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Got these pings about 6 months ago. First time having them. They seem happy enough š¤·š¼āāļø The top left one was the size of an eraser, but grew more tall than wide and couldnāt stay up. I added the emotional support toothpick a few days ago and it seems to have helped. Any suggestions/if you see any care issues, please comment!
Just got this cutie last night! Canāt wait for it to get big
A few of the other pitcher guys
Very dewy
So are the bladderworts
Pings are flowering all over
Getting more purple
Opphhhh I just can't with these Aussie pitchers
New to plants and my first one is a not-so-beginner-friendly Venus flytrap š . I got it in early February and repotted it about a week later. Now I have only one green trap. The rhizome is still completely white and firm, so itās not rotting. I also have used only distilled water. Maybe sunlight/temperature is the issue? It is still quite cold where I live, about 30Ā°F average daily temperature. Although weāre finally entering Spring season. Any theories on what happened or advice on how to care for this plant?
Hello all! Iām new to the group as of (checks watch) 39 seconds ago. I went back to my local nursery on payday to grab a sweet looking monkey pitcher plant I had been eyeballing and the worker said āIām so mad at myself. I forgot to water, but Iāll give it to you for half off.ā I thought about it, but Iām new to carnivorous plants, they need special water, no fertilizer, very specific conditions, and was worried about buying a plant thatās already half-dead looking. So they had this smaller one that was pretty similar looking but only labeled nepenthes, and it looked a lot healthier. Iām bummed but I wanted a new friend to hopefully help with little gnats. I googled the photo and it said this was a ānepenthes x ventrataā variety. Iām in Washington, I have 5 pets, and a drafty or hot 126 year old house depending on the season. It has to go in my kitty-free-room, and I struggle with heating and cooling. I thought about the more humid bathroom but the door closes more of the day than not to keep the tropical divas happier. But I went ahead and bought a small space heater and humidifier. I have Harold (š) hanging near my window, with a sheer curtain between. The heater is set to 65Ā°, but it was at 40Ā° in my room before - so an improvement. Come summer Iāll have to break out the A/C unit but I can likely set that to 65Ā° too. š¤£ I did give it a good watering as it looked dry as a bone. The nursery said it was potted with moss etc. so that should be good. I kept it in that pot, with a little plastic catcher underneath. With that background: 1) Is that species identification correct? 2) Any advice is appreciated. I did some googling but I like to talk to real people. 3) Google said: - Not to cut off the pitchers unless they were completely black or brown, but you can see the tops are brown and crispy. So ā¦. Is it still catching bugs, or no? - That you can fill the pitchers with distilled water, but I donāt know if Iām supposed to do that? Or how dire it needs to be before I do. - That itās a pretty easy plant to care for, just let it be and keep it moist ish and the right humidity. Is a humidifier underneath and my space heater enough? Thanks all!
Just re-potted this guy as he grew to big and his roots where growing out of his old pot. For whatever reason he decided dormancy was for sundew only.
Fist big pitcher on my sarracenia flava!!
Hello! My fiancĆ©ās nepenthes is growing quite oddly - itās producing new pitchers very slowly, most of the ones it did have browned fully so we pruned them, and it seems to be only focused on climbing to the point we had to give it support. We only used distilled water, no fertilizer, and when it had more pitchers we would give it one of my lizardās mealworms maybe every 1-2 months. Is this normal? What else can we do to help her? First an only carnivorous plant we own and I want to make sure Iām doing right by it. Thank you for any help!!
My Venus Flytrap of three years died last week, or thatās what I thought. I was really busy and forgot poor Pete. I came home to notice his soil bone try and every single trap completely black with mold. I dug down and found the rhizome brown as well. Not a singe speck of green was visible. I was planning to throw him out but hadnāt got to it yet when my brother noticed a tiny sprout a week later. I immediately trimmed all of the dead leaves off and another spout appeared a few days later. Itās like a miracle! I canāt believe the resilience of this little guy!
My first ping flowers š and one on its way soon
My newest work :)
Pings are exploding in population, I almost have too many to know what to do with!! Same with sundews, I have babies absolutely everywhereā¦ one of my Altas had some light burn but it seems to be doing lots better, huge growth on the other one, and my N.(Viking x ampullaria red striped) X N.Red wing hybrid is still thriving and beautiful :]
I love how pings get so round
Check out the pitchers on my little Lolo. Aināt she a beaut?
Hi! I was looking to get into keeping carnivorous plants. Any tips? Any good beginner carnivorous plants? Theyāre really cool to me