My new Carnivorous plants!

[manzano167]

1 Sarracenia 'cobras nest'

and a Drosera capensis

 

[manzano167]

NVM the date they were taken early last week Sunday

 

[Nepfreak]

They look good! Capensis looks like it will be more compact with more light.

 

[manzano167]

yeah right now i have them getting used to our temps and a lil bit of morning sun in a few days ill increase the light hours

 

[LauraMG]

Awesome!

 

[manzano167]

Thank you

 

[Seattle79]

Those are some cool looking plants. The only carnivorous plants I have ever seen in Washington State are the little Sundew plants.

-Kevin

 

[manzano167]

on the wild or for sale? mine costs $4.97 USD they sell this in my local hardware storee

 

[LauraMG]

That's pretty cheap! I think I'm going to turn my Chinese's enclosure into a CP tank because I put her down yesterday and none of my others are large enough to justify a 5.5 gallon tank to themselves! They just need regular potting soil?

 

[manzano167]

Laura PM with the questions

 

[Schloaty]

They just need regular potting soil?

Gadzooks no. Regular potting soil will kill them....too many chemicals.

These guys do best in pete moss (Not Miracle grow - that has fertilizer) and perlite (again, not miracle grow) or LFS (long fibered sphagnum).

Also, when watering, use rain water, distilled water or reverse osmosis filtered water. Tap water will do in a pinch, but don't make a habbit of it. Again, due to the mineral content (and sometime chlorine).

Since these are bog plants (the one pictured, anyway), that means like to be wet. They can handle drying out if it's only for a very short period (a day), but they prefer to be nice and soggy - I use either undrained pots, or pots in deep saucers.

Sarracenia (the pitcher plant there) like as much sun as you can give them (I think they would live ON the sun, if they could).

The sundew (D. capensis) isn't quite so sun-thirsty, and does best in morning sun/evening sun for the summer (protected from the REALLY strong mid-day sun). In Summer, the mid day sun won't kill it (usually), but they look ratty.

They do thrive on high light, though, so the rest of the year you can keep them fully exposed.

Neither one of these required a terrarium - they do just fine with humidity as low as 30% (sundew) and 5% (pitcher plant) - they just need to be watered more frequently.

This may seem like a lot - but once you have them set up, they pretty much thrive on neglect (just don't forget the water).

 

[LauraMG]

Thing is, right after I posted that question I looked at a other thread and saw that it was an absolutely terrible thing to use potting soil! :lol: Thanks for the tips! Doesn't sound like too much more than a regular houseplant with the exception of the soil and the distiller water, neither of which is that big of a deal. I am starting to see why my friends and family have been unsuccessful with their carnivorous plants though! I've been told they aren't worth the trouble because they're such a pain to get right.