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  1. NemJones

    Returned from Vacation with Rare/Unusual Seed (Martynia Annua)

    While being able to take a special vacation in the past week, I finally find a seed pod that I have been hunting for a good number of years. (Im aware that you can find them for sale online occasionally, but I was just shocked to finally see it in person.) I read about them many years back...
  2. BigBella

    There's always room for jello . . .

    Here are some recent updates of a few Heliamphora cultures, in an experimental media -- some producing mature leaves within seven months. The cultures represent potentially unnamed lower-altitude species; and -- hopefully -- one particularly desirable one, from Cerro Huachamacare, from Amazonas...
  3. P

    Show off your Sphagnum moss

    I think I'll try posting a thread dedicated to Sphagnum moss. It seems like it is always sort of in the background but can be important in bringing the look of your plants to the next level. Just like bragging about your collection of Nepenthes or Sarracenia, show off your unique varieties of...
  4. CorneliusSchrute

    Fool-proof Adlrovanda culture... in a bucket

    Fool-proof Aldrovanda culture... in a bucket DISCLAIMER: not fool-proof. If you are a fool, this might not work. I didn't come up with my Aldrovanda approach. pearldiver (Paul!) did all the leg work on this. If anything I tweaked this setup to make it easier for me and less beneficial for the...
  5. Monkey

    San Francisco trip upcoming.

    Hi everybody, my wife and I are taking an 8 day trip to San Francisco at the very end of June/early august. I know there are a lot of members from the area, so I've come to ask what recommendations we could get for activities while we're there. Thus far all we have planned is a baseball game...
  6. BigBella

    2015 Heliamphora . . .

    Here are two cultures of Heliamphora folliculata -- one from Tereke-Yuren and the other from Kamarkaiwaran Tepui. Both are in a cytokinin-rich experimental media; represent about five months of growth; and are showing some promising development . . . Heliamphora folliculata: 12 April
  7. Zath

    Fruit fly culture Q's

    I picked up two vials of FF yesterday to start up cultures for seedlings, spider slings, etc. Despite both of them being labeled as "flightless", I got a vial of both flightless and wingless, so...bonus? Anyway, the recipe I used was the simplest one I could find. Instant potatoes, powdered...
  8. Nepenthesis

    Shipping Sphagnum Cultures?

    The time has come when I need to begin selling some stuff. I'm at a loss with Sphagnum because I don't want to remove it from the culture and force it to "start over" but I want it to ship well. Is there a method for shipping a Sphagnum culture (contained + live Sphagnum in it)? Is it possible...
  9. Nepenthesis

    Watering With Rain Water?

    This is probably an "obvious" question, but better safe than sorry. Keep in mind I don't have a TDS meter... It rained like mad here last week and I collected 20-30 gallons of rain water in some large plastic storage containers. I usually water my Nepenthes with distilled water, but I don't...
  10. CorneliusSchrute

    Sphagnum Advice?

    I am relatively new to growing sphagnum moss and have several cultures going right now. I have been leaving several trays of it outside in the elements where it freezes solid for an extended time, keep a few in my unheated pop-tent greenhouse with my overwintering Sarracenia and Dionaea, and...
  11. R

    Ceph Eden Black X self on E-bay.

    Might be something to watch, figure it will go for a ton. I know its not "that hard" to get Eden Black X open seeds now so maybe its real. Its odd that there is not a "parent" pitcher photo, since this is a tissue culture from a seed grown plant I would think there would be an older plant...
  12. H

    In vitro shoot tip culture of N. campanulata

    Here's the result so far of my recent attempt at propagating N. campanulata by culturing the shoot tips in vitro. I used small basal shoots as explant source and referred to these links for disinfection methods: http://icps.proboards.com/thread/4891...
  13. Nepenthesis

    Mushrooms as Food for Nepenthes?

    I have an abundance of pesky mushrooms in my greenhouse popping up in my Sphagnum cultures, Nepenthes pots, ect. I was wondering if my Nepenthes would enjoy snacking on a few of these. Most are a few centimeters, but if I allow them to grow, some can get to a few inches. I just pulled a pretty...
  14. B

    Best lighting for tissue culture?

    I currently grow my plants under T5 HO around 14" away and they all have great color, vigor, etc.. I'm about to get into tissue culture and need to get another grow light since I don't have any more room on my shelves. My question is, for tissue culture, does the intensity of the light matter as...
  15. rellenburg

    100 liter bottles of WPM TC media

    I have 3 100 liter bottles of WPM that I'd like to trade. I got them from Caisson about a year ago. They were cold pack shipped to me with other stuff and have been refrigerated since then. They are 36.75/ea plus shipping from them. I may trade for almost anything including PPM, Carageenan...
  16. Nepenthesis

    Drosera Leaves Turning Black From Tips to Base?

    This happens with almost all my Drosera except my pygmies. Scenario 1: I put any Drosera in a tray of distilled water... This has been done with multiple container colors, sizes, ect. I fill it up to almost the top of the container and I either keep it at that level, usually over an inch below...
  17. klasac

    some new species/locations/hybrids on the gel

    .and here I add some pictures of today, mostly new cultures: drosera falconeri, still without root system, but flowering already drosera montana var. montana "Botumirin' drosera sp. 'Auyan Tepui' on semi-liquid gel (some dews grow much faster this way) drosera madagascariensis. Don't know...
  18. jwbates26

    Need some advice

    I have a culture of sphagnum moss and it is about to fill up the container its in so I am planning on trimming it down and taking more cultures of it. I noticed a while back there were tiny and I mine tiny black dots moving around. I believe them to be Oribatid mites. They are tiny black round...
  19. Nepenthesis

    Gnats :headwall:

    So in my pygmy drosera pots, there are large cultures of gnats growing. They started to hatch out today and there are a ton now. Not quite sure how to treat this. I guess I kept them too wet or something. What should I do about this? I put a bunch of drosera around the area to catch all that I...
  20. Nepenthesis

    Drosera/Utrics Dying

    A few weeks ago, all of my drosera started to turn brown on the tips and die back, even the capes. There is one pot of typical capes that is doing fine, but the rest are turning brown... All except the pygmies. On top of this, there are these tiny little white bugs that resemble springtails but...
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