winter

Hi im new to this site and find myself needing help with a issue im having with one of the nepenthes (ramispina genting) i have. It was sent to us in a bag (of course..) and ive been slowly opening the bag since the temps have gotton good, ive been doing it with the other plants we have as well...

I had a rough winter, for a variety of reasons and am trying to get some plants back into the collection: I lost all of my VFT's and cobra lily, D. adelae, D. prolifera, D. falconeri, D. ordensis,... spatulata, capillaris, rotundifolia, intermedia, burmannii. gypsicola, cyclosecta, gracilis...

A winter growing Disa, it requires a dry summer rest. The buds seem to take forever to open. One not to grow in a Sarracenia lagoon.

OK yes I did edit the background, the rest is real though. Leaving them in the cold greenhouse all winter didn't do much harm did it :-O

I have had this N. ventricosa (arist x thorelli) for a long time now, about 7-8 months. I originally got it from Paul as a generous gift, and when I first got it, it was green like its sibling. However during acclimation it soon turned cherry red, and I thought it was just horrible sunburn, as...

I got a Drosophyllum at the BACPS show on Saturday, and I would like some advice on how often to water it. It is in the same two-foot terracotta pot as my old one which died. The pot is about two feet tall as well. The medium is equal parts of perlite, sand, peat, and vermiculite although...

In my pot of Alocasia Poly, this thing has sprung up. Growth has been rather slow -- it first appeared sometime this winter. It has never produced any leaves. Each branch simply bifurcates every so often. I haven't repotted Poly in at least a couple years, so if there was a dormant seed in the...

OK here's Fred with another wort. I have a couple of quarter trays with this fern in and can see immediately that it is super easy to identify in the wild. That's once you've knelt down on mud and decided that the mass of green growth isn't grass or reed and your high power loupe hasn't steamed...

I lost quite a few plants this winter but I have a Sarracenia that is sending up much smaller pitchers than usual. Should I dig it up and cut away the part of the rhizome that is dead or should I just leave it be. I'm a bit concerned that the dead part may have some kind of 'rot' that will...

Hi, I have been busy gathering information about my plant, specifically regarding dormancy requirements. I came across the following about P. emarginata: "The Tropical Homophyllous species have the simplest requirements. They have no dormancy, and only have one type of leaf-form" Souce...

I'm offering two rooted cuttings of this red flowered, non fragrant spring blooming orchid cactus. The mother plant will be blooming in a few days. These cuttings were taken in the fall and sort of fell by the wayside over the winter. I was surprised to find them rooted and with decent new...

(Sorry if this is a repeat for a few people. I copied this post verbatim from another forum) Any thoughts on mounting an Aglaomorpha coronans fern? Perhaps the question would do better on a fern oriented forum, but I figured I'd ask, just in case anyone here has experience, or just an...

Was careless this winter with some water on my Sars. Keep them too wet. Think I can stop waiting for something to happen. The Hurricane Creek White isn't that big of a deal, but killing my Adrain Slack. :crap:

I often describe the tropical epiphytes as girl's blouse plants. Here's one that is about as tough as the epiphytes get. Easily grown in a commercial orchid compost and I do keep it frost free in the cellar under red/blue growlights in winter ( MrsG refuses to have my plants on the kitchen...

Hi! I got a question. When the plant enters dormancy, what should I do about water? Should I leave the tray with a minimum amount of water? Or should I let it dry before adding more water? Temps here almost never get under 0ºC

This guy grew from seed over the winter in my pygmy tray. Should I leave it there, or move it to a bog garden where it can get a proper dormancy? Also, how would I move it without damaging the pygmies?

Sad to say my collection of Sarracenia species, dionaea and drosera were wiped out by the cold this past winter here in Vermont. The previous year I only lost one plant, this past year I think only 2 plants out of about 25 pulled through. I kept them high on a shelf in my attached but unheated...

My D. hamiltonni is grown at my windowsill(not sure what direction it faces) but it isn't growing its leaves properly. It would form a leaf but fail to produce tentacles and grow another leaf. Is this normal is hamiltonii behavior? It receives bright light, watered by tray method, and is kept...

Thought I'd share. I got this from Lowe's over the winter on sale and stuck it in a terrarium until I could get it in the bog. I saw this today. I know I've heard of this happening before, I was wondering how uncommon it is though? And if anyone has any experience with separating the traps...

A couple of pics of my d.regia, this is the first time I have managed to get a flower stalk on one, and the plant is about 18 months old from a root cutting . It was left all winter indoors on a southerly facing windowsill 30cm leaves and this is the mother plant I left outside except for the...