Plantiis

Good quality carnivorous plants can be tricky to find. A good grower is the first thing to look for when purchasing plants online. Unfortunately it can take a bit of trial and error when finding a reputable nursery. Each have their own species they specialize in, and depending on the shippers location, the plant might be adjusted to that locations environment. I’ve tired many gowers during the years, below are a couple of the ones that have filled the garden.

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New designs, fresh and hot off the printer! @ecken and @dingod have done it again with these awesome new prints.

Dingo keeps the video game theme going with an epic Bob-omb, shown here sporting a Marston Dragon.

Next up is @ecken with the mayan head theme, shown sporting a Chinese Juniper.

The next prints will try to use the biodegradable PLA!
If your interested in what goes into printing, check out the tutorial for setting up a makerbot:

So far no grapes since we planted it about two years ago, but will see about this year

The Pomegranate leaves are in full growth gear.

So far the Cherry Blossom hasen’t bloomed in the florida heat, but maybe next year.

Thorelii x Truncata female and Spathulata x Spectabilis male Nepenthes.

Store extra pollen in a dessicator at 32ªF.

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 produce adult pitchers!

So much patience is required as they are the slowest and most difficult of species to grow.

Close up of the nectar spoon as the foliage begins to open

Insects fall in by trying to reach the nectar spoons, lose footing and drown inside.

Spiky hairs that keep bugs inside once they fall in.

Side shot of the adult pitcher.

Top shot of the nectar spoons

These little guys are kept indoors inside a terrarium. Temperatures during the day are around 80 and at night around 70 degrees. Purchased from Cook’s

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 sprouts through a couple of the roots it has laid out.

So don’t throw away that planter full of plants playing possum, they be back up next season!