Brown Bear
Just wanted to share with the rest of the community my beautiful carnivorous babies😃
House plants
Carnivorous Corner
Welcome to the Carnivorous Corner, where we cultivate our leafy predators with passion and share tips for a thriving meat-eating flora!
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NotSoBlackThumb
Do nepenthes have a winter dormancy? I didn’t think this type did, but many of their pitchers are dying at once (on both plants). I haven’t changed anything to do with their care.
Dave_opuntiaface
What's growing in my pot? ps Due to potting it a little low, getting full sun is not really possible. This is all grow light. pps I still haven't clipped the flower.
Ryan
Fall is time for gemmae production for pygmy sundews!
Botanista
Going crazy with the pitchers
Victor
this is galatea, one of my nepenthes gaya specimens ^_^ she hangs in my bedroom window and watches over me when i sleep
Olivia
Hey guys! I got Audrey II on April 8th (during the eclipse, little shop of horrors hahaha) and he's looking a little droopy. I got him on amazon and he's been like this his whole life, just wondering if there are any tips on how to help him out!
Cowro
Plant SOS!!!! I accidentally left my Venus fly trap outside and it rained a lot and a cold snap happened! I’m so upset cause it was looking the best it ever had! You can’t see in the picture but there is two babies that are growing and they look fine but the rest obviously doesn’t. Is it still alive? What should I do to help it????
Trinkette
Concerned plant mom. Is it normal for the leaves of a pitcher to dry out too?
Nicholas Cramer
I’ve had “Fireballs” for about 6 months now and overall it has been doing fine. You can see it’s been busy with flies at the window. Today I noticed that the oldest traps on the bottom seem to less green and almost like they are drying out. It could be paranoia, but it almost looks like the entire plant is less green. It gets plenty of sun via the window sill. And I always have a half inch or so of distilled water in the stainless steel bowl it sits in. Recently, my family and I left town, so I put a bit more water in it…and overall in the last couple of weeks I’ve been giving it a tiny bit more water than I used to; earlier on (last time I did that) it seemed to like it. So now to my question: what would the group say is the right amount of water it vs let it run dry - meaning, should the bowl get dry and stay dry for a day or two, or is it always supposed to have the fresh, distilled, standing water in it’s bowl? Also, can it get too much sun? Cheers!
RoseRed
Just a little before and after photo shoot of my oldest cephalotus, Mick. This guy has sure grown a lot in 5 months!
Gabe-Kai
Trigger The Isopod VS Snapper the FlyTrap Hi folks, this little isopod, Trigger, seems to have made a hobby of walking through my flytrap, Snapper. They are one of 6 isopods in this terrarium, and as far as i can tell the only one who frequently triggers the flytraps to close. I’m worried that it will eventually stress and exhaust little Snapper. Were isopods a poor choice as cleanup crew for flytraps in general, or just for such a tiny flytrap? (I kind of hope i don’t need to replace all the isopods with something smaller.) And do i actually have a problem, or is Snapper likely to be just fine even if many of the traps end up dying off before their time and without prey? I appreciate any advice from the community! 1. Trigger & 2 recent victims 2. Several days later, 2 victims pruned (after completely blackening) and a third victim in the background. 3. 1 day later 3 more traps trampled and closed, i expect it to happen 2-3 more times before they start to blacken.
Allison
Hello all! I was just looking for some advice on a new pitcher plant (nepenthes) that I purchased a few months ago at a store closing sale. It was in pretty tough shape when I bought it but since I brought it home has been putting out much healthier looking leaves. It still has yet to produce a pitcher though, and I'm wondering what I can do to help? It's potted in sphagnum moss and kept damp (I'm still not sure if you're supposed to leave them sitting in water or just keep them damp) and there are a lot of new plants at the base. I water with distilled water and every now and then some very weak orchid fertilizer (because I read you were supposed to fertilize if it had no traps to feed). Could anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I have never owned a carnivorous plant before and was excited to give it a try.
Blooming Dawn
Just got my first Venus fly trap! Any trips and trick I should know?
RocknRolla
Red piranha had him for about 4 months
Joycita
Made my first bog…
Joycita
I went to a carnivorous plant show today and saw some really great bog setups.
TEDMEISTER
I got my Venus fly trap about a week ago and I'm unsure how exactly I'm supposed to care for it. I know that they are bog plants which means they love water and I've seen people online say to leave them in water for humidity reasons. But, do I have to fertilize? Planta says no but, I don't think she's catching the flies she needs.
Predator plant lover
I was worried my Venus was going to die but is doing great also I’ve kept him on the windowsill for his whole life and his doing great no droopy traps
Angel
My Venus fly trap is honestly my little hero I went from being petrified of all creepy crawlies to catching them to feed to him and he is flourishing!
