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I sometimes get them as weeds growing in my lawn. They seem to grow in anything here so long as it's always damp and there's not to much competition.

They don't go dormant, though in winter, if not given supplementary light, the pitcher production will slow down and those produced will be very flared. With regards to the one you have ordered, if it has previously been grown in a high humidity environment, under artificial lighting, you would need to acclimatise it else you risk losing it.

I grow about five Heliamphora on a windowsill witch flowed for me for three years on a run,then I put them in the greenhouse and as not flowed for the last two years. Now I grow all my Heliamphora on a windowsill.

Hi all, I’m looking for a good led illumination for my terrarium, the measures are 100x45x35 cm (140 liters). I would be interested to know which brands, which colors and wattage; will be placed various species of plants, nepenthes, cephalotus, drosera but also sarracenia seedlings. The terrarium will be only used as winter shelter or for debilitated plants, but if I see that the light is good, I could keep tropical plants all year. I saw a solution like this: http://www.hydroponics.eu/sonlight-apollo-led-4-130w~10022.html but I would prefer lower cost and a lower wattage, 130 Watt for that little terrarium seem too many imho Thank you -Dan

Hi All, The book I've been working on for the past two years with Timber Press, is now nearing completion and is in the production phase. The publication date is February, and the book has been on Amazon as a pre-order for ages (someone mentioned it to me at Chelsea back in May!). It can be found here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/160469579X/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=desktop-1&pf_rd_r=0N38XG1TCX48RSW4VQ14&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=577049067&pf_rd_i=desktop It's also on the Timber Press website here: http://www.timberpress.com/books/carnivorous_plants/hewitt-cooper/9781604695793 It's a complete beginners guide, and I've covered most of the commonly grown species, rather than over-complicate matters, and instead gone in to lots of detail about starting off in this fascinating hobby. There are lots of practical photos of matters such as re-potting, dividing, and propagation methods, and I've based the book on the kind of questions I've been asked over the years at the flower shows. It then covers some of the more 'intermediate' genera and species. I've even had a written endorsement from an unexpected source which appears at the beginning! Nigel HC

IMG_20150712_182056174 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182109541 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182018069 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182012297 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182004736 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_181953802 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_181934063 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_181928857 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_181914221 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182204087 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182227305 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0889 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0870 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0867 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0864 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0863 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0862 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0772 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0771 by matthew hutley, on Flickr

Nepenthes vogelii Nepenthes stenophylla Nepenthes spathulata x robcantleyi Nepenthes sibuyanensis x merrilliana

Cheers chaps. This is the biggest plant in my collection so far, n.boschiana. I acquired the plant from Carnivoria in July 2014, ordered as a typical 8 to 12cm specimen. But when it arrived, it was more like 9 inches in diameter and already putting out pitchers of 3 to 4 inches high. Now just 15 months later, the plant has a leaf span of 28 inches excluding tendrils which are 14 inches long. The latest pitcher in the above photo is 9 inches tall.

Some more IMG_0887 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0859 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0852 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0849 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0845 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0837 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0836 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_0835 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150526_155808693 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150526_155954617_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150526_160054649 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150526_160039493 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150526_155939307 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182408604 by matthew hutley, on Flickr

Below are all seed grown plants from the Seed Grown Greenhouse. IMG_20150712_182340052 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182335549 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182333154 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182329292 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150712_182035666 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_194040499_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193901754_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193833861_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193810598 by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193805848_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193748868_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193744386_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193735870_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193723028_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193702608_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr IMG_20150603_193658457_HDR by matthew hutley, on Flickr