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How much water can neps tolerate? How long can the medium be at it's water retention capacity without root rot? I've read that after fertilizing, you must flush the pot with water until it generously flows out the bottom. Will that be too much water and/or cause root rot? How dry is too dry...

Beyond Beginner's Information: Insider's Insight This was originally written for my friend whose interest is piqued in Carnivorous Plants. I've worked very hard on this, but I don't doubt that perhaps I've forgotten anything meaningful or gotten something wrong. Please correct, or add other...

This is a bit of a stupid question but im really paranoid because this is my first "nice" nep. I am not sure where I should place the hamata in my tank. Should it be right in front of the humidifer so that its always getting 100% humidity or can that cause the plant to rot, also the plant gets...

First the disclaimer..... There are as many methods as there are growers. Some grow beautiful helis using methods totally opposite from these. It is not my intention to imply that you must follow these recommendations to be successful. I present this guide as what "I"do and what "I" believe...

I've been reading a while that in cultivation, many dewy pines die after flowering. Why is this? Is monocarpy common in this species in the wild as well? The two main reasons I've heard of is that the plant simply exhausts itself while flowering and setting seed, or that watering it after it has...

I had to revamp my circulation bog. I wanted a way to be able to keep the plants separate and in their own pots so there wouldn't be plants running over each other as they grow. After looking at the pictures Chistof posted from the nursery he recently went to with SeedJar, I started thinking...

So it's been a few weeks since I got my Darlingtonia, and I've been trying to figure out a way I can keep my plant in the sunlight all day without it getting overheated. I decided I was going to create a system where I would have a separate, insulated reservoir that would house a small water...

I recently received a Venus Flytrap and Drosera Spatulata in the mail. They both came pretty banged up. I left them in a bowl of distilled water for about two days, and transplanted both the drosera and flytrap in a clay pot (two separate pots) using only long fiber sphagnum moss. A few...

Perhaps one of the most annoying and frustrating thing for a grower like me staying riiiiight at the equator line of the earth's circumference is dormancy of CPs. It's FRUSTRATING to try growing sarras for a year or two and then they just shrink and....usually die. I've heard of fridge dormancy...

Hi everyone :) I noticed some questions about orchid care, and rather than posting in all of the threads, I figured a single post in a new thread may be a better option. Hope its ok if I do this :) Most orchids are "air" plants, although there are some terrestrial varieties. For terrestrial...

Over the past couple years I've had a bit of a mystery, involving a glazed ceramic pot. It has a pretty, dark, bronzy glaze; it's one of my favorite pots, actually. Two years ago I had a large clump of Sarracenia leucophylla in the pot. It's un-drained, but that just means extra attention...

What's up y'all I thought I might run something by you. I got this ceph a few months ago and after acclimating it, I repotted it. Here's one side of the ceph: (pardon the sand on it... last time I watered some of it splashed up onto the plant and I don't want to disturb it too much by...

Optional soil mixtures for a Venus fly trap can be in a wide range depending on who the grower is here are some mixtures that are best none for planting Venus fly traps in. Also i wouldn't recomend using LFS because it can root rot easily. : One part spahgnum peat moss and one part...

I lost a few plants to root rot last year and this year that I haven't tried to replace yet. Here are ones I lost that I would like to replace. I'm also interested in collecting Alatas with location data. S. Alata, TX S. Amber Flies S. Areolata, Tibbie Bog, Washington Co. AL S. Areolata...

I lost a lot of my temperate collection to fungus gnat larvae and root rot this last winter. One plant I lost was a Oreophila with 26" pitchers. I've never experienced such decimation before, and I don't want to experience it again. I've cleaned my grow area, removed all the old pots full of...

I thought I was an experienced grower, and I am. But I learned I wasn't as experienced as I thought previously. I lost around 99% of my temperate carnivores this last winter due to root rot. :-( To prevent their soil from being waterlogged during dormancy, I punched a drainage hole in the side...

Well, I just lost my favorite flava ornata clone from Prince George Co, VA. I dug it up because I noticed the phyllodia were turning brown along with the main growth point. Sure enough, the entire rhizome was mush. My excellens giant is not looking good either (see attached pictures). Is it...

Hey guys, I started repotting and dividing my Sarrs today, which ended up being more work than it originally seemed.... Anyway, when I finally came to my leuco, I found that the "old" portion of the rhizome was soft and brown. Here is a diagram I made: I ended up cutting away the old...

Hey guys...I heard vandas are the more high temp tolerant orchid soo i decided to go to the nursery and get one.....I have almost 0% experience with orchids so im kinda nervous..Don't wanna it to die..Is it a vanda BTW? Anyway i read somewhere that you give them lots of water but they have to...

To the first person who lives in the US and replies here and PM's me their address, I will send all the gemmae I currently have. I will probably label them into two bags: "scorpioides" and "other", but if I'm in a particularly good mood, I'll label and maybe split up the "other" bag into things...