Thats why David plant is growing nice. Beside that, when I browsing some nice blog from Taiwan CP expert, they fertilizer their plant with orchid fertilizer. Now, Im try it. Hope will get good result from that.

Fertilizer that they use is 10times lesser then instruction.

If we keep our plant outdoor, I think it is a bit difficult for us to put a air pump to water tray. So far, I didnt facing any bad smell from it.

Drosera in enclosed tetarium... emmmm... Edmund have experience on that... Lets him explain it.

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PLL light is very hot if compare with FL light, but, distance that PLL can cover is longer then FL.
Ed tried with 3 PLL with 1ft+ distance

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Added on July 16, 2009, 2:21 amIm not really sure it can use or not. What I worry is bacteria may forming in the media.

For nepenthes and sarracenia, you can use those slow release fertilizer. Those fertilizer is in round shape and there is water inside it. Fauzi and the others CP expert - Lau using it. Im just got it few weeks ago and using it now for my sarra and nepenthes

For others CP like drosera, VFT, they prefer liquid fertilizer. I think most of fertilizer in market is suitable to them, but not sure which 1 is the best, since, content of each brand is difference and serve with difference purpose. I think the best is those fertilizer that help in growing and not those flowering.

If we grow CP outdoor, CP will survive without fertilizing them since they will attract insect and EAT them... . As a taiwan expert said, many people able growing CP, but, not many people grow it nicely. In order to archieve that, we need to do something. Feed them or fertilizing them!!!! You can feed them with blood worm, but make sure quantity is not exceed as well.

Main point when using fertilizer to CP is... LOW QUANTITY. TRY on yours own risk. Yours CP may get burn if over fertilized

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 02:25 AM

That is 101% sure!!!! Fly also can. Im lazy to catch them. So, I just brough those fridged blood worm and feed them. Dont need to catch them and i can feed my CP anytime Im free.

If you have too many CP, it will take time. Thats why, im trying fertilizer them... Still not sure really sure of the result.



This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 02:32 AM

eeemmm... I think so... that means,,,, you can feed them with yours blood!!!!

If compare between Fly, ant and mosquitoes, they prefer fly. Because it is juicy, and yummy...

We have indo mate, philipine mate. Now... we become CP "mate"!!! haha... . But, we enjoy the result!!!!!

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 02:42 AM

you means, suffering from not enough water?
--> give them water tray. Get a transparent plastic beg and cover the whole pot to increase huminity. Put them in cool and shade place. pray they recover from that.

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 02:50 AM

D. adalea like shade, cooler place and high huminity... Many CPer fail on this plant

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 03:06 AM

There is CP compeitition at below. Have a lots nice photo!!!!
http://forum.petpitcher.com/forumdisplay.php?f=214

Beside that, there is a yearly CP competition at Botanical Garden. for 2009, the competition is just passed 2 month ago, if not mistaken

For Botanical garden CP competition, main winner is Lau. Many of his plant got prize.


You can cover the tank with transparent plastic/glass. It will increase the humidity. If it is not satisfy, you can use air pump as David explained.

those moss can grow on that. Most important is it must be wet.

I’m still at learning stage. Especially how to bring out CP potential color and shape. Most of time, Im still fail to do so…

Beside that, I still fail to propagate some CP like S. psittacina, S. scarlet belle. D. broomensis, D. derbyensis and others...

Forget to tell you that, please leave a small gap at top of tank. Yea, wet substrate before put it in. Actually, if yours tank is big enough, you can put a 500ml mineral bottle at 1 corner and filled it with water and pump air into it. And find a way to hide the bottle.

I didnt did it before, im not sure what else we need to watch out when setup it. You may need to consider what light you going to use. Beside that, air circulation is the others thing that you may want to consider.

I remember now, I kill a pot of nepenthes as well. After that, I got a D. burmanii and red VFT from David. And I successfully grow them to adult size and successful propagate them as well...

I just kill a S. psittacina and D. derbyensis.

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Added on July 16, 2009, 10:16 pmHyourinMaru, what CP is dying?

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 16 2009, 10:16 PM

D. adelea is choosy plant, require high humidity, cooler and shade place. Many people fail with it. You had done the best, so, just wait and see.

D. intermedia is hard plant. And it like water tray. Suppose no issue with that. May I have a photo of it before you repot it? I never experience with root rot at my drosera.

BTW, D. intermedia root is really tiny.



camillenoir, that is nice N. rafflesianas if im not wrong... It is yours? Nice!!!!! I dont really like N. rafflesianas, because normally it only have 2 or 3 pitchers, others will dry up.

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Jul 17 2009, 01:40 PM

camillenoir, you have many nepenthes!!!! Please share it with us... Split all those poison to them....

foxngan, i will suggest try to wash out those substrate as much as you can.

Long time I didnt update with my plant liao...

Here is some sarracenia photo

S. leucophylla


S. juthatip soper


BTW, petpitcher CP photo competition is end... And I had win 2 prize!!! A N bicalcarata "red flush" and N. ampullaria "speckle"...

Will post my winning photo at here soon...

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Added on August 1, 2009, 9:42 pmAnd here is the others 2

S. flava "red tube"


S. scarlet belle


This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Aug 1 2009, 09:48 PM

Melowie, those plant is really healthy!!!

I like the N. ampullaria spotted.

Propagate more from leaf pulling lor...


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S. stevensii is 2nd or 3rd Sarracenia. Nowsaday, the S. stevensii pitcher is turned reddish and tall

S. stevensii





S. metchelliana

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Added on August 11, 2009, 10:50 pmNow, tallest pitcher at my house is... S. flava, 2nd is S. stevensii. Both of them is a bit heighter than 1.5ft.

Tallest S. flava & S. stevensii



This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Aug 11 2009, 10:50 PM

Thore are well grown moss!!!

Im not sure about using artificial lighting to keep CP. David/Edmund, !!!

Must ask those planted tank expert... im resigned liao...

I think that will not a probelm, most important is must keep the media wet.

Not at the moment... Im not really into nepenthes

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Added on August 22, 2009, 10:57 pmN. bicalcarata "red flush" & N. ampullaria 'brunei red'


N. ampullaria 'brunei red' that didnt receive enough sunlight. I think it can b more red

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Added on August 22, 2009, 11:03 pmHere is top back view of S. juthatip soper




This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Aug 22 2009, 11:03 PM

you must try to grow such nice and unique plants!!!!