Recently, I haves noticed some big changes in then plants that have been coffee fed. The majority of the leaves are getting bigger and the growth rates have exploded! Here are some pics to show the current results… Nepenthes Albargmita… this guy hasn’t moved since august but just put out a leaf bigger than the [...]

Over the past month Pitchers have opened and leaves have grown…                Heres some new pics. from this month…   Nepenthes Spathulata with larger ovaries..   Flower stalk # 4 is starting to open and is in need of more pollen!   Nepenthes X Aeneas with it’ first upper [...]

Today I noticed that one of my Sarraenias has produced its first pitcher leaf..not much, but certainly a good sign that this year will be a flowering one! For those that don’t know, last year none of my mature Sarracenias flowered. My S. leucophylla flowered, but this was in july. Usually my Leucophyllas flower in [...]

Today, I have made some special tag labels for my Carnivorous plants so I don’t loose their Id’s over time. As plant tags sit outside, the writing tends to fade away over time. After a while it gets quite hard to recognize what plant you have. To fix the problem, I used clear tape to [...]

Today I pulled some S. yellow peril X purp “ruffles”, S. minor, and S Flava X Flava var. Ornata seeds out of stratification to sow. Ill expect to see some interesting coloration in the purp “ruffles” hybrid, with the normal expectancy’s in the other seed batches. Once I move these guys outside in the springtime, [...]

Today, I just received several hundred Nepenthes seeds in the mail from a grower in New York. Originally I had sent the grower some Nepenthes pollen to use to pollinate his female, but the attempt failed to pollinate his Nepenthes X “redneck” female. The only cross that seems to have worked on the female was [...]

Dormant sundews (drosera) are special types of sundews that make special seeds (tubers)  once they go into their natural dormant period in-situ. Every winter, California Carnivores www.californiacarnivores.com sells the year’s tubers produced once the growing season has come to a close. Tubers are great for beginners and produce nice sundews once the growing season starts [...]

For those that do not know Borneo Exotics, a popular Nepenthes distributer, has released a limited number of Nepenthes hamata. Nepenthes hamata are very sought after for their toothed peristomes which put off a wonderful display. I do not own one currently, but I hope to get one as soon as I get another terrarium [...]

After seeing some wonderful photos from this sought after hybrid, I decided to grab the last one. This hybrid is very rare due to its beautiful color and vigorous growth. Usually, the only plants can be obtained as cuttings from big nurseries, and are usually 200$ or more. One time, a mature division sold on [...]

Recently, I have been receiving a ton of sarracenia seeds from my collection and from other growers. After stratifying the seed, I put the seeds in my grow patch where they grow their first baby pitchers. Then, Ill transplant them into larger seedling quadrants where they will live the next year until I transplant them [...]