caseyhoo, no i din get any CP from there, as d reason stated earlier, i rather go to nurseries in SG. Buloh or nearby PJ (coz I stay in PJ) so dat i can confirm they can survive here at lowlands... still not sure how well they can survive under my care

actually, I have another reason y im so interested with it, I hav a garden full of insects (mosquitoes alot oso la) so I was hoping if CPs can feed on those pests n i dun hav 2 get bitten so much when i go there...

biology weapon?

Halo KC you r here haha

mine all die liao sob sob..

Really!?!? The place where I put is shady areas. It will only get alot of sunlight during morning and abit of sunlight in the afternoon since it is shady. Maybe lack of sunlight?

I bought it for RM 40++ and it didnt even last for a month. The lady from d nursery actually told me not to give it sunlight and not so much water as it may destroy the roots?! Gosh.. Im so devastated cuz I love it very much.. esp the VFT... so TS can distribute some to us?! Hehehe!

Use CP to get rid of insects is not a good idea… Because, CP will attracted insect to them and eat them… You MAY end up with more insect. toda6866, yours insect may decrease because it is eaten by CP and you will still constantly get some insect in yours garden.

How I wish my place have so many insect for my CPs…. 

I purposely put some fruit nearby my CPs to attract more fruit flies.

Hi there, you are here as well!!! Yours CP die because of what ar?

Sound like the place suppose is ok. Even the plant may not do that well but, I don’t think that is the reason why it dies. Yours previous VFT’s media is always wet?

RM40++, where you got it and what it is? It is a cephalotus? If cephalotus, yes, it dont like too many water and prefer cool place to grow well, especially their root need cool temperature... it is not a easy take care plant....


Drosera
Drosera, also know as sundew. They hate any insect that stand on top of their body. That’s why they produce sticky dew at their leaf to glue insect!!!! Then digest it!!!! Some drosera’s leaf may bend towards their food. And some even show the movement within an hour!!!

For me, personally, I try not to lets rain hit my sundew (especially those rare and sp. that I just have 1 or 2). Because, sundew will need energy to produce those dews. And it will weaker the plant. But, some hard sundew can explore to rain, like D. spatulata, D. intermedia, D. paradoxa.

There are many types of drosera and hybrid. From those laying flat at media, leaf will grow upward, the whole plant grow tall, size from 5cent to 10cm wide… Some of them will go for dormancy, but, I found that, we can leave it and don’t worry about it. They will wake up from dormancy after sometime.

To grow them using water tray methods as well, water level is from ¼ to 1/3 of yours CP pot. Most of drosera like direct sunlight.


This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 2 2009, 06:14 AM

caseyhoo, where do u stay? can v visit u? Field trip!

Jenn, I stay at Pandan Indah area. But, it is not so convenience to pay me a visit. Sorry.  If you really want to see plants, may be we can meet up at some place and I can bring few pots of CPs…

lol cos of i no take care

wait i move house, will hv a 'pet room' then i can make an indoor tank for it.

nice plant

N. rafflesianas


latest pitcher


U. caerulea


U. bifida



U. graminifolia aka cendol plant


U. sandersonii



This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 8 2009, 02:19 AM

Nice plants you got there casey. I'm interested with sundews, are there any that are suitable for indoor with not much sunlight?

Can provide some guide on how to keep them? Maybe best location that might carry such plants?

I had pitcher plant few yr back. It also died slowly even I took care.
I like the last few pics of pitcher plant(what's it called?). I saw it at m.valley for sale but didn't buy it cos i's going to be away.
If anyone know where else i can get in PJ area, let me know..thx

Can VFT be survive as window side(only indirect sun) table plant?

This post has been edited by mkmt: Apr 8 2009, 05:36 PM

To keep it indoor, most of CP is not suitable. If you still wan to do so, you still can keep it by provide them suitable light. Light that use for water plant is suitable for them. But, not dare to confirm how many watts you need to make yours plants grow well. Because I didn’t grow it indoor yet. For a 2ft tank with a 36W PLL suppose is sufficient for yours plant grow well. You still need to try it then, you will know.

Where to get drosera… emmm… I have extra D. intermedia ‘cuba’ and D. binata if you are interested, probably will have D. paradoxa. Beside that, you can try http://forum.petpitcher.com, buy and sell section. That forum admin by Malaysian and you can find many Malaysian CPer in there. Beside that, you may consider import seeds from oversea. But, for CPs, their growing rate is really slow. For drosera, it need around 5~6 months to reach adult size. VFT even slower!!!! It needs 1.5 years to reach matured. So far, the slowest is Sarrasenia seeds that I first try, it takes me 6months and just 1cm tall!!!! PENING… Just started to feed those sarra plantlet with bloodworm juice and hope it will grow faster.


For the pitcher plant. May I know did you keep it at shaded place? That is most people thought, even nurseries tell the same thing. Most of them normally need 50% shade place. Some of nepenthes even can tolerance with direct sun light, but, their leaf may have orange/brown color patches that it didn’t harm the plant. Im still learning how to keep nepenthes, I just started, especially those small size and look nice and most important  cheap.

Last few pics is sarrasenia. They need strong light and a lot of water. Below is introduction on it. Every Saturday and Sunday, you can swing in to Subang Parade flea market, there is a store opened by Fauzi that selling CPs fulltime. Here is his website. http://www.dapat.net/moblog.aspx?member=4ZEPLANT

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Added on April 14, 2009, 10:44 pmPhoto taken by my friend tat went to YG CP nursery




D. sp.


D. x lake badgerup


S. leucophylla X rubra


S. leucophylla hybrid


Ping. sp.


P. primuliflora


Last... the most attracted and not a easy plant ---- cephalotus

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This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 14 2009, 10:44 PM

i have a question here..if we keep some protected sp., i mean this carnivorous plant la,do we need a license?

eeeee... not really sure about this ler...

because i think some of them protected and endemic here..if u wan to sell it,especially to foreigners,better be careful and better not(i hate to sell something endemic and native here to foreigners).but this is what i like with hobbyist,sometimes we contribute on conserving them by keeping them and 'breed' them.if i am conservationist, one of the strategy to save some endangered species is to attract the interest of hobbyist.so plant can be conserve and produced more until it no longer become endangered.for example,Alocasia melo,not carnivorous plant, but one time become endangered because of habitat destruction(logging in borneo).but fortunately this plant has really unique look,some scientist decide to bring it as ornamental plant..from a few plant available in herbarium,it become a lot and u can even find them in ace hardware sometimes,ha3. this is what wildlife department duwan to see..LOL..

This post has been edited by slackerz: Apr 15 2009, 01:19 AM

Casey, could you tell me whats the best substrate to use to keep them? I got my wild Nepenthes . sp(M) which I planted it on peat moss and it doesn't seem to do well with it. I keep it outdoors and water it daily. Any ideas?

This post has been edited by leetplayer: Apr 15 2009, 01:58 AM

Sounds like tough plant for a beginner like me. Maybe I'll search for something more suitable and come back for your advice. Thanks alot, for saving a plant from dying under my care. Haha..

nice vft LOL .. didn;t know there a post for it til now LOL

here is one of mine

since early this year LOL