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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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DanishGramma

One of my baby nepenthes has a strange set of leaves and I have no idea why. Have yโ€™all ever seen this before? The first one in the 3 is the same plant from a few weeks ago and it shows when the split started

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DanishGramma

Happy little monsters are basking in the sunshine โ˜€๏ธ they always make me laugh at their silly smiles ๐Ÿ˜„

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Rook

I know I havenโ€™t made a post in a little while, but my Venus fly trap is actually about to grow a nice little flower!! Iโ€™m so proud of this little plant๐Ÿฅนโค๏ธ

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The_tropics

I just got this new baby cape sundew on Friday. All of her leaves are curled under. She is under a grow light. Does she just need time to adjust?

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Plants&Pets ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿถ

Hello! I recently picked up these two little pings from a local nursery and Iโ€™m starting to think they have been labelled wrong. Can anyone confirm what I have here? I went to the supplier website and I think the one thatโ€™s labelled a butterwort is actually a Pinguicula gypsicola x moctezumae based on the pictures on the site.

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Kimtrovert

Super stoked that an order from amazon finally came in good condition, how long should i wait before i feed her? Also Planta doesnโ€™t have a Red Dragon variety? Is it just the same as Dionaea Muscipula?

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Bryson

Iโ€™ve been wanting to get a carnivorous plant, but heard theyโ€™re hard to take care of. Whatโ€™s one that yโ€™all would recommend for beginners

Kimtrovert

Ordered a Nepenthes thru amazon, suffice to say she suffered some damage, any planter recos? and when should i re-pot?

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Kimtrovert

Got this Pitcher Plant Sarracenia,from amazon, kinda dissapointed that they shipped it inside a zip lock bag, plus they shipped it in the mail box, hoping it recovers soon, it didnโ€™t come with a pot, trying to isolate & recover inside this mini terrarium, any advice on making sure she survives?

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Bananananana

My sundews dramatic glow up (almost 1 year apart)

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Khadija

๐™Ž๐™ค ๐™ž ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ฎ ๐™‘๐™๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ... ๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ 3 ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™™๐Ÿ˜ฉ... ๐˜ผ๐™™๐™ซ๐™ž๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ... ๐™„๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค๐™ฉ 1/2 ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐Ÿ˜ข

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Plants&Pets ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿถ

Hello! I just got my first carnivorous plants. When I first brought them home about two weeks ago, I did some reading and was under the impression they needed to be kept quite moist at all times and had read to keep the bottom in water, so I had them sit in a shallow tray of distilled water for the first day or so. However, I think I overdid it and the leaves started turning yellow after a few days, I assume from overwatering. I havenโ€™t watered them in several days now, do you think they will make a comeback? Is there anything I can do to help them? The pots they are in are tiny, but they do have drainage holes at the bottom. Any tips appreciated for a first time carnivorous plant owner :)

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Kashaela

Does this guy look healthy?

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Sarah

Dinner is now served

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exholy

Is it safe to use neem oil on carnivorous plants? I saw some aphids on my venus fly trap this morning :( Any tips for other pest control products on carnivores welcome :)

Kay

Anyone have experience propagating pitcher plants? Iโ€™ve had 3 cuttings in water for a couple months now and its not rooting, theres new growth on one of them though and they arenโ€™t dying either so i feel like thats good and maybe the other cuttings didnโ€™t really take but any advice or clarity would be appreciated!

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Evan

Are these bumps on my Nepenthes leaf bad or normal? If you Google bumps it usually says edema but theyโ€™re not red or rashy looking. Other things say nectar glands but doesnโ€™t have a picture like this. Iโ€™m still trying to figure out what is dry enough to water without accidentally letting it dry out so I might be overwatering it. It just doesnโ€™t look like pictures of edema. There are bumps on the older leaves too that I was chalking up to my plant living in a new place and probably not acclimated slow enough. But this is the newest leaf. Iโ€™m also trying to figure out lighting. I panicked that my room was too dark and possibly over lit if with an LED light

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Baby Hankers

Hey yaโ€™ll! Iโ€™m getting my first carnivorous plant (nepenthes) in the next few days and Iโ€™m so beyond excited to feed it all the bugs in my apartment ๐Ÿคฃ Iโ€™ve been doing a ton of research and Iโ€™m feeling rather lost in it all. Some people say theyโ€™re super easy and others say itโ€™s the most temperamental plant. I usually buy discount plants so this is the most expensive plant Iโ€™ve ever added to my collection and I really donโ€™t want to mess this up. My main questions for now: If my pitchers arrive empty should I fill them 1/3 of the way with distilled water? Iโ€™ve heard mixed advice on this. Iโ€™d like to get a prettier hanging planter for it as well, is something self watering recommended? I know they like a lot of water but can get root rot so I wasnโ€™t sure if a self watering planter or one of those watering globes in a traditional planter would be better. My apartment isnโ€™t very humid but I was thinking of hanging the plant over my fish tank (not in the water though), would that be enough humidity or should I look into a humidifier? Sorry for the long post but Iโ€™d appreciate any advice!

UraniumGreen

Hi guys! Iโ€™m absolutely terrible at keeping plants of all kinds alive! However! I want to change that! Iโ€™d like a carnivorous plant as I already have insect farms I can use to feed them! What type of plant should I try?

Tyler

Hi, Iโ€™m interested in getting some carnivorous plants and am wondering what are some good ones to start with and like the care they need and a good place to get them.