Project 2016: Cattleya walkeriana

[Subrosa]

Originally Posted by bil

Both. The sarracenia trumpets are deadly for flies, in all the time I have had carnivorous plants, NOTHING has has a kill rate like them.

The nerpenthes are a bit fragile here. Dunno if it's the heat. I have a couple doing OK, but most have died. Shame, I would like one that had coloured pitchers that stood out, but the ones I have are all green.

Originally Posted by bil

Well, the greenhouse isn't allowed to go below 10C which is about 53 - 55F and usually doesn't go below 12C 58F

Outside, nights can go below zero. Humidity? Not bone dry. Things need a lot of water, but there is a decent level of humidity.


Know any suitable Nerps with coloured pitchers?

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They would do well here you reckon? While the day time hits 40 regularly, nights are about 20. The Nerps that are growing ok are also pitchering, so we must have reasonable humidity.

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Meh, I did grow some cape sundews, but by god did they take up space. Also, while they pulled in the tiny flies and ants, they didn't touch the flies that are the real nuisance. We get house flies that irritate, and stable flies that look like house flies but bite like a bastard.

Uh huh, you grew capensis. Hmmmmmm....... to put our interchange in perspective, perhaps a different analogy is in order. Pretend we were discussing German cars, and I asked if you ever driven a Porsche, and you replied that you had driven a Trabant......Drosophyllum is not Drosera!

[bil]

Originally Posted by Subrosa

Uh huh, you grew capensis. Hmmmmmm....... to put our interchange in perspective, perhaps a different analogy is in order. Pretend we were discussing German cars, and I asked if you ever driven a Porsche, and you replied that you had driven a Trabant......Drosophyllum is not Drosera!

You are quite right. The one is not the other, but that wasn't what I meant so much as they both use the same sort of techniques to trap prey.

What were you going to suggest about Drosophyllum?