How to Pollinate a Nepenthes
August 27, 2011
Thorelii x Truncata female and Spathulata x Spectabilis male Nepenthes. Store extra pollen in a dessicator at 32ªF.
Heliamphora adult pitchers
February 1, 2011
Spring is almost here! The daily run of bringing the plants out for a couple of hours until the temperatures drop again at night is almost at an end. After a whole year of young pitchers, my tiny Heliamphora has finally started to ...
Plants not dead, just playing possum!
October 27, 2010
Lots of first time growers are often scared to find they might have killed their carnivorous plants, when in fact it's simply gone into dormancy. Drosera often die back, leaving behind a terrifying dead leafed corpse. Not to worry! It will most likely regenerate new ...
Klaeger Plastik
October 26, 2010
Big thanks to our sponsor Klaeger Plastik! These guys offer a wide selection of sprayers for a variety of tasks, from agriculture to art. We've been testing a great pump and hand sprayer, both of which include high quality plastics and easy pump, ...
Hidden Albino Pitchers
September 9, 2010
While repotting the red Ampullaria, I noticed a tiny white pitcher protruding from underneath the moss. I carefully dug out the the rest of the stem to reveal a nice batch of albino pitchers! The most easiest way to inhibit node growth is to ...
Repotting Nepenthes
September 6, 2010
Carnivorous Plants can grow in different mixtures of live or dead sphagnum moss, peat moss, pumice, sand, vermiculite or perlite. Nepenthes seem to favor a mix of long-fiber sphagnum moss, perlite and orchid bark. Drosera like peat moss and perlite. Pinguiculas have grown ...
