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  1. Hello everyone, quick intro; I’ve been into the carnivorous plants hobby for quite a long time now, but after a sort of ‘dip’ when I started uni (not at home a lot), I’ve picked up the hobby again. The unheated greenhouse is being used again for dionaea, sarracenia and drosera again, but my main focus lies with Nepenthes now. I already have some terraria with HL nepenthes species in them, all of them kept at “cool” room temp, so no significant night drop (17-19°C at night). Most plants seem to manage okay, but growth has been slow for a lot of the species that grow on higher elevations in nature. No surprise there. I am in the process of building a rather big, true HL terrarium now. In short the idea is to build a multiplex terra with front sliding doors, the inside completely sealed with epoxy and cooling done by a recently purchased aquarium cooler connected to a CPU radiator with fans on the inside of the terrarium. The nighttime temp i am aiming for is 13-14°C. As you can imagine, this raises a lot of questions… … but as this is a plant forum I will start with a plant question! :) Which one of the following plants would you put in the cooled terrarium and which ones would you keep in the more room-temp terraria? Are there highlanders that won’t like it too cold? Here is a list: - alata true form - aristolochioides - burbidgeae - burkei - fusca - glabrata - gymnamphora - inermis x tenuis - jacquelineae - jamban - lowii x veitchii - lowii x (veitchii x lowii) - macfarlanei - maxima - petiolata - robcantleyi - spathulata - spathulata x jacquelineae - spectabilis - vogelii And coming soon: - pulchra - hamata - inermis - dubia - ramispina - flava Many thanks in advance! Kind regards, Mathijs
  2. Okay, thank you very much for your reply!
  3. Hi everybody, I have question... About 6 weeks ago i put a number of sarr seeds in ziplock bags with a bit of damp chopped sphagnum for stratification. Today I put the seeds/sphagnum on the surface of the pots, making sure the seeds have good contact with the soil (pressed them in a little bit but can still see them). All how it should be done, I thought. Except today I re-read some things about stratification online, and it seems that air in the ziplock bags is advised. When I prepared my seeds I rolled all the air out of the bags, so there was really no/very, very little air left. Does anybody know if this will dramatically change germination outcome? Would it be best to put the pots in the fridge again for some time? The seeds sown were harvested last year, so they are fresh. I really would like some advice with this, because it's quite a big batch of different species and nice crosses... Kind regards, Mathijs
  4. Hello everyone, does anybody have any experience with this site? https://carnivorousplantsshop.eu/ Kind regards, Mathijs
  5. Hi everyone, around mid- september I started noticing some stunted growth in my sarracenia's but didn't think much of it at the time. Now (after being away 2 months) I'm fairly sure I have a thrips infestation (the black spots, wilted and deformed winter leaves...). After a quick trip to the garden center i found an insecticide against most leaf-sucking insects including thrips. (Edialux insecticide 'Insecticide 10 ME', Active component: cypermethrin) This seems to work on contact rather than systemic. Anyone have any experience with this? I could order some provado, a systemic insecticide would seem the better choice to me but I haven't found it here yet. My plants are all standing in a water table in my GH (Sarr, drosera, dionaea, darling., ceph) but so far only the sarracenia's seem to be infested. Would treating the diseased plants affect the others, too (same water table) or don't these insecticides have an impact on healthy plants? Also, is it worth treating them at this time of the year? I seem to remember some insecticides not being quite efficient during winter. Better to wait till spring? Kind regards, Mathijs
  6. Does anyone else have any suggestions or advice? Or any advice about humidity?
  7. Hi everyone, Quick intro: when I was younger I had a nice collection of CP's, but I had to quit the hobby because of my studies. Because I have a lot more spare time at the moment/in the foreseeable future, I've decided to get back at it :) However, it's been almost 10 years so some things have become foggy. So if someone could help me out real quick it'd be greatly appreciated! - When is the best time to purchase Sarracenias? (I'd think right after dormancy before they start growing?) - I discovered some leftover Sarracenia seeds in my fridge (stored in an envelope, so dry and cool). These must be 7 to 8 years old. I know the long period in the fridge isn't exactly beneficial, but hey, worth a shot right? I was thinking of putting them in an airtight ziplock bag with some finely chopped moist sphagnum for about 4 weeks to give them the required stratification. (in the fridge) - Do you guys think its worth the trouble? Or too old? - If some sarras germinate, would the seedlings be okay in a ventilated terrarium between SA drosera? (artificial light, temp. +/- 25). I'd keep them about 1 to 2 years in there to help them grow, after which i would gradually place them in less forgiving circumstances to make them more resilient. After all they have to get somewhat tougher for their first dormancy, right? - Would the same treatment described above (the stratification, germination and the first years in a terrarium between Drosera) also work for Darlingtonia and/or Dionaea? Thanks in advance! Kind regards, Mathijs P.S.: I have no idea which species of Sarracenia the seeds are from, but -as I never crossed species to get hybrids- they should be from a pure species ^^ (fingers crossed for leucophylla )
  8. I got my spathulata in 2006 from CZplants. It has grown a lot in those 3 years! Thanks for your replies!
  9. Some random pictures of the greenhouse: And last but not least my new tank, mainly for utrics. Most utrics have only just arrived from extreme-plants. I’m very satisfied with these plants. Overview: U.calyficida: U.warburgii: U.blanchetti: U.endresii: N.singalana: I hope you enjoyed!
  10. Hello everybody! I just wanted to show some pictures, I hope you‘ll like them. Sorry for the poor quality! First some pictures from my HL-terrarium: Overview: New N.veitchii pitcher opening. N.lowii: N.spathulata pitcher: Young N.inermis: N.gymnamphora basal: H.tatei, a very steady grower: N.hamata pitchers: N.rajah: It took me a year to get this tiny N.aristolochioides pitchering: U. alpina with its first flowerstalk: Deformed N.ramispina pitcher:
  11. Can anyone please tell if aristolochioides needs anything special in its soil? Mine grows very slow, and it won't pitcher.
  12. Very nice pics! How old are your Darlingtonia seedlings?
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