Pictures of my Carnivorous Plants (Warning: Over 20 Photos!)

AllFallDown

AllFallDown

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Here is a very small sampling of my carnivorous Plant Collection. I did not even make it outside before my camera battery died. I will upload more later when I get a chance.

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Utricularia Livida 'Merrie Heart' in flower

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How I am currently growing NZ Sphagnum moss, the plant in the front of the Jar is a Mimosa Pudica (sensitive plant aka sometimes sold under the annoying brand name "tickle me" plant), not carnivorous.

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Pinguicula moctezumae

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Pinguicula gigantea

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A real prize in my collection! A rare nepthenthes cultivar:
Nepenthes 'Peter D'Amato'

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Another prize: Nepenthes jamban

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Two very bad photos of pitchers on a young Nepenthes hamata. I have two of these guys. Google search it to see better photos of adult plants. You will not believe what you see!

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Nepenthes copelandii

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I don't remember what this Pinguicula is called. I think it is some kind of hybrid.

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This is a Cephalotus 'Hummer's Giant'

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Heliamphora neblinae, I have 6 Heliamphoras. They are very very cool plants.

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Drosera venusta

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Drosera scorpiodes. These guys come from a class of sundews which are very very small. I think D. scorpiodes is the largest. If not it is one of the largest. Still, those plants there are a little over a quarter's width in diameter and a little shorter than my pinky in height.
 
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I think this is a Drosera Roseana, I would have to check the tag. These are pygmys as well. These guys about the width of a quarter.

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Drosera peltata. These are from Australia and are cool because they produce underground structures like potatoes. In the summer they go dormant like a bulb.

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Drosera enodes- another pygmy

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Drosera aliceae

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Another cephalotus. This guy is really cool. In bright light it develops almost a black pigmentation. Very cool! Unfortunately I cooked it in the sun the other day...

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Another cephalotus. This guy is about to enter a growth spurt and kick out some very large pitchers

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Side very, a few things here but the focus is on a VFT 'burbank's best'

And last but not least, my cham as of today:

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Very kool!! I just got a venus fly trap ...i think its from home depot. I fed it a cricket and that was kool. LoL Your stuff is very kool tho :)
 
Hoj said:
Very kool!! I just got a venus fly trap ...i think its from home depot. I fed it a cricket and that was kool. LoL Your stuff is very kool tho :)
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Venus flytraps are awesome. I have about 20 different cultivars. All different colors and shapes. When take pictures of my outdoor collection (where they are), I will snap a few pictures of them. They are coming out of dormancy right now.
 
I definatly could use some tips if you have any to care for it. I have some pics somewhere ill see if I can find them.
 
Hoj said:
I definatly could use some tips if you have any to care for it. I have some pics somewhere ill see if I can find them.
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Biggest things are:
1) They want lots of light- full sun (or some awesome grow lights)!
2) They need to always stay moist but not drenched. Most people keep them in a tray of water and keep the water level about an inch up the side of the pot or less (depending on the size of the pot of course).
3) No fertilizer- ever (or potting soil. Only use fertilizer free sphagnum peat moss and course sand or perlite 50/50 ratio)
4) Clean water- Distilled or RO water. No tap water unless your water has a very low TDS (around 70 PPM or less). You city water company should be able to tell you.
5) Feeding bugs is great but do so in moderation. Bugs are fertilizer for them. You do not want to over fertilize. I feed my plants no more than once every 2 weeks, and usually less frequent than that even.
6) They must be allowed to have a winter dormancy each year. They will start to decline if they do not and eventually it could compromise them.

Those are the main things.
 
AllFallDown said:
Biggest things are:
1) They want lots of light- full sun (or some awesome grow lights)!
2) They need to always stay moist but not drenched. Most people keep them in a tray of water and keep the water level about an inch up the side of the pot or less (depending on the size of the pot of course).
3) No fertilizer- ever (or potting soil. Only use fertilizer free sphagnum peat moss and course sand or perlite 50/50 ratio)
4) Clean water- Distilled or RO water. No tap water unless your water has a very low TDS (around 70 PPM or less). You city water company should be able to tell you.
5) Feeding bugs is great but do so in moderation. Bugs are fertilizer for them. You do not want to over fertilize. I feed my plants no more than once every 2 weeks, and usually less frequent than that even.
6) They must be allowed to have a winter dormancy each year. They will start to decline if they do not and eventually it could compromise them.

Those are the main things.
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Thx alot:) thats pretty much what I had gehtered but it help to hear it from a real person ;) and I didnt know the dirt and water was so important to them. But I can do that I have moss for some of my other animals and ro water.
thx again
Hoj
 
AllFallDown said:
I love that picture of the cricket!

How long have you had it?
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About 3 weeks now. A few of the flowers or whatever they are called have turned black and dies but I now keep it in a plate of water in the main window with a pop bottle greenhouse, and mist it regularly. It seems to be doing better.
 
Hoj said:
About 3 weeks now. A few of the flowers or whatever they are called have turned black and dies but I now keep it in a plate of water in the main window with a pop bottle greenhouse, and mist it regularly. It seems to be doing better.
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I would suggest you ditch the greenhouse, although do it slowly- google search "hardening off plants" if you are not familiar with the process. Venus Flytraps do not require high humidity. Mine are all outside and our humidity here ranges from 14-20%. They do great!

Growing them in humidity can work but you increase the risk of fungal attacks. Another problem with high humidity is that once they are used to humidity, they tend to "soften up" and have a hard time adjusting to lower humidity- hence the need to harden them off. Also, given their lighting requirements, having them in such a small space makes giving them that light harder as it can heat up in there.
 
Those are some really amazing plants. Straight out of a sci fi movie some of them lol. On the pic of your veiled is that a petco thermometer? if so are those doing good? I saw some the other day they were 40% off or something was tempted to buy some.
 
Alien Absinthe said:
Those are some really amazing plants. Straight out of a sci fi movie some of them lol. On the pic of your veiled is that a petco thermometer? if so are those doing good? I saw some the other day they were 40% off or something was tempted to buy some.
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Yes, it is a petco thermometer (and hygrometer). They seem close enough to give me an idea of what the environment is like in there. Do I trust them? Nope- at least I would not stake my cham's life on it. But they are a couple of bucks and at least give me a pretty good idea of what the temperate gradient looks like.
I have a digital thermometer in there as well that I trust more. I used to have an electronic hygrometer that was pretty good but it fell in some water. I need to replace it.
 
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