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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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Ryan

Almost time to harvest some spatulata seed.

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Ezzeldin Yaqoub

All my Venus fly trapโ€™s flowers have opened and my VFT is healthy and not dying.๐Ÿฅฐ

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Cowro

Pete update! I removed all the leaves and placed him where I put my plants for dormancy. He is looking green and is even growing a bit during dormancy. Probably going to repot soon since when he had lots of leaves he was running out of room. Heโ€™s small but healthy and looks like he will be very happy in spring!

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Crimson

Hi, Iโ€™m new to owning nepenthes but not to carnivorous plants in general, I was wondering if anyone can help me with this one, itโ€™s from a garden centre and was very neglected, Iโ€™ve been trying to nurse it back to health but itโ€™s still struggling, Iโ€™ve changed its soil to a better mix and kept it under the same conditions as my other two but it just wonโ€™t perk up, any advice to help it recover? Itโ€™s a nepenthes gaya btw

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BotanicalBookworm_13

I would love to see pictures of your Pings! Comment them! Iโ€™m thinking about getting one! (Picture by Lizzie Harper)

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Angie

After some trial and error with placement, my pitcher plant (Nepenthes ventrata) is finally giving me some pitchers. They are even catching insects which I was not expecting. What a treat! โœจ๐ŸŒฟโœจ

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PlantMurderer

Please someone help Iโ€™m new to carnivorous plants and this flu trap started failing on me what do I do!!! I fed her a few pill bugs and a beetle three weeks ago and things went downhill from there

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Cherrybergher

I just love the collar on this pitcher Maximus which I believe is called a peristome.

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Shaun M

This pitcher is my first carni plant. I've read that I should only repot once it's gone into its dormant phase. She's currently in my kitchen window and seems happy as she's grown several more pitchers, but I'm wondering if I should move her somewhere cooler? I'm in the UK and the central heating system keeps the temp fairly constant, so wasn't sure if she'd go dormant if I left her where she is?

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JJ

Whatโ€™s wrong with my Venus fly I use rainwater and it sits pretty close to the window and I never let the Spagna dry out

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๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป

Any idea why they are black???

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๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ป๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฐ๐“œ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ป

๐“ค๐“Ÿ๐““๐“๐“ฃ๐“”!! ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐™ถ๐š›๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š” ๐™ถ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š›๐š’๐š™๐š•๐šŽ๐š๐šœ ๐š‘๐šŠ๐šŸ๐šŽ ๐šŠ ๐šž๐š™๐š๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š— ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐š”๐š’๐š๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š— ๐š ๐šŠ๐š๐šŒ๐š‘๐š’๐š—๐š ๐šœ๐š‘๐šŽ๐š•๐š! ๐šƒ๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š—๐šŠ๐š–๐šŽ๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐™ฒ๐š•๐š˜๐š๐š‘๐š˜, ๐™ป๐šŠ๐šŒ๐š‘๐šŽ๐šœ๐š’๐šœ, ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š‹๐š’๐š๐š๐šŽ๐šœ๐š ๐™ฐ๐š๐š›๐š˜๐š™๐š˜๐šœ! ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’šโœจ

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Wolfen ๐Ÿบ

Sarracenia jonesii my love! Just waiting for the dormancy to set it

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Cowro

Hey just wondering what do you guys do when you get a new baby carnivorous plant in fall that needs dormancy. Personally I like to let it do its thing and go into a soft dormancy due to lack of light. Then the next year I put it in a colder area for full dormancy. The light is a bigger contributor anyway. I find this gives it time to develop a little more without too much shock.

Predator plant lover

Why are my vets mouths crooked

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Cherrybergher

Nepenthes maxima

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Horse Lover๐Ÿด๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿœ๐Ÿค 

Venus Fly traps! I've always been fascinated with Venus fly traps! The first I got came from lowes and was on its Last leg, but I gave it tap water not distilled and it quickly died. Secondly I bought a seed staring kit and used distilled water and took very good care of it, yet they never came up. Long story short where can I get good cheap Venus fly traps or cool carnivorous plants? It's oki if they need a little help but I don't want them to die!!! And ofc the cheaper the better! I would also be up for seed staring kits if they actually come up ๐Ÿ˜Š! THANKS!!

Cowro

So I just got this sarracenia pitcher plant and I was hoping I could get some care tips. (I already know about the water, soil, dormancy, and light, Iโ€™m looking for more advanced advice).

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DanishGramma

I just put my Alata in this hanger and removed the Velcro from the stick. Iโ€™m hoping that the string will be enough support without the stick. What do you think? ๐Ÿค”

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Leslie

Helloooooooo itโ€™s been a verrryyyyy long time but my sundew grew a little flower โค๏ธ itโ€™s so cute lol

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