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I am glad he lives I have a sick Ceph to. What strikes me as strange is at the beginning of each season my Ceph gets unhappy. During the winter it is really happy... how weird is that? Strange plants

In my experience it is better to order them or go to one of the many open days the member on this forum do. The reason for this is that the condition of the plants is generally guaranteed to be good. Most plants I have bought from garden centres don't last long because they have been watered incorrectly. That said if you get them when the order has just come in, before the staff have killed them with tap water, you should be fine. There are so many people on here that will sell you great plants at good prices you might as well use them :) Hope this helps

I try to leave my VFT's outside as often as possible. The colour they get from being in the German sun is fantastic. Greenflies are the only pests I get problems with. They always seem to chew the new growth in the spring. I have actually tested the two situations recently, out and indoors. Indoors you get bigger and faster growth and less wind damage. Outside however they catch plenty of food so despite a slow start these greedy plants are usually bushes by the end of the summer I have a Denate which still seems to eat well despite not having long spikes on the jaws. Does Denate occur in the wild?

sorry but I think they just look ugly :/

utterly fantastic looking plant. So healthy. Congratulations you must be a very proud parent

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Hi mobile. It was looking like this before I re-potted it. Whilst re-potting I removed a lot of the old material, as this is impossible to do when it is in a huge clump. I thought it needed re-potting to help promote growth. Also you know how long the roots get so it needed a deeper pot. The plant is actually about 4 or 5 years old so I think it is mature. Maybe I should split it up a bit. If there is a mildew infection perhaps I can save a cutting. Oh also it is outside now so the ventilation is A1 . What's the lowest temperature a Ceph can endure?

Can anyone offer me any advice. I have re-potted, it is in the sun and has plenty of water... what more can this Australian Pitcher plant want?

I agree with everyone. Unfortunately I have to use Distilled water so I am always looking for a cheaper solution. I only posted this because this guy is from 'Experts Village' so he says so I assumed his advice would be that of an expert's... I wonder how many people took his advice and lost their plants ?

I have ordered and spoken to Gert today. I used the extreme plants site as of course the new one is not ready yet. The plants I get from him are always fantastic esp. the Neps

my plants were picking up but then the Greenflies appeared, now they are fighting to come back. My VFT's are slowly coming to life but some of my Sarras have seen better times.

A video that says it's okay to use Tap water ??? - Click here I was just watching this video and Wes says you can leave tap water in a bucket for 24 hours and then use it...... Seriously this can't be correct can it?

I also found OBI stock a pretty good range and I have bought some Neps from there before but they died within a year. I think that was my bad. It got to cold in the kitchen for them

ha ha Alexa, good to see the humor is still alive on here

Wow, some great pics. I LOVE that Nepenthes bicalcarata. Beautiful and deadly all at the same time.

Hello everyone, not sure if anyone knows who I am so I thought I would say hi again. HI AGAIN It's been a few years since I was here so many new faces to get to know. Hope everyone is well Scott

hey guys its been a long time since I posted but I have a quick question I was hoping someone might have an answer to. Due to a limited water supply would this, rather expensive, piece of kit give me water I could get my plants? Water Distiller Thanks in advance

apparently near where I live they have recorded temperatures of below -30 so all my trappers are in the kitchen, even my cobra lilly :-s

Yeah thanks Carl ok the plant in question is this guy Gert's site It's a highland, together with all the other plants hanging near it. That's the only reason I would let the temperature drop so low

I have cursed myself from now on Heather. Every typo I ever make with be noted I am sure :)

HAHA Heather you said 'lenths' It's a plant from Gert Heather. I have had it a couple of months now and it has only just started lossing pitchers. Humm well thanks for your responses. Ok Amar I see what you are saying but the only creatures that sometimes fly around our kitchen are the odd fruit fly. I don't hink fruit flies can affect plants but I might be wrong Neil - again I agree with yourself I also thought this. BUT the plants around it are still making new pitchers so I don't know if that could be the problem. However it is probably the biggest plant so therefore might take longer than the smaller guys to produce it's great hanging wonders . I heard that older plants are slower to pitcher. Could it be that the plant kills off older pitchers in order to produce new ones? Hmmmm - interesting thought :) What do you guys think?

One of my Neps seems to be dying and I don't know why. The pitchers are drying up almost daily. I give it every condition it could need so I just dont understand whats wrong. Humidity it maintained at an average of 55/60% temperature is always between 16 and 30 degrees and it is in the brightest room in the house. All my other Neps in the same room are doing really well. The only other thing I can say is that it has lots of new growth appearing but the new growth is not pitchering. Please help before I loss my last 2 pitchers on this plant. Thanks in advance S Oh and they get a good spray twice a day

Lovely to see plants outdoors :) - thanks for posting Trev, can't wait to see it in a couple of years