media

....aaaand they're off! S. alata (UGA clone) This is a 20+ year old clonal colony. The pitchers are sexy after they mature, but until then they're a little weird and wavy this year. It may be that I need to refresh the media.

As a part of an assignment for school, I'm supposed to create a website with guides for growing all sorts of different CPs in south Florida, I wanted to hear from people who grow CPs here how they do it, watering, media, if certain species require different growing conditions than others, i.e...

The incident of having a couple of common Jade Plants survive outside last winter just outside Philadelphia got me interested in succulents, and a short while later I discovered this plant. It's very rare in the US, but fortunately my interest coincided with a seed order from South Africa where...

Found a few of these guys creeping around my Ceph media when I was watering today. Help with ID would be greatly appreciated.

Do any of you growing Pinguicula gigantea use dolomite/coral/eggshells in your media? Does P. gigantea benefit from an alkaline media?

After speaking with several members here among other growers, I have realized that there are more misconceptions about successfully growing these plants than I had thought. I wrote the care sheet below last year for the NECPS members to use as a guide for their cultivation and I hope that it can...

So a coworker of mine who also has a green thumb is considering trying to grow with a vertical wall in a dimly lit back wall of his kitchen. He also doesn't want it to illuminate the whole room. I suggested that a backlit wall, with multiple tiers for media jutting out from it, might be...

I've had best results with using a LFS-based media for Nepenthes. So far, I have been buying the little ZooMed LFS bales, but I'm wondering if there is a better source cost and quality-wise. The ZooMed LFS is okay, but it tends to have a more "crumbly" texture than I'd like, and it takes a long...

I'd been growing this species (Pinguicula emarginata) for several years, having a large population of them, all derived from a single original plant. I enjoy this species, one of the homophyllous growth types, and one that doesn't do well unless kept continuously moist, more like the...

Just repotted my first cephalotus, from Borneo exotics, and potted a few leaf pulls I was lucky enough to receive from RSS. Based on what I've read, I used a mixture about equal parts pumice, perlite and sand mixed about 50/50, and peat. Does anyone have any cautions or suggestions? I...

It really doesn't matter what media (in this case half silica sand and half coral sand) I use, it is always wet. That's because I keep my potted Mexican/equitorial Pinguicula in plastic trays, and I keep the water levels in the trays, near the top of the media levels in the pots. I do this...

Here is a pic of one of my Pinguicula cyclosecta in a 3.5 inch pot. The plant is transitioning to winter leaf form. The media is pumice with a little silica sand mixed in. The dark surface on the media is a film that forms, over time - it is likely a mixture of bacteria/algae and other...

So I have an unid'd nepenthes that has been on a window sil for a few years now. It has two growth points, and the odlest one is now like a foot or so of dead vien with a few healthy leaves at the end. Recently, it seems like the newer leaves are gettign smaller and smaller. Any advice? Should I...

I have a large Enfant Terrible in an eight inch pot. It's completely colonized the pot since spring '14 and I was hoping it would flower but it hasn't yet. The potting media is a blend of long fiber sphagnum, perlite, and orchid bark. The pot is normally in my grow chamber 6" away from two t5...

A challenging year for Sarrs in Colorado Front Range. Three hail storms flattened the plants in May and June. They have rebounded since and should be in good shape to survive the winter. Next spring will be time to divide and replant with fresh media as things are getting a little crowded...

I picked up two vials of FF yesterday to start up cultures for seedlings, spider slings, etc. Despite both of them being labeled as "flightless", I got a vial of both flightless and wingless, so...bonus? Anyway, the recipe I used was the simplest one I could find. Instant potatoes, powdered...

...jar. A Christmas tree shaped jar ended up in my garage. It was probably meant to go to storge with the other three tonnes of Christmas periphernalia but didn't make it. I have decided to repurpose it for plant culture, specifically Aldrovanda. Paul (pearldiver) got me started with this genus...

The reason I am parting with this is I am expected a new bical very soon....a marudi so they are practically the same and I will need the space. This is one of my first nepenthes which fit and grew inside a small *** fish tank at one time. lol. Far as trades go I do not very have much I am...

School is fast approaching, ushering in my typical forum absence. I don't often post pictures of my outdoor collection, but taking pictures is a good way to pay some attention to them. Most of these plants are thanks to the generosity of fellow TFers. :hail: Darlingtonia One of my Sarracenia...

Hi guys, I wanted to make a nice little living room display piece with a Cephalotus follicularis. Here is what I have accomplished so far. I must say I did not expect it to go down this route. I thought it will definitely crash before getting here. I will hopefully update this thread with...