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I have had bad luck or skill doing this. They either get drowned by a signiicant rain storm and rot to death or shrivel into nothingness. Can anyone suggest a way to safely keep them outside for the growing season?

Not sure if this goes here, but, whatever. I'm interested in acquiring some LSM so my Cephalotus looks nicer, as the plant itself looks good but the dirt and dirty moss around it makes it look more unappealing. My one try at growing it failed. I received a very small amount of LSM in bags from...

while repotting my new VFT, i cut off two rotten leaves. now in its new pot, i noticed the edges of one petiole are curled underneath the rest. i lifted the leaf and saw the edges had turned black and mushy. the trap and rest of petiole look great. should i just go ahead and remove the whole...

My Cephalotus recently lost 2-3 pitchers, and has put 3 in their place, it's starting to clump. Amongst this clump I'm noticing a lot of things I haven't seen before, smaller mature pitchers sort of hidden, a few non-carnivorous green leaves below it all, and, something else. I noticed a very...

I Decided to plant a bunch of seed i had in the fridge from 11-16 years ago. I planted some P. macroceras seed that was collected 5/02/1993, and of course it ALL sprouted. I have tried to grow P. macroceras from seed in the past and it always died. About a week after germination the seedlings...

I've been attempting to sprout P. gypsicola leaves, following Joseph Clemens' advice. I have tried sealed baggies of slightly moist media, as well as placing them on top of exposed media. I get good results with every other Mexican ping.... except this species. Mine nearly all rot. This time I...

Ok to get it to grow and keep growing it needs to stay wet right. If you let it dry out then it gets bad. So there are places that use just that to pot neps, helis, and some others. My question is would it be good to use it only for a medium for the whole pot? Would it rot out say a hamata or...

Dishing the Dirt on CP soils There is a lot of controversy over just which soils are best for certain types of CP's. Some growers prefer perlite, some prefer sphagnum, some plants just really don't seem to care, so exactly what is it that makes a type of soil good for CP's? Read on and...

Dishing the Dirt on CP soils There is a lot of controversy over just which soils are best for certain types of CP's. Some growers prefer perlite, some prefer sphagnum, some plants just really don't seem to care, so exactly what is it that makes a type of soil good for CP's? Read on and find...

Two posts in one day, that's a lot for me. Anyways... my N. x Velvet is finally pitchering since purchase, but right now it kinda just looks like a twig in the ground. It was obviously a cutting, and I would really like it to get bushier. As mentioned in a previous post of mine, the base of...

After traveling home for Christmas time, I was finally able to pull up my N. x Velvet, take care of my buggy problem, check the roots for rot, and repot. The darkening of the plant base was most definitely just the plant getting woodier. The dark area was very stiff/hard and is apparently a...

Research Growing Epiphytic Utrics Hi all, I've been looking around for epiphytic utrics for a while now. Epiphytic utrics are apparently difficult to grow. In the wild they grow on mossy rock faces with “bare peat and sphagnum” , shaded by trunks and branches. Water dries up...

I have a venus flytrap in a small, 2 1/2 inch pot. I got him about three weeks ago. should I repot him into a bigger prevent to prevent root rot???? In the pic, it looks like the center of the plant is black, but it's really just dirt. And most of the traps are closed because one is dying, and...

Thats right, this is the first time a plant remain can be 100% positevly confirmed to originate from the family. http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070827/full/070827-4.html A close-up

Hi guys, I am sooo freaking confused. My ceph was looking sooo good for a while. I only had 2 adult pitchers...I know..these gave me confidence that inspite of a burnt growth point...the plant may come back. But early this week ...actually on the 23rd .. the unthinkable happened. :-( ??? This...

I just received a couple of neps whose pitchers have begun to blacken due to the acclimation process. I'm kinda torn between letting the pitchers rot away and trimming off the pitchers which clearly aren't going to recover. My reasoning is just that blackened pitchers don't really stand much of...

One more Nepenthes seed germination guide. This one is unique, but if you know Dave Evans, you know this really works for him. He would not recommend something he has not tried. Cheers, Joe Dear Nepenthes Cultivators, Nepenthes start their lives as extremely small babies. This letter is...