where can i find Nepenthes Truncata seeds?

[Madcrawdad]

this might be a question for more experienced growers but when the pitcher on the end of a leaf dies, does a new pitcher form on the same leaf or do i have to wait for another leaf to sprout to expect another pitcher?

you'll need to wait for a new leaf.

 

[Notophthalmus]

Here's a general caresheet for Nepenthes species: http://www.blackjungle.com/nepenthes_care_sheet.html. Black Jungle also has plants, growing media, and such; I've ordered a few things from them and have no complaints.

My only experience with Nepenthes was years ago, when I was just a kid, and I didn't really take very good care of the thing; it finally bit the dust when an oak limb took out my little greenhouse during a winter ice storm. You've made me want to give it another try!

 

[kuhliloach]

which plant might you want to try this time?

 

[Notophthalmus]

I dunno, I'll have to spend some time researching. I'd like to do something small in a terrarium setting, I guess.

 

[Madcrawdad]

I grew mine outside in a mini-bog garden with Venus flytraps in the summer, and over-wintered them in a covered window well.

In the summer, the pitchers would always be filled with wasps and flies. You could hear the trapped insects buzzing from a few feet away.

I believe that the black jungle site has a link on how to create a bog container garden, as I'm pretty sure that's where I got most of my information when I had mine. I also ordered some Venus flytraps from them awhile back.

I've ordered carnivorous plants from Flytraps.com , blackjungle.com and plantdelights.com . All sent quality plants, but I recall the plantdelights.com being the most expensive.

 

[kuhliloach]

I dunno, I'll have to spend some time researching. I'd like to do something small in a terrarium setting, I guess.

so maybe small sundews, american pitchers or flytraps?

in the terrarium, would you make a mini bog or leave them still in their pots?

i've always thought the mini bog in a terrarium looked more natural but has more chances of moldy soil.

 

[Notophthalmus]

I prefer a naturalistic look, so I'd probably make a mini-bog with some live Sphagnum and so on. If I went with Americans, I'd need to be able to move the whole shebang to a cooler locale for winter dormancy, so that's got to figure into the design...

And if I could get Hemidactylium scutatum to breed in the setup- well that would just be too keen!

See what you've done? I'm getting excited about this and I don't even have a place to put it. This project will probably have to wait a few years.

 

[kuhliloach]

sorry(wouldn't the plants eat the salamander?)

you don't have a backyard or porch/deck you could leave the plants on or even a windowsill? might not be as much funn as the terrarium but atleast you'd have some of the finest bug control around!

 

[Notophthalmus]

I've never had much luck keeping carnivorous plants as houseplants. If I'm going to deal with them again, I want to do it properly. Besides, I'm going to be moving next year for school, and then again a couple years after that- I need less junk to deal with, not more!

Sundews or bladderworts would be an issue with the sallies, but I don't think there would be any issues with pitchers or flytraps. And hemidacs love sphagnum!

 

[kuhliloach]

if you already got a terrarium with a salamander in it, how much more trouble could adding a few carnies in it be?(besides eating the sally)or is the tank too crowded as it is?