all above are soo nice..i must getting one for me lah..

Thanx… got it. Sometime, hobbyist will go to wild and collect those plant from their habitat till they cannt found in natural environment. Sad about that.



Im not really 100% sure which is the best. But, I didn’t hear that use peat moss to keep it. So far, media that normally use are sphagnum moss, or coconut chips. Some nepenthes even growing nice in burnt soil.

The plant produce pitcher? Personally as a nep newbie, if my plant produce pitcher in each leaf, I will very happy liao…

Did you fertilizing yours plant? Where you keep it? Most of nepenthes like 50% shade environment place. Some sp. is not a easy plant.

Hehe… it is easy if you know the way… Keep it outside is easier if compare with keep it indoor. For nepenthes, you can grow them in balcony that receive morning sun.


You have VFT as well!!!! You grow them from seeds? How big are those plants? What is VFT RG? Where you got yours plant? I’m looking for sp. that I don’t have.

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Added on April 15, 2009, 11:37 pmYea... they are nice and exotic, unique... Thats why most of CPer are guy...

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 15 2009, 11:37 PM

caseyhoo,i already registered at that forum..really nice forum indeed.but i forgot to refer ur name as someone introduce me to that forum,sorry..

wow..heard about these plants b4 but din know got in malaysia..haha..

realy interested in the VFT plant..many flies in my kitchen.. jk..wat type of soils do we need to use for VFT anyway ?

This post has been edited by Vanda: Apr 16 2009, 10:36 AM

NOPE .. MINE ARE FROM TISSUE CULTURE

I mean, I use sphagnum moss as substrate. It does produce pitchers.. but they will dry up and die in matter of days!
I din't fertilize them and I hang it just outside my house.

casey,
i still like d idea of letting nature deal its cause. i hav lot of space around my garden so, got lots of plants n of coz, mosquitoes. Whenever i feed my rabbits, blardy mosquitoes all come sting me like vampires

btw, my rabbits r kept in a shaded area, so i tot put those CPs at the shaded area beside my rabbit cage, of coz away from rabbits reach so they wont try 2 eat it... actually, im a bit worried oso will rabbits get bitten by d vampires.... so if i hav CPs, its a plus point since small animals are v super sensitive 2 smells so i cant use other ways of catching mosquitoes

so comes back this question, which type of CP is a bit hardy n beginner's plant? n where do u get it.... thks

This post has been edited by toda6866: Apr 16 2009, 04:21 PM

how do u feed dis plants??
or they eat by themselves??
nicela..
very interesting plant....
normally how much?

Guys, anyone of you if you happen to grow Monkey Cup plants or NEPENTHES, a STRONG NOTE here. There are few varieties which attract tree shrew (or Squirrels, as many prefer to call it, although they are not true squirrels) to bite and tear on them, especially the RED ones!! Take no risk by putting them on the floor (hang the plants). I've already been declaring an all-out war on them ever since they mass-massacre the plant pitchers. All-out war = trapping them in cage traps and sending them off to another part of town.

This post has been edited by funkychips: Apr 16 2009, 08:32 PM

Wah,ts almost poisoned me with the beauty of these plants.I have no idea where to get it or i dont knoe the pricing either.Asked some nurseries around and they dont have.

wow... very interest leh... know where can i get it from kepong area???
is it expensive??? cus i m still a student...
interest the VFT

This post has been edited by louisfjh: Apr 18 2009, 10:44 PM

IC… in order for yours pitchers to last longer, humidity is the most important. Low Humidity and winy place causing the pitcher dry faster.

IC… if that case, I think, Pinguicula is a good idea. And their flower is really looks nice. But, it didn’t always flower lar… P. primuliflora and P. x sethos are easy take care plant. P. primuliflora need water tray. But P. x sethos don’t need. I have extra P. primuliflora, but not P. x sethos.
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c139/cas...es/IMG_1578.jpg

Sometime you can found P. sethos at Sg. Buloh too…


Don’t need to feed also can. Because, they will digest insect/fauna that fall in to their trap.
Nepenthes, sarrasenia – fall into their pitcher and cannot go out
Pinguicula, Sundew – sticky glue that will stick insect/fauna
VFT – leaf that have trap attached to it, once the sensor is touch, the trap will close

But, if you want yours plant grow faster/nicer. Feed lar… I normally feed it when im free. Price ar… emmm… Depends on sp. lor… from RM10~RM800. Depends on rarity. D. intermedia ‘cuba’ will cost RM15+-. Shark teeth VFT bigger then 50cent will cost rm15. Typical VFT with the same size will cost rm8. Sarrasenia from YG will cost rm20+. Nepenths will cost rm20+ as well. Some nice nepenthes, just 4inches, will cost rm30+

You can feed CPs with blood worm or death insect or live insect if you can catch any… then, put it on their trap. That’s all…

Huh… I never know that!!! If it happen to those nepenthes lover, it really a war!!!! Kill Kill Kill!!!! So far, I declared war with mouse and grasshopper. Grasshopper no more… But, mouse still will play with the CPs media… dig out media and CP also out from the pot!!!! Sad sad sad…


You know TS, a senior CPer ? Cool!!! He have a lots of nice VFT!!! Some vft’s teeth is looks difference from others!!! Especially "Fused Tooth", “Fang tooth” and “Cupped trap”… it is $$$ as well!!!

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Added on April 19, 2009, 3:31 pmYou can found it at Sg. Buloh nursery or from forumer... Or from Fauzi as I posted before.

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 19 2009, 03:31 PM

Or you could cage the plants bro. Keep them in cages, away from the naughty hands of tree shrews.

Do you guys know anywhere closer around KL? I've been trying to find one since i dont know when.. i had a VFT last time but let it flowers and after that it dies.. Should have cut the flower so that it continues growing longer.. haiz... nvr mind.. so anyone know?? been to many nurseries but cant find one who does sell it..

I try to have one b4, it looks like the pic above

but it only manage to survive few weeks, it die slowly ... i dunno wat i had done, i give water everyday

hi guys ...

some growth since i bought til now


the dingy gaint sure grew fast and bgger than the rest a compare last time... lol



This post has been edited by s98432512: Apr 21 2009, 12:13 AM

i grew my under t5 lighting .... 12 hrs a day with distill water .. but seems like growth is still slow any idea how to let it grow faster ???

is there any carni plant good and efficient in eating up mosquito? will they be smelly?
expensive?

Pinguicula; u mean this one? dam the flower is soooo nice, where can I get this?



im really getting more n more in luv with CPs...

P. primuliflora ; which is it? looks similiar but diff colour of flowers.
purple
white

one day when im free, i must really go visit nurseries in Sg. Buloh

Sg. buloh is kinda far... no nurseries aroung ampang or kl??