlings become established some seeds always succomb. I have plenty of air circulation and use my...

Hello everyone! I have tried to germinate Drosophyllum probably 4 times over the years and have never had any success at all. I was kindly given another batch of seeds recently to try yet again. This time I decided to trash the "lightly sand and soak" method and I moved onto cutting a tiny...

I need to purchase a fungicide to lightly spray all my plants that are going in the fridge for dormancy, to prevent fungal growth. Plants to be used on immediately: Sarracenia and flytraps. I do also grow sundew utrics and neps, and plan to have pings in the future. These are the two I'm...

On Aug 10, I received 3 U. humboldtii plants growing together in a pot of live LFS. I separated them into their own pots - 2 into 100% live LFS and the other in a peat, live LFS, sand, aps mix. Since the repotting, all 3 plants have grown well - put up new leaves & 2 of the 3 have also put up...

Helpful Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) Cultivation Advice for Beginners Began this care sheet to help new growers grow these plants in the easiest way possible.I recently purchased some dionaea through mail order and thought I might post some helpful growing advice on these plants for new...

THought this was just a neat pic. Fungal bloom in my window bubble.

I Decided to plant a bunch of seed i had in the fridge from 11-16 years ago. I planted some P. macroceras seed that was collected 5/02/1993, and of course it ALL sprouted. I have tried to grow P. macroceras from seed in the past and it always died. About a week after germination the seedlings...

Here's my Growlist. (((Nepenthes))) 1 N.Gentle {February 16, 2008} 1 N.Sanguinea orange {April 9, 2008} 1 N.Sanguinea orange Lowes {May 12, 2008} 1 N.Speckled Ampullaria{July 25, 2008} 1 N.Bicalcarata{July 25, 2008} (((Nepenthes Hybrids))) 3 N.Ventrata {May 25, 2008} 1 N. sibuyanensis x...

Dishing the Dirt on CP soils There is a lot of controversy over just which soils are best for certain types of CP's. Some growers prefer perlite, some prefer sphagnum, some plants just really don't seem to care, so exactly what is it that makes a type of soil good for CP's? Read on and...