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Hello Friends, Here's some interesting photos showing pedicels decending via pulvini in Byblis gigantea. Pedicels in Byblis that move via pulvini was first documented in June of 2008 with B. 'Goliath'. Let's start with a photo taken before pollination; And now, some photos of the pulvini...

My wife is a botany professor and runs the greenhouse on campus, so I get to "hijack" space in there for myself! Here's some shots i took earlier today. I apologize now for any lighting issues or photo quality. My camera sucks and it's hard to tell how a photo turns out until after I look at...

This Year, I Used The Garage Dormancy For The First Time. Today I Took Out My Plants... So Far, None Are Dead!!!!!! I just Have One Question. There Is A white Substance on the pitcher of my lady bug. Should I just cut off the pitcher(as far as i know, its not an insect) or what? I will have pics...

Just wondering if anyone else has read the latest National Geographic magazine? There is an article about carnivorous plants. The pictures were great and the article was about how carnivorous plants work (i.e. insect consumption, leaf specialization, etc.). Touched on venus fly trap poaching...

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...

I've always heard it was possible to overfeed a VFT and that it could cause death of some or all traps, smaller traps, and slowed or halted growth; I decided to do a small experiment based on these claims out of curiosity. The short result: Yes, the claims are true. ;) The long result: I...

I decided to take a more detailed look at Cephalotus morphology and document it the best I could with photos. This is not for the weak of heart, as one Ceph was harmed during the making of presentation. ***Note photobucket seems to be having a hard time with either my photos or the site...

I thought this was Very Helpful when it was sent to me . An thought i would share it if it's ok with yall . (MAYBE it can be a Sticky for future help ) An for those of you who dont Know here is the difference between Male , an Female Hope this Is Helpful Good Luck Daren

G'day everyone, Just have a quick question for you all. Among the numerous spiders which happily co-exist in and around my Nep collection there is, I have just discovered today, a funnel web. I am happy for the rest of the spiders to live inside my Neps, as they are harmless and have a good...

I have a Schultz Insect Spray for Indoor/Outdoor insect spray. It's #1 ingredient is Pyrethrin, right afterwards are Piperonyl Butoxide, and "other ingredients" (99.9%). I have an infestation of SOMETHING. For a very long while I ignored them as they appeared to be springtails and harmless...

Zip lock bags - KEEP THOSE FLIES AWAY We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast, and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to notice a couple of zip lock baggies pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water...

I was looking at one of my outdoor neps today and noticed something strange on one of the tendrils but no where else on the plant. I suspect they may be some sort of insect eggs but I've just really never seen something like this before. Anyway I cut the tendril off to be safe but if someone can...

It's my pleasure to announce that the NECPS will be hosting STEWART MCPHERSON as a guest speaker at our annual cookout! Stewart McPherson is a world-renowned geographer, explorer, conservationist, and authority on carnivorous plants who has studied at the University of Durham in England, the...

Ugh. I'm still losing some of my smaller Sarracenias due to rhizome rot/melt/fungus/something. This summer has been unbearably hot and dry. At the past advice of one of our veteran Sarracenia growers--Bugweed--I've started growing my plants in undrained plastic tubs. About 2 years ago, I...

I saw the author of this book on The Daily Show tonight: THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES http://www.amazon.com/Dangerous-World-Butterflies-Subculture-Conservationists/dp/1599215551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1245305108&sr=8-1 It seems that to John Stewart and the author it's somehow...

I figured I'd ask here and see if I could work out a trade, before I start looking around for these online. I have a few things I can trade, depending on the offer. Extra entomology paraphernalia would also be considered! :p Thanks!

One of my grab-bag plants has the ends of all the new pitchers curled under sort of like a fern. It's the only plant doing this, is this common for a certain variety? I can't see any evidence of insect damage. I'd post a photo if I could figure out how.

Hey, I'm new to this whole thing. Got the Dionaea given to me, I have tried to research it to the best of my ability. Just when it feeds, It says everywhere it should take a few days to digest and leave the insect skeleton. But mine usually opens by the next day, and nothing remains. Now I'm not...

Not sure if you have heard of these little buggers. They are a larval form of lacewing like bugs in the genus Myrmeleon. They dig these small little funnels in sand that collapse very easily so when an insect like a Formica worker to fall into its waiting jaws. My species seems to pupate in late...