Couple Pics

[Nitecrawler]

I have been growing a small number of cps for almost a year now...and I'm getting my first flower, so here are some pics!

D. capensis flower spike:

99 cent store vft:

Two hungry N. ventricosa pitchers:

 

[upper]

your 99cent vft looks healthier than mine... i coudnt find the time to repot all of em.
only 5 is in my very mini bog right now. 5 more is in its packaging terrarium

 

[D_muscipula]

nice starter plants,they look healty too.

 

[upper]

do you grow em in or outdoor? full sun? or what? i'm in los angeles too, i just want other member's choice.

 

[Nitecrawler]

I'm at UCLA, so pretty much the only place I have to grow is on my window sill. I have been supplementing the weak light i get from the sun with 2 compact fluorescents that are just plugged into desk lamps. It's pretty jerry-rigged. They get a rather large photoperiod of 16 hours, should I shorten it at all?

 

[jimscott]

I'm at UCLAQUOTE]

According to Johnny Carson, UCLA is what happens when the smog lifts over Southern California.

 

[Nitecrawler]

Some days I look over at the smog-obscured city and want to vomit.

Yet, pollution or not, I love LA.

 

[tommyr]

Congrats on the Capensis flower! I haven't seen any on mine yet but my d. adalae are blooming like crazy!

 

[Nitecrawler]

It looked as if my flower spike was going to be very short because it was only a little taller than the leaves about when it looked like it was going to flower, but in the past couple of days, it has shot up a couple inches!

I'm definitely excited to see it flower.
It is going to flower right above about three other pots, are capensis seedlings going to take over?

 

[jm82792]

I unfortunately severed the stalk of capensis but I got seed that I threw into a pot.

 

[D_muscipula]

yes cape seed will take over,haha in each flower there will be about 100-150 seeds maybe more and thre are like 10-20 flowers on eahc stlak and its self pollinates.

 

[Nitecrawler]

Haha, should I make any preparations so that the seed doesn't contaminate my other pots? What do you guys usually do when your capensis flower?

 

[Roarbark]

Collect all the seeds, and give them to random friends
Or grow them, and make a mini nursery business selling them, and getting more people into CP's *cackles*

My capensis is sending up a flower scape at the moment too.

 

[kruegersc4]

At first I was excited about Capensis flowers... Now I can't stand them. They will infect all nearby pots if you give them a chance. I would start cutting them after you've gotten a few.

 

[illwill]

Collect all the seeds, and give them to random friends
Or grow them, and make a mini nursery business selling them, and getting more people into CP's *cackles*

My capensis is sending up a flower scape at the moment too.

This can be a good idea if youve got a market for it. We have a gnat problem in my office and after seeing how well my capensis has been doing and how many gnats it catches, I have several people now that say they need to have sundews at their desks as well. If/when mine flowers, everybody in my office will have their own plant lol.

 

[Roarbark]

There you go Then the world will spread, and all the nearby offices will want them too!