carnivorous plants

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  1. rob158

    rob158 Gardener

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    Hi,
    here are some photo's of my Carnivorous plants (thay eat bugs) :lol:
    Pinguicula "tina"
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    Dionaea "funnel trap"
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    Dionaea "cupped trap"
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    Sarracenia leucophylla
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    Sarracenia oreophila
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    sarracenia "jenny helen"
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    drosera capensis "white form" leaf,
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    "byblis goliath"
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    if you have any questions im happy to answer them, or at least try,
    the rest of the photo's of them are on my flikr page,
     
  2. davygfuchsia

    davygfuchsia Gardener

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    Hi Robert
    Could use some of them for my whitefly..LOL!!!
    What sort of tempretures do they need ?

    Dave
     
  3. miraflores

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    So pretty. I've ben trying to grow a "Dyonaea muscipula" from seed a few times, but never came up.
     
  4. rob158

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    I think Pinguicula and byblis would be good for whitefly,
    Sarracenia and Dionaea can be grown in a greenhouse as a half hardy perennial so thay can go dormant but not get too cold, you dont want them to go below
    -10c for more than 2 or 3 days,

    Pinguicula,drosera and byblis can be grown in a house all year no colder than 5c, Pinguicula,drosera are perennial and dont go dormant and byblis is an annual,


    You sometimes need to stratify the seeds in the fridge to break the seeds dormancy,
     
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    Looking good Robert. I've had a couple of the Venus Fly traps when my kids were younger, and they lasted a couple of years. I think we grew some from seed, they are very interesting plants. I love the 'killer plants' section in the greenhouse at Kew.
     
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    "I think Pinguicula and byblis would be good for whitefly"

    They would have to work blinking hard in my greenhouse :(
     
  7. davygfuchsia

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    "I think Pinguicula and byblis would be good for whitefly"

    And mine in the summer ..

    Dave
     
  8. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    Nice plants Robert, I've grown a few Sarracenias and the good old Venus Flytrap over the years, had a Pinguicula some years ago.
    Are you thinking of growing any Nepenthes?
    Need a bit more heat I guess.

    Nice photos BTW:thmb:
     
  9. Phil A

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    Very nice indeed :gnthb:
     
  10. Sussexgardener

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    Very nice looking plants. I'm tempted by a Venus Flytrap, but I know they need a bit more attention than most houseplants.
     
  11. rob158

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    Ive got a few nepenthes, I have lowland ones, thay dont need heat,

    there easy if you give them what thay need and know how to look after them,
     
  12. Musa Monkey

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    I have a fair few sundews that i regard as "working plants" they do a great job in the greenhouse in summer. I also have fly traps and saracenias. I plan to put together a little bog garden in an old sink in spring.
     
  13. boebrummie

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    i have sown some flytrap seeds. but dont seem to be taking, does anyone know if they are slow germinting or. could they be just duds
     
  14. pete

    pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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    How long ago did you sow them?

    Not grown them from seed myself, but guessing they would need heat an humidity to germinate.
     
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    I fancy having some venus flytraps, would like them in pots so I can move them outside to the edge of the pond I'm making soon, and would come in handy with some for inside the greenhouse :)
     
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