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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Q/A #88 - Is my Cape Sundew Dying?

May 15, 2023

Q/A #88 - Is my Cape Sundew Dying?

QUESTION:I recently got a Drosera capensis albino (from another nursery), and it caught a LOT of small flies, and then proceeded to flower: However recently after flowering, a lot of the …

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Q/A #86 - Nepenthes Stem Is Looks Yellow

May 11, 2023

Q/A #86 - Nepenthes Stem Is Looks Yellow

QUESTION:I received a Nepenthes Velvet from y’all just over a month ago. I noticed the cut stem was brown on the tip, but just figured that it was just part of the cutting. Today I noticed that the …

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Q/A #83  - Nepenthes Cutting Not Cutting it

May 4, 2023

Q/A #83 - Nepenthes Cutting Not Cutting it

QUESTION: Why are the growing tips of my Nepenthes Deroose Alata basel cutting turning brown? I made this cutting in mid-March. It's in peat moss, and I water it with reverse-osmosis water. Is th …

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Q/A #82 - Nepenthes Pitcher Is Drying Up

May 3, 2023

Q/A #82 - Nepenthes Pitcher Is Drying Up

QUESTION:I got my Nepenthes boschiana x veitchii about a week ago and I have it in a window that gets daylight but no direct sunlight. I bought a 15w white light non-LED and keep it on about 8 hour …

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