February 17, 2023
QUESTION:
I have a nepenthes that was shipped from CA to Denver, CO where I'm located. When I received it, the plant had numerous, healthy and beautiful pitchers but also many brown spots on the
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February 16, 2023
Q/A #36 - No Dew on Tropical Sundews
QUESTION:
I was wondering if you guys can help me figure out what I going on with my sundews. Their tentacles seem to dry up, fall down, then the leaf goes either brown (Drosera spatulata), black
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February 15, 2023
Q/A #35 - Cape Sundew Is Dewless
QUESTION:
I purchased this Drosera capensis from Sarracenia Northwest six months ago. I live in Central Florida, and my Drosera sits inside on a windowsill. After I received the plant, I repott
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February 14, 2023
Q/A #34 - Nepenthes albomarginata Not Pitchering
QUESTION:
I received my Nepenthes albomarginata, Black in mid February, and since then it's grown one vine about a foot long. In that time, it's never made any pitchers, but now it looks lik
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February 13, 2023
Q/A #33 - Spider Mites on Heliamphora
QUESTION:
I have a Heliamphora and Cephalotus which I purchased from you last summer at the open house, they seem to have developed what I believe is a spider mite problem. I recently noticed lit
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February 9, 2023
Q/A #32 - Slimy Water Tray
QUESTIONS:
I purchased a few plants from you a while Back. I have them sitting in a plate of water that I keep refilling. I use distilled water now. I was stupidly using tap water (and things se
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February 8, 2023
Q/A #31 - Moldy Seeds Won't Germinate.
QUESTION:
Hi, I'm trying to germinate various plants from seed. Pinguicula poldinii, Drosera filiformis, Utricularia volubilis, & Sarracenia purpurea. I believe these all need cold stratifi
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February 7, 2023
Q/A #30 - Aphids on Drosera capensis
QUESTION:
I did have a lot of Drosera capensis, but the aphids have been killing them. I have tried rubbing alcohol mix and also the neem oil mix, but it seems they keep coming bac
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February 6, 2023
Q/A #29 - Drosera regia Is Wilting
QUESTION:
I purchased a Drosera regia from you last spring and it has done very well up till last week. It suddenly started wilting and drooping, although the middle new growth still seems sl
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January 31, 2023
Q/A #28 - Drosera multifida Losing Its Leaves
QUESTION:
I received my Drosera multifida in good condition about a month ago. It’s still in the original pot. I'm in Southern California, and the temperature had dipped to about 40°F at night fo
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January 27, 2023
Q/A #27 - Carnivorous Plants for Fruit Flies?
QUESTION:
What kind of plant would you recommend for fruit flies indoors? Yes, it's winter and we have fruit flies. The flies don't get caught by my sundews.
(Submitted in January 2021.)
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January 26, 2023
Q/A #26 - Nepenthes with Fungus or Cold Damage?
QUESTION:
Recently some of my Nepenthes that I grow indoors, particularly my
Nepenthes ventricosa, have developed rust spots and other sorts of fungal infections in the leaves. I was wonder
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