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I have a few of these LED shop lights and use them over my Poison Dart Frog Terrariums. The leafy plants grow just fine. Feit Electric LED Utility Shop Light - - Amazon.com You can get these at Costco. The light output 3700 lumens, life approximately 50,000 hours, color temperature 4100 degrees...

Hi there, I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions for other books to help out with growing carnivorous Plants. I already have the Savage Garden by Peter D' Amato. If anyone has suggestions or a list I would love to hear them.

These are the photos from my recent trip. Many more to come, but for now we'll stick with Rehder garden flytraps. Enjoy! Share.Pho.to | This photo set was shared via Share.Pho.to

There was an area in the garden that was very shaded. Acers, Azalea (big) and bay surrounded it. I also have rain water storage there. Last year I introduced some large leaf Arisaema to some large tubs I removed the bases off and used as raised beds. By now I hope you have the picture of just...

Hey all, I'm going to Holden beach for a week this Sunday, and it's only about twenty minutes (14 miles) from the Green Swamp Preserve. I'd like to ask for any good trails you know to hike that have a good chance of CP sightings. I'm also going up to Wilmington for a while when I'm there, and I...

Today I was putting together a package for a member here and decided to do a second one for a giveaway. Here's your water garden in one bag. Here's what you will get: 1. sprig Japanese Aldrovanda 2. two Cyperus plants, one a rooted plant the other a cutting...

I visited the Oregon Garden in Silverton, Oregon for the first time yesterday, expecting to find a number of different CPs. Here is what I was able to locate: A small bog next to the children's garden in the "weird plants" section. The plants look quite new and not particularly healthy to...

It's getting to be that time of year again folks, time for the 12th Annual Fall Carnivorous Plant Show sponsored by the New England Carnivorous Plant Society ! We will be hosting the show at a new venue this year, the Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts ! The show will be held...

I found one of these on a rhododendron yesterday. Though it's apparently common, I've never seen one before and it is easily the largest spider I've found here in Oregon with a body about an inch long. The vast majority of web-weaving spiders I see here are I believe Araneus diadematus - the...

Spotted this one on today's peramble. Quite nice colouring on this one. She was more interested in eating than posing for the camera though.

Hey folks. I'm very new around here. This is my first attempt at CP. I've made the classic hobbyist mistake that I've scolded so many fellow reefers for doing, which is buying livestock before you research. Luckily I didn't mess up too bad I recently picked up a S. Purpurea, and a VFT from...

I'm looking for any first hand cultural experience, particularly germination, with Melegueta Pepper, Aframomum melegueta. Although the seeds are growing in popularity as a spice, the plant itself is very uncommon in cultivation here. I suspect that those who work in a botanical garden or similar...

Hello there. This forum appears to be a great resource. I am COMPLETELY new to this hobby with zero experience with bog plants and carnivorous plants of any kind. I am, however, an avid hobbyist in the aquarium world for many years and seasoned forum user. Wanted to drop by and say hello...

For all of you who were expecting an amazing display of horticultural wonders, I sincerely apologize. A few years ago, I took a trip to DC and only saw a single terrarium housing some light-starved Sarracenia and Dionaea. I returned recently, full of optimism, eager to see to what was hopefully...

As requested here's a couple of pics of my setup for my lone Heliamphora, a heterodoxa x minor. I keep it outside to take advantage of the sun, and to keep it cool in our steamy summer temps I float it in a 180 gal aquarium I use as a water garden. Water temps generally run in the high 70s/low...

Chiranthodendron pentadactylon is a Mexican cloud forest tree that goes by a number of nicknames such as the "Devil's Hand Tree". x Chiranthofremontia lenzii is the hybrid of Chiranthodendron with the common California native bush/tree Fremontodendron. Both are extremely cool trees. I grow...

I basically just cut my sister's Dahlia tenuicaulis to the ground. It needed a little (or a lot) of pruning and rejuvenation. This is a moderately fragrant, magenta-flowered plant, which tends to be bushier than Dahlia imperialis. It also tends to bloom more year round, instead of just...

So I joined this forum over a year ago and never really participated much. However, I've learned alot from the great community here and am hoping to share the little knowledge I have and gain some more! I'm currently in college (Penn State) and spending the summer at my parents farm before...

My Fuchsia boliviana Alba is blooming nicely. It makes a fruit from each flower, which is full of viable seeds. I've counted roughly 200 in the past, although I think it varies. The first fruits are about to plump up and ripen. I expect this will be within a week, roughly. I'll clean the...