Q/A #99 - Mist Your Nepenthes Tendrils?

June 11, 2023

Q/A #99 - Mist Your Nepenthes Tendrils?

QUESTION: I saw on one Youtube Video that recommended growers to spray the tendrils of Nepenthes with distilled water to prevent the tendrils from drying out and to produce more traps. Is this tru …

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Q/A #98 - Growing a Flytrap in Montana

June 11, 2023

Q/A #98 - Growing a Flytrap in Montana

QUESTION: I live in Montana. My flytrap is doing really well since I got it in April. It lost two traps and has grown an even larger one with a new trap on the way. My question is I use a white li …

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Q/A #97 - Nepenthes Leaves Getting Smaller?

June 11, 2023

Q/A #97 - Nepenthes Leaves Getting Smaller?

QUESTION: I've had a Nepenthes sanguinea for about 8 months. My plant is growing in an east facing window with about 2 hours of direct sun and the rest of the day bright filtered light. A mix of s …

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Q/A #95 - Sarracenia with Bendy Pitchers

June 11, 2023

Q/A #95 - Sarracenia with Bendy Pitchers

QUESTION: Would you be able to advise me on what could be causing my Sarracenia flava pots to be putting on poor bendy growth right now. The two pots in the picture are exactly the same Sarrace …

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Q/A #94 - Floppy Sarracenia Pitchers

June 11, 2023

Q/A #94 - Floppy Sarracenia Pitchers

QUESTION: I have a Sarracenia leucophylla x rubra. What do you do, if anything, about a Sarracenia that always gets “floppy?” It was doing better this year being planted higher and more exposed t …

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Q/A #92 - Red Dragon Flytrap Is Finicky

June 9, 2023

Q/A #92 - Red Dragon Flytrap Is Finicky

QUESTION: I'm in the Portland area and bought this Red Dragon Flytrap at your open house a couple of years ago. It's never really thrived but this year seems more sickly. It gets new growth but th …

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Q/A #91 - Sarracenia Scarlet Belle or Not?

June 6, 2023

Q/A #91 - Sarracenia Scarlet Belle or Not?

QUESTION: I was gifted a carnivorous plant at my my son’s funeral a year ago. I was told it’s a Scarlet Belle, but as I grows I’m not sure that’s correct. It is extremely important that I find out …

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Q/A #90 - Flytrap Not Flytrap

June 6, 2023

Q/A #90 - Flytrap Not Flytrap

QUESTION: I have been growing this from seed thinking it was a Venus Flytrap. Now I am not sure, It has shell shaped leaves and is starting to grow fairly tall. The stalks and some leaves have hai …

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