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Hi Everyone,    My new friend Patrice (in France) and I were discussing an observation of his.  It started out with sars, but it seems the same thing holds true with VFT's and at least SOME native N. American drosera (like angelica, for instance).    Here is the observation:   </span><table...

Hey guys anyone have tips on how to harvest fruitflys?? I've been harvesting fruitflys in my friends garbage can, but I think the neighbors think that I'm strange or a homeless person!!! The things you do for your hobby!!! I use to walk around my neighbor hood with a flashlight and jar but...

I took these photos yesterday. Due to lighting, a few did not turn out very good, or at all. I didn't get a good image from the other side. This is B/W because the color is really off. Looks better in B/W anyway. During these photos, I was about 6 inches from the bee. I wanted a good photo...

Good evening, I'm having all manner of trouble figureing out what's wrong with my terrarium lights. I just built the hood and installed two fluorescent light fixtures that both hold 2 24" tubes for a total of four. They are wired correctly to my power cord. I bought some cord about 12 feet in...

if it goes through the top of my ten gallon terrarium.  It has a hood to keep in humidity do i need the hood. WHat do i do?

Hey everybody, I had a question regarding the usage of Ultrviolet daytime simulation lights on CPs - I have a left over hood and 5.0 UV light from my Iguana days and I was wondering if this would okay to use on my CP terrarium to provide the needed light.The lamp is typically for...

Don't confuse sphagnum moss with sphagnum peat moss. Sphagnum moss and sphagnum peat moss are not the same product. Sphagnum moss is used in the floral industry to line wire baskets and make wreaths. It is the LIVING moss that grows on top of a sphagnum bog. Sphagnum peat moss is used as a soil...

Well, the topic says it all. Anyone else getting condensation inside the hoods of their cobra lilies? I can see the beads of moisture through the "windows." A side note. A wandering ant practically threw itself into this plant the other day--it seemed quite deliriously happy, marching right...

Hi folks, for ages I've been trying to hunt down Slack's original cultivar Sarracenia 'Lochness'. Is there anybody out there who grows it? I know that there are quite a few plants floating around under the name 'Loch Ness' or 'Lochness' -- but all of them seem to be yellow-flowered. Slack's...

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...

Recently I visited my cousins. They are about 4 years old. I watched Bambi with them, and saw the wierdest thing - right when it starts raining the first time, it shows pictures of the rain falling and stuff. It then shows, for a second or two, an insect flying right under the protective hood of...

Recently I visited my cousins. They are about 4 years old. I watched Bambi with them, and saw the wierdest thing - right when it starts raining the first time, it shows pictures of the rain falling and stuff. It then shows, for a second or two, an insect flying right under the protective hood of...

Alright, new green/red bulbs that I've had for two weeks are growing under the 18 inch tube. So I ordered a new hood for my 10 gallon tank. 2 36 watt 6500k bulbs. Grand total of 72 watts of cool light. This hood was made for coral, is it going to cook my little baby traps?

ok i am going to get some CPs to start a terrarium within the next week or two. i dont know if i have already asked about these plants, but here goes. N.Raff. is it a good beginners choice? what about D. Spathulata and D. Adelae? here is the setup. 10 gallon with hood, saran wrap for to keep...

I've come to the horrible realization after looking at my plants tonight that full spectrum flourescents suck.  So now I need something that actually works.  I have a 10 gallon aquarium in a 48" wide by 24" long by 8"deep free standing cabinet. (not sure how much of that is usable space) I could...

Ok guys, I'm going to be setting up a new terrarium using a 15 gallon fishtank for my flytrap (its getting a little too big for its britches and growing like a weed! Um...no pun intended *blush*) and would like to know which other plants were ok to put in there (as far as soil, light, humidity...

I have my darlingtonia outside permanently and it was in its own pot in water. this spring I built a mini bog and put it in there although to contain it a bit I kept it submerged in its own pot. It threw up the two biggest pitchers yet (6") and now all of the pitchers are going a pretty yet...

I have a 36" by 12" aquarium I'd let to set up for CPs but I'm not sure how to top it. Seems like if I just set a shop light on it the humidity and condensation would cause problems with the light.. And an aquarium hood doesn't provide enough light.. Does anybody have any good plans for a...

I'm having a problem with two of my sundews, a spathulata and a capensis. I've had them since April. The spath is dewless, and the leaves look bad, but it is sending up a nice green flower stalk.  The capensis is dewy enough, but it is growing very slowly and looks like it ought to be...

One of the pitchers on my S. 'Evendine' has been stuck half open for a week now. One of it's other pitchers opened fine but it's as if this one started to open and then changed it's mind. The purpurea hood has started to produce nectar as if it was finished but it can't catch anything