Carnivorous Plants Nepenthes hamata Beautiful Strange and Truly
Carnivorous Plants Nepenthes hamata Beautiful, Strange and Truly a Wonder
Genera of Carnivorous Plants Over 550 Different Species • • Aldrovanda Byblis Darlingtonia Dionaea Cephalotus Drosera Drosophyllum • • • Genlisea Heliamphora Nepenthes Pinguicula Sarracenia Utricularia
Venus Flytrap Dionea muscipula
Venus Flytrap Dionea muscipula Care • • • VFT is native to North Carolina Requires a dormancy period No fertilizer Need high light levels Need pure water- low dissolved solids/salts. Distilled/ Reverse osmosis is best. • Note: Spring water is not necessarily better
Drosera- Sundew
Drosera- Sundew Temperate Some require dormancy Need pure water Tolerate dilute fertilizer ¼ strength Mir-acid Filtered light Pygmy Dormancy required Can reproduce asexually by Gemmae Tuberous Need dormancy generally in the summer in USA Can tolerate direct sun Some seeds actually need to be burned to germinate.
Drosera multifida
Drosera capensis
Drosera capensis in action!!!
Tuberous Sundew Drosera peltata
Sarracenia-North American Pitcher Plants
Sarracenia flava
Sarracenia leucophylla and Sarracenia psittacina
Nepenthes-Tropical Vine Pitcher Plant
Nepenthes burbidgeae
Carnivorous Plant Societies • International Carnivorous Plant Society – www. carnivorousplants. org • New England Carnivorous Plant Society – Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI – www. necps. org
Cephalotus follicularis
Darlingtonia californica Cobra Lilly
South American Pitcher Plant Heliamphora heterodoxa
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