Anyone is keeping carnivourous plants? Im really xiao with them... They are nice!!! Especially Drosera, Venus fly trap and sarrasenia... Any kaki in lowyat?

Here is my old photos...

Drosera Burmanii


D. ericksoniae x pulchella


D. paradoxa


D. intermedia 'cuba'



red VFT




VFT 'shark teeth'


Sarrasenia sp.






This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 14 2009, 11:27 PM

eee... Nowsaday, some nursery may have it for sale...

they are easy to take care...

Just give them a lots of water and a lots of sunlight... Thats it!!!!

bizen, moist suppose is not the main reason it die. I keep all my VFT with water tray and direct sunlight from 9am till 2pm. They may go for dormancy if critical change of wheather.

Jamien, you can get it from some nursery or I can spare some plant for you as well if you are interested.

leetplayer, sundew is nice!!! I like sundew, VFT and sarrasenia. Nowsaday is my hunting days... Looking for new sp. here and there...

geo, yea... it is PETS!!! Because, I will feed them with blood worm!!!!

xtreme_paranoid, where are you? You can get it from Sg. Buloh nursery. Or you can get it from some hobbyist as well. If interested, I can spare some to you as well. Most of CP can tahan hot temperature, especially drosera, VFT and sarrasenia. If you sit side by side with my plant at my garden for half an hour, you may get sunburn!!!! I stay at Ampang area.


Ah_Chuan, you refer to venus fly trap (VFT), right? Those teeth are not hard. But, it is strong enough to trap insect that pass by the trap and touch 2 of their sensor. We can feed blood worm, or any insect that can fit to their trap.


toda6866, so you got any CP from there? If you got plant from there, don’t worry; slowly expose it to more sun. If can, pack it in transparent plastic beg and open it slowly everyday so that it can adopt to yours environment. If you know where is YG Park. You must pay them a visit. The best is, u know people inside the nursery. They able bring u to their huge CP nursery!!!! It is size of football field!!! Last month, my friend just went there. Here is the photo…


xecton, try it again!!!! They r not as hard as you think. Many nurseries will tell you, keep in shade. Because most of our CP is from YG Park, Cameroon Highland. For all VFT, actual way to grow them is, give them as much as light as you can. And make sure the media is always wet. Oh ya, for CPs, don’t fertilizer it. Don’t use garden soil. Fertilizing CP is only for those very confident and has extra plant to try.


ReBeLLioN, you are wrong… Most of them are easy, except for those rare or those need cooler temperature. For VFT, sarrasenia, and drosera, just give them a water tray. Give it alots of sunlight. That’s it… Don’t need fertilizer them. Top up water for the water tray, and do water change weekly to avoid mosquito larvae breed inside it.


Serpentarius, actually, didn’t feed them is not a problem. They still will do well in open garden without feeding. If yours place have a lots of insect, yours CP will growing great even without feeding them. For sure, if feed them, they will grow nicer and bigger and faster. But, don’t overfeed, ya!!!! And don’t simply feed them with anything. Sometime, it may kill the plant too.


Zhunky, there is 3 main source for thse type of PET. 1st some nursery, 2nd hobbyist and 3rd import from oversea.

Yea, you can easily get those seeds from oversea.

jcmf, I will try my best to intro the plant 1 by 1. Hope my broken English explain what I try to say...

This type of PETS is exotic and easy to take care... Sorry for reply in lousy English. Hope you all don’t mind.

Im only can reply yours post at night... In here, working cannot simply simply serve net. But, I still can know what you posted in here from email... hehe... Then, I will write down the reply and reply alll together at once...

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Added on April 1, 2009, 6:14 amVenus Fly Trap

So far, the most attracted Carnivorous plant is VFT, right? Hehe…. Yea, it is most common know and most attractive CP. Inside their trap, there are 3 sensors at left and right of trap. Once 2 of them is touch, the trap will close. But, each leaf only can open and close for 3 ~4 times only. Once exceed, the leaf and trap will dried and turn black. So, don’t simply play play… hehe…

VFT is 1 of most easy keep CP. Just make sure the media is always wet and expose it to strong light as you can. Don’t worry, you may get sunburn, but, they will not. In order to make sure the media is always wet, you can provide them a water tray by put yours VFT pot inside some container that have some water inside it. Water level is around 1/4 of yours VFT pot.

