sphagnum

Figured I might as well put up a photo thread of my humble collection since I'm taking pictures anyway for records. Let's start with N. rafflesiana x ampullaria. The supplier said that despite its heritage it was growing well with the other highlanders. I don't doubt them given the altitude...

In about 1968, when I was living in Westminster, California. I was an avid organic gardener, In the back yard, I had an organic vegetable garden, not very large (about 10' x 40'), but it contained a large variety of plants. I had two bee hives atop a grape arbor. I also kept a rooster in one...

blended (put through a blender) sphagnum moss vs peat moss is there any difference other than the sphagnum being cleaner?

Well, I started noticing black dots on my plant a few days ago. Now I realize it's bug poo... I think. Then this morning one of my leaf looked really efed up, so I started taking a closer look. BAM, found his little sucker. He also ate some of my baby pitchers and leaf.... :( Sooooo, is it...

I bought a few Petrocosmeas recently. They are relatives of African Violets, except they are cool-growing for the most part, coming from the mountains of Southern China and Southeast Asia. I was particularly in intrigued by the amazing rosettes of those I saw in the cool house at the SF...

I've decided to consolidate all my photos of wild carnivorous plants and other associated flora into 1 thread. So far, I've visited bogs from Maine to Florida, I'm hoping to add a West Coast trip this summer. This 1st bog, an Atlantic White Cedar Bog is almost within Boston city limits. It...

Begonia bogneri is a very odd Begonia, as its leaves are grasslike, and it's a miniature. It's a plant from a warm, wet part of Madagascar. It's tuberous, although it does not have an obligate dormancy, grown indoors. For whatever reason, it's gotten a reputation as a difficult plant, tends...

So long story short I recently received a robcantleyi x hamata with a relatively fragile root system that I suspect was damaged during the whole unpackaging/potting process. It's been about a week and the growth tip is visibly progressing but the bottom most leaf is now yellow. Probably due to...

Hello there everyone, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions of re-potting? I have two Nepenthes what i believe to be Mirandas in the same pot and was curious if there is good way to go about this? Any suggestions would be welcomed. The medium i plan on using is dead sphagnum moss and...

I deflask and grow darlingtonia in perlite and pure water. So far so good. There's no mold & bacteria and they seem happy. Next step will give them a very little fertilizer or amino acids. If they don't like it then move them to sphagnum moss. :banana2:

For many years I have been growing Sphagnum mosses as a medium for my carnivorous plants, so naturally one gets an acquaintance with other mosses that spring up. I also. annually, go around the local terrestrial orchid population and attempt to photo-document them and whilst doing so come across...

I recieved this plant in a give away a couple of weeks ago. It just sat there doing nothing until last week while i was gone. It has colored up nicely under my lights, it used to be mostly green. It is also growing a few new leaves. This is my first ever heli Pics taken 12/2 The whole plant...

Hey everyone, I've grown orchids and other miscellany, usually including one or two CPs, for a few years. My friend Kevin told me about this forum and I finally joined to learn more about Utricularias, a recently developed obsession. I'm intermittently active on a few of the orchid forums and...

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 I bought this little Rafflesiana a few weeks ago, but Im becoming increasingly worried about the plant. It has a few dead leaves On the lower portion of the stem. I noticed 3 or 4 small fungal growths on the dead leaves, but I decided to check the lower stem as well, just to make sure...

I have a huge collection of Sarracenia. Many are endangered, many are rare, many are from Meadowview Biological Research Station and expensive to buy. Two things have happened in my collection: 1) They keep reproducing, so I have run out of space 2) I am moving from the Midwest to Arizona and am...

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 started a lot of seeds I got form ICPS a few months ago. Some haven't germinated yet, while other, particularly D. tokaiensis, are taking off. However, being started on shredded sphagnum, some of this has come to life and it rapidly outgrowing most of the germinated species. Will the...

Hi! I just finished deflasking and potting up a bunch of orchids, and after filling all the allocated space I find myself with quite a few smaller seedlings left over. I'll say 10, because there are at least that many I have no question are viable. They're a Catasetum type hybrid, genus...

Hey guys, I received this plant last week but was out of town until today. I wad told that it's source is kind of notorious for pests. There are these brownish black spots on the underside of leaves and stalk. I tried to scrape one off and couldnt so it seems to be in the leaves. Im going to hit...