nectar

Read about the "Bugweed Method" here. These plants are from seeds I had sown in Feb/Mar 2007. Seeds were from the ICPS seedbank. Seedlings were grown under lights 24 hours 7 days a week and warmed with a seed germinating pad thermostat controlled set to about 81F. Plants were feed sporadically...

So I've seen a few people ask around and I myself have wondered how or why a Bicalcarata will produce the infamous nectar which seeps from the 'fangs'. My time here or elsewhere on the web has yet to produce a solid answer, and my experience growing them also lacks any real findings. But...

Today was an unusually warm and sunny day in Laval, Quebec. Most of the snow was gone from my backyard, and so i decided to give the sarracenias a break from the flourscent lights. i put them outside, and watched closely for a few hours to see if they catch anything. Well, as of 4:30 today, the...

here is a recent update on some of my New an old Neps N. Gothica N."Red Beauty" N. Red Leopard N. Ventricosa x (Truncata x Veitchii) N. St. Galla (this thing has been uzzing nectar for a month now) N. Medusa N.Ventricosa (recoverd from an unknown problem) N. Ampulaira...

This is my baby! she is my lttle baby that I care so much. I Love my Heliamphora Minor, and now its making me more happpy, with a new colorful pitcher! its just nearing a nice nectar spoon! ok so she's not a baby she is an adult heli but hey... I'm a parent Front Newest Pitcher Side view A...

Hello Friends, Well, due to some requests from fellow Heli-addicts, I've decided to write an article on how I grow Heliamphora indoors year-round. Here's a list of the Heliamphora I'm successfully growing at present; H. nutans H. ionasii H. sarraceniodes H. hispida H. minor x H. heterodoxa...

Just took a couple of pics today of some of my larger plants. N. fusca "Sarawak" is starting to try to make uppers I think Not quite an upper, but you can see there's barely any wings on it; I love the look of this pitcher, it's so regal and elegant. I don't even care that these plants are...

Decided to bring out the camera to get a few shots. Enjoy. Ramispina Ventricosa 'red' Spectabilis x aristolochioides inflating its first pitcher under my care (ignore the label on its pot). Sanguinea (it was rimmed with nectar everywhere on the peristome, but I ate it :p) Bongso...

My truncata seems to be hungry:) It has been dripping nectar for a few days. pink panther trying to get out of the trap! peace, Zero

The first shot is my N. Hamata Wistuba clone 1. The pitcher is about 4 or 5 inches. It's been open for about a week and a half and colored up quickly. The other two shots are the newest pitcher to open on my N. edwardsiana. It's about an inch or so long. Just opened up about a week ago. In time...

Hey my plants seem to be doing well right now so I thought i'd make a little update. Sib x hamata Look at the nectar =) Lady Pauline Cutting I got back in July Sanguinea from Andy Glabrata Its over a foot tall lol Inflating about 3 pitchers right now Eppiphitia inflating some...

Does anyone know which pitcher plant has edible nectar? Its mentioned halfway threw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktIGVtKdgwo&feature=related Thanks!

I like how every ridge of the peristome seccretes a little ball of thick necter at the small tooth-like termination. I thought you all might want to see it too. Jimmy :banana2: (Anyone can let me know if they want more pics!)

Yesterday, I noticed that a few of the Heliamphora that I am growing outside had suffered damage to -- or the outright removal of some of their nectar spoons. I recall seeing similar damage to Heliamphora plants in the wild in the 1990s, due to wasps or bees who chewed through the spoons to get...

Today I got my N. ampullaria! It's so cool. Here's a bunch of pictures of my plants. Starting with the amp... Top view Front view. Looks a little like a VFT A little thing was with my N. amp. It looks like a baby nep, but has no roots. I can see a pitcher on it. I stuck it in the media...

Here are a few macro shots of an unfortunate and hungry housefly who happened upon an equally hungry Heliamphora heterodoxa x minor. The insect landed, fed at the nectar spoon (long enough for me to go and grab a camera, well in excess of five minutes), staggered, and fell backwards into the...

Here is a Home Depot rescue from way back, a now four-foot female blooming vine of Nepenthes x ventrata, which has a penchant for attracting bees -- far outstripping that of the other "windowsill" Nepenthes. The subject in the photos lapped away at nectar for a couple of minutes, performed a...

There seems to be a great deal of needless mystique attributed to growing Heliamphora and I am not sure why this should be the case. Growers who will readily cultivate all manner of highland Nepenthes, once only the purview of Kew Gardens and some wealthy nineteenth-century whack-jobs, will...

I just thought I'd post some pics of my plants, since they all seem to like the weather. Somehow my extremely slow closing flytrap catch bugs all on their own. They're eating well. It's also finally decided to open it's flower. Some VFT cuttings. There's parts of the other flower stalk that...

I just observed a green fly actually tumble into the pitcher of a Sarr. leuko. Tarnok. While checking out my mini-bogs, I noticed a green fly lapping nectar under the edge of a hood of a pitcher. It continued moving under the hood until it was centered, and then just fell into the pitcher. I...