There are many varieties of VFT. From green color, to melon color, yellowish green, pink color. Their teeth also have many forms, from normal teeth, to shark teeth, saw teeth, long teeth. Trap size and looks also have many forms. Each VFT will cost RM15 ~ RM200 as well… It is depends on their size and rarity.

VFT may go for dormancy if sudden change of climate (seldom). If they r go for dormancy, leaf will be shorter and wider. Beside that, their trap also will close slowly if compare with those normal plant. We just need to put it at bright place and give them dryer media. Repot it after 2months… Some said, we need to put them on sleep and rest yearly… But, I didn’t do so…. So far, so good.

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Added on April 1, 2009, 6:20 amhuh... My new post will combine with existing post?

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 2 2009, 06:04 AM

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

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…

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

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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Added on April 14, 2009, 10:44 pmClose up


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

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

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

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

[quote=rafiqos]
Or you could cage the plants bro. Keep them in cages, away from the naughty hands of tree shrews.
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Haha!!!! That is good idea!!!

[quote=rideon]
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..
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Hee nursery at Sg. Buloh selling it. As I know from a former that just pay them a visit last weekend.

[quote=ReWeR]
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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
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Sad to hear that many people have sad experience with CPs!!!! Sarrasenia is the others thought plant. May be can you share with us how and where you grow the plant?

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hi guys ...

some growth since i bought til now
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the dingy gaint sure grew fast and bgger than the rest a compare last time... lol

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Wauh… did you have any extra for me?

[quote=s98432512 ]
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 ???
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May be manually feed them?


[quote =konbawa ]
is there any carni plant good and efficient in eating up mosquito? will they be smelly?
expensive?
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Im no idea which plant is good in eating up mosquito. The fact is, they attract more insects… Nope, they will not smelly, unless, they trapped lizard or big fauna…


[quote=toda6866 ]
Pinguicula; u mean this one? dam the flower is soooo nice, where can I get this?
(IMAGE: http://www.cpforums.org/gallery/d/5785-9/P...ssp_010407.jpg)
(IMAGE: http://www.cpforums.org/gallery/d/5778-9/P...s_060503_2.jpg)

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

P. primuliflora ; which is it? looks similiar but diff colour of flowers.
http://www.californiacarnivores.com/pprimu...luxepotted.aspx
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinguicula_primuliflora

one day when im free, i must really go visit nurseries in Sg. Buloh
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For pinguicula, they are a lots of species and variety as well. They only able catch those tiny size insect and I don’t think they able catch mosquitoes. Both link you posted are P. primuliflora, their flower is light purple color, more toward white color. I have P. primuliflora. Drop me a PM if you interested to get 1 or 2 from me.

[quote=rideon]
Sg. buloh is kinda far... no nurseries aroung ampang or kl??
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Got got!!! You can get CP from Fauzi as mention in previous post. Others than that, I’m no idea which nurseries selling CP liao… Even have, only those normal nepenthes.

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Added on April 21, 2009, 11:23 pm[quote=Angel86,Apr 21 2009, 07:26 PM]
Nice plants bro.Seriously nice.
Edit:I wanna ask,can the plants grow if i use a cutting from a part of it and use rooting powder?

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ddsadasds

For Mexican Ping. you can grow it by leaf pulling. Means, pull leaf from mother plant and laying the leaf flat. For P. primuliflora, plantlet will automatically grow from leaf... At the end, too many!!!!

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 21 2009, 11:23 PM

Email send to the above... Still got P. primuliflora FOC for newbie... Only for serious taker that will take care them properly...

