winter

Hey all, just wanted to share one of my setups. If anybody has any questions I would be happy to elaborate on particularities. The LEDs are 1:2 ratio of cool white to warm white, with one neutral white for viewing pleasure. I fertilize with coffee every 1-2 months. Sphagnum is slowly turning...

I can already tell some plants are hitting the slow decline to dormancy, and the rest will probably slow down soon too. Because everything is outside in natural light, or behind a window with the same, even the Neps stop pitchering for the season once the hours of daylight dips beneath their...

I was given four Dendrobium orchids that with just labels as a gift/challenge to research and take care of them. From left to right we have a Fancy Angel Lycee, Kingianum, Crepiteferum/Glomeratum, and a Gold Star. As you can see, they're rather young and won't flower for a few years, but I...

My grass pink and egret orchids just died back to bulb form. Because they will be inside for the winter, should I dig them up and put them in my refridgerator to keep them cool and rot free, or should I just leave them in the bog garden along with the sarracenia and other things? It seems to get...

Its the beginning of that time of year for me and ..im sure, a few others. WINTER! Though Neps dnt go dormant i do find myself dealing with the dreaded Tiny leaf syndrom during these times when the Neps get brought inside while i seal the windows on the sunporch/greenhouse for my VFTs and Dews...

I have 7 Akai Ryu vfts, and I was thinking about maybe giving or trading away my two largest in the late Winter, just before they really start coming out of dormancy. I wanted to get a feel for the general interest in these plants though, whether I should make the necessary preparations over the...

So I am in Minnesota and I found out that it's best to have lowland or intermediate nepenthes. No one told me this. Before I thought my conditions were more that of lowland but I was wrong. All I have for nepenthes are two ventracosa plants. Are there any highland or intermediate nepenthes...

I started rebuilding my ceph collection last year and this is what I have so far. I keep these on a south-facing windowsill in an unheated garage year round. The amount of late season sun they are getting right now has colored them up nicely. The last four pics are rescues of unknown variety I...

This giveaway consists of some tropical and subtropical plants. NONE of these are reliably hardy for me here in zone 7A. 1. Approximately 12" of stem of Ludwigia sedioides, with extensive roots and at least 2 rosettes. Needs shallow water, from approx 6" to 12", perhaps slightly...

The approaching cold weather finds me with more tender plants than I have room to winter indoors. This giveaway is for a small box full of roughly equal amounts of Water Hyacinth and Water Lettuce, and a handful of Utricularia macrorrhiza. Handy stuff for maintaining a good environment for...

Earlier this year I bought and planted a cupped trap VFT in the large bog. It died back and due to various health reasons the bogs have been slightly neglected, I just spent some time cleaning them out and found a small grouping of VFT's clumping less than 2" x 2" near where the cupped traps...

Marcus's Growlist Cephalotus C. follicularis Dionea D. muscipula typical Drosera D. anglica Kanaele Bog, Kauai, HI D. anglica near Lake Constance, Germany D. "burkeana" (most likely not!) D. capensis albino D. capensis broad leaf [pictures] D. capensis typical D. capillaris D. filiformis D...

So I mostly Grow VFT's with a few Sarracenia, I would love to try my hand at Sundews and Heliamphora but I don't have $500 to drop on growlights right now. There are a few things I have to trade and a few things I want which will be listed at the bottom. If I have any to trade I will put it in...

I know there's not snow on the ground, however I'm starting to feel the dormancy boredom already taking its toll on me. How on earth do people manage not to be bored when their plants are in their dormancy state?!

Hey all, There was some interest earlier this year in my experience growing D. Arcturi. I live in a warm city with 30*c summer days but successfully grow both mature plants and seedlings of alpine sundew, including Arcturi. For my mature plants, this is their third season. The seedlings are...

Hey y'all, like a few others, I too have been lurking here for a while, and finally decided to make a profile to hopefully participate here and there. I'm relatively new to growing CPs, I only have about a year under my belt (I've been growing cacti & succulents for many years, and wanted to try...

Hey TF. I picked up what is definitely a Haworthia and what I'm quite confident is some variety of cooperi. It appears to have a little etiolation. It does not seem to be taking water currently. The leaves are not turgid, however, they do not display wrinkling. It does have roots, and is...

I have found even more volunteer filiformis seedlings in my bog. They range in size from about one to four inches in length. I will box these guys up for ONE winner, and I will cover shipping. There are at least 3 plants. They will be shipped bare root. This giveaway is open to all US members...

my camera sucks the rest of ours r blurry best u can do for now Picked them up for a buck no labels at NEC PS show ffirst season growing drosera Im interested in knowing if its temperate or tropical primarily so I can throw all temperate drosera in a planter for winter. I've got a few capes d...

Lately, the insect populations have been decreasing as the impending doom of winter looms near. As a result, I see that the grow chambers are in need of more food. My question to those who answer: What fertilizers do you use on your Asian pitchers, and why? Which brand is better for which...