CP's for shade

[Guest Rich]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone can recommend any CP's that will catch houseflies on a north facing kitchen windowsill? To the best of my knowledge VFT's and Sarracenia can be ruled out straight away as, although they are excellent houseflies killers, they will suffer from the lack of direct sunlight. I do have some Pings on the windowsill at the moment which look beautiful but as we all know, they are only good for catching gnats!

I was wondering if there was anything in the Drosera family that someone might know of that would cope with the north facing windowsill and still have the ability to catch houseflies, or possibly even some sort of highland hybrid Nepenthes? The windowsill sits right about the kitchen sink so it should get plenty of humidity but temperature would be a worry for me with a Nepenthes, given the kitchen is North facing it's usually quite cool, puntuated by warm spells when we are cooking.

Any suggestions at all?

Thanks,

Rich.

[loligo1964]

Hello all,

I was wondering if anyone can recommend any CP's that will catch houseflies on a north facing kitchen windowsill? To the best of my knowledge VFT's and Sarracenia can be ruled out straight away as, although they are excellent houseflies killers, they will suffer from the lack of direct sunlight. I do have some Pings on the windowsill at the moment which look beautiful but as we all know, they are only good for catching gnats!

I was wondering if there was anything in the Drosera family that someone might know of that would cope with the north facing windowsill and still have the ability to catch houseflies, or possibly even some sort of highland hybrid Nepenthes? The windowsill sits right about the kitchen sink so it should get plenty of humidity but temperature would be a worry for me with a Nepenthes, given the kitchen is North facing it's usually quite cool, puntuated by warm spells when we are cooking.

Any suggestions at all?

Thanks,

Rich.

I have grown Darlingtonia and Cephalotus at north-facing windows with good results in the past -- as well as a few highland Nepenthes, including N. ventricosa, N. ventrata, and N. bongso; provided that humidity can be provided, overly bright, sustained light doesn't seem terribly important.

All of these plants managed to feed on various flies, including mosquitos . . .