Bonsia Wire Training
December 22, 2011
On todays episode, wire training a seven year old Chinese Juniper. Quick tips: Use appropriate wire thickness to coil branches Don't coil so tight as to bruise the branch Use thumbs as a fulcrum to coil the wire Try not to make too sharp a bend
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.
Orchid – Vanda Roberts Delight Black
March 4, 2011
While visting our local plant shop, I noticed some really great looking orchids and bought on an impulse. Eye catching huge dark-purple flowers and extraordinary looking root system really sold me. Flowers are 13 cm across, thick waxy texture with a blue-black lip. The root ...
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 ...
Royal Red Venus Flytrap
October 26, 2010
This cultivated variety has smaller traps with deep red coloration that covers up the lateral extension and wings. Unlike the Akai Ryu Red Dragon, where the entire plant is covered in dark red, these guys were selected for the velvet red coloring on the ...