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Added on April 24, 2009, 5:55 amHere got alots of photo for CPs
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/CP_Ph...cp_photos_1.htm
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/CP_Ph...cp_photos_2.htm
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/CP_Ph...cp_photos_3.htm
http://www.bestcarnivorousplants.com/CP_Ph...cp_photos_4.htm

For those can read chinese, below is a really useful information for newbie
http://www.cp-essay.com/begin/begin.htm

Is a very nice blog from CPer (Chinese as well). Sorry about that.
http://cp-toxin.blogspot.com/

Please enjoy it...

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We can post a not IT related sell at Garage Sale???? If can, I will post some plant for sale at Garage Sale soon... All of them will be a easy going and take care plant... Coming soon...

Any idea why [quote] is didnt work for the above reply ?

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: Apr 24 2009, 06:01 AM

sl500, good luck with the sale...

Those wanna to know details about CP, you can post it here... Hope every one enjoy CP... And become CPer... Actually CP is not a expensive hobby. Some CP will lose their color when we grow them lowland. Because, most of our CP in market is from YG park (cameroon).

Alvin, that are nice plant you have there... Hope you enjoy it... BTW, you can grow them in yours balcony if yours car pouch didnt receive many sunlight...

What is yours actual ID? And I dont know which 1 you refer to...

Sorry for late reply...

This post has been edited by caseyhoo: May 27 2009, 01:19 AM

If D. adelea still have dew. Don’t worry about it. In my house, I kept it at the lower layer of my CP rack. And it didn’t receive much sunlight. All D. primuliflora melt? It is hard plant. If you still need them, please let me know.


Im here to split the poison… MISSION DONE!!!

BTW, I had promise to whom for FOC plant? Im not really re-call it. Sorry for that… Need to trace back my PM, email…

Im not really sure as well. I didn’t went there… Im asking the 2 friend that went there. Will update here. Most of CP is starting available in Malaysia.




There is no CP that will eat up all mosquito.


There is CP competition in Penang from Next week onward for 1 week at Botanical Garden. For those interested, please go there and have a look. And there is CP for sale and show as well!!!!

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Added on May 29, 2009, 6:41 pmLast time, I had promise to give plant to who ar? Please PM me again!!!! Thanx...

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Added on May 31, 2009, 7:25 amHorndevil,

Reply from my friend:
What he said is correct.....it is about 8-9km from Equatorial hotel if he’s coming from Tapah entrance.

Just look out for the Tea Shop on the left, road to YG Park is on the right.

Turn right, follow the dirt road for about 100m...YG Park is on your right.

But YG isn’t really open to public. He can say he is from CP Forum lah & try. They have lots of neps.....sarra about 4-5 types, sundews & VFT & pings depend on stock. But, usually they got.




This post has been edited by caseyhoo: May 31 2009, 07:25 AM

Leetplayer, yours nepenthes is so healthy!!! Im not sure about the 1st nepenthes, but, 2nd nepenthes is N. maxima.

That VFT is typical VFT

Edmund… please post yours CP photo!!!!!

CP is not a good pest controller… you may end up more of pest

Welcome to the club. Hope the plant doing well. Which plant you like most? Lets me guest, D. paradoxa, VFT shark teeth, D. spatulata…

Yours CP like the new environment!!!!


Nursery that sell VFT… emmm…. You can try Sg. Buloh. Else, you can go to Fauzi store at Subang Parade at Saturday and Sunday. He have some VFT for sale there.

You can propagate D. adelae by using leaf cutting. Cut the leaf, laying it flat on top of sphagnum moss, make sure the sphagnum moss is wet. Cover the pot to raise humidity. You can soap adelae leaf in fresh water as well.

Beside that, read in somewhere in internet said that, D. adelae can propagate using root cutting as well. Means, cut off mother plant root and plant it. Then, plantlet will grow from root. I never try it yet

Im not sure what causing the plantlet die. I only will replant those plantlet when their size reach 1.5inch +. Most of time, I just left it be and didn’t replant it.