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My botany teacher is giving me a chance to grow any plant I want.

LeafKirby

LeafKirby

Of course I want a really good carnivorous plant, but not something that will be impossible like D.Regia. This is important for it will be a both a grade but she is also willing to pay for it and wait a few weeks for shipping!
It will be grown in a greenhouse. The temperature will be 70-80s. The humidity will be 60+. It will be a Nepenthes.
 
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How about some Cephalotus? Kind of expensive but not that hard to grow bugs notwithstanding of course.
 
I don't think that will fly considering the green house is attacked by bugs all the time.

Spider mite waves D:
 
Probably can't fail with D. capensis :-D
 
It might be impressive to show how to actually grow a venus flytrap. Almost everyone has killed one or two. Maybe a big large-trap form.
 
Really? I seem to be succeeding somehow.
 
I would advise picking something hardy, and not terribly expensive. Teachers don't get much pay. ;) Just sayin'. It is awesome to be given a chance at getting almost anything, congrats! But it would be terribly disappointing to loose the plant due to pests, greenhouse malfunction, or careless or malicious hands. Perhaps a fancy Sarracenia, one that you don't already have, or Nepenthes. (You don't like Neps? Shucks! Missing out!) How about Utricularia longifolia, Drosera indica (wild, wild plant), hmmm...... a Mexican Pinguicula, Darlingtonia californica mountain form.....
 
i agree with the darlingtonia idea. maybe grow it in a table top fountain so the water is always moving?
 
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Maybe a pygmy sundew spcies. You might be able to go from plant to seed and back to plants.
 
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Yeah, actually, my pygmy-dews go from 40*F - 100*F and just go dormant at various really cold/hot times. The hardiest I'd say are scorpioides, roseana, closely followed by helodes and omissa x pulchella. Another might include lasiantha, but I don't feel like I've had it long enough (and hence tortured it as much as the others) to really say. They're really easy to propagate and grow too - you'll be finding scorpioides and roseana growing as volunteers everywhere after having had them once.
 
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Go with a fun Utricularia, reniformis, calycifida, etc.
 
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I would have definitely gone with Nepenthes Miranda. definitely because of the wow factor for the average individual. It is hardy, makes impressive-sized pitchers, and not too expensive. With your knowledge, it would be easy to keep and keep looking great = easy A.
 
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Hmmm, a pymgy sundew does sound tempting... Ultrics are kinda boring on the surface unless I can find a large clear pot.
 
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Go with a nepenthes, something easy but impressive. Miranda sounds good.
 
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Peatmoss said:
Go with a nepenthes, something easy but impressive. Miranda sounds good.
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I mean I guess I could, but can't grow them at home so they'll die at the end of school.
 
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thez_yo said:
How about some Cephalotus? Kind of expensive but not that hard to grow bugs notwithstanding of course.
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im thinking cephs too :-Dand you have a 200.00 price limit you should be able to get a nice ceph for much less than that, i find them pretty easy to .
what about the bugs? :-( do you have some invasive bugs that will attack cephs.
they are compact and very dramatic, great for a class project.
 
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How about Aldrovanda vesiculosa?
 
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Just curious... Why can't you grow Neps at home?
 
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