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Tolumnias! My boyfriend can never unsee orchids as vaginas. This is despite me keeping a shitton of different kinds with very weird flowers.

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Oh goody, new bread.
>da birb

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>>2429400
Slowly dying semp

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>>2429402
Late blooming Lilly

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>>2429405
Sedum getting some color
>>2429379
>my boyfriend can never unsee orchids as vaginas
Lol

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>>2429379
>This is despite me keeping a shitton of different kinds with very weird flowers.
but all of them resemble vaginas, just different kids. Like for example pic related looks like one of those big clit vaginas
Am i right? do i have a fixation?

>>2429402
still thicc as hell

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>>2429412
I suppose I can see it in the mouth but the other petals around it look very much like a starfish.

But this den. looks more like it has balls

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Friend of mine has this giant triangle cactus outside the studio she works at and I've been growing a piece of it for around four or five months. Check out my cactus dick

>>2429372
Hahahhshdhs

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RESIZE YOUR FUCKING PHOTOS GODDAMN YOU

>>2429472
Frontier internet. I know exactly how you feel. Images taking up to 60 seconds to load in 2017 because of known throttling. 1mb Is all that's acceptable any more because all companies throttle. Hard wiring doesn't even fix this.

>>2429472
OP is too busy making sure the discord plantfags can't shill.

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Cute smol flytrap

>>2429523
Discord plantfags? What?

>>2429786
Cute! Cute!

>>2429824
there is an /an/ discord server that's quite popular and a link to it has been included in a few of the generals

some people got upset at that because they think it's stealing traffic from the site, one guy got really upset because he was banned from it for insulting everyone (only person out of 350 people to ever get banned) and started shitposting about the discord at every opportunity

the discord has a plants/fungi channel too but there's not a lot of activity, most people there are into aquariums, herps or inverts

>>2429831
Oh. I kind of agree that starting IRC channels/discords/what have you tends to distract from the actual topic of the board, every thread I've seen that has one starts circlejerking some insular community and they get further and further away from the original topic of the channel until eventually they only come to 4chan to shitpost. It happens every single time. You'd think people would learn their lesson by now.

>>2429835
I've seen that happen in /vg/ a lot, but so far I do enjoy the /an/ server. The demographics of those boards are probably very different. The specific channels do stay on topic and there is no shitposting whatsoever, which I very much enjoy after the state of /an/ the past few weeks.

>every thread I've seen that has one starts circlejerking some insular community and they get further and further away from the original topic of the channel until eventually they only come to 4chan to shitpost.
Funnily the exact opposite has happened here. The discord link is in the OP and usually doesn't get talked about at all in the threads, which are just as good or bad as they were without. The only times it is (or was) mentioned is when that one guy on his anti-discord crusade would show up and shitpost.

If you want you can join and check it out yourself: https://discord.gg/FNw9BMw

You can just lurk and read, we don't discriminate against lurkers.

>>2429835
>>2429841
it's /an/. you could only circlejerk so much and stray so much from a catch-all umbrella topic.

only downside (it might be an upside for you) is that you'll have a lot of /out/ crossover

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>>2429786
omg

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Family photo.

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>>2429949
Succs

>>2429959
what is middle succ?

>>2429960
Buddha's Temple http://worldofsucculents.com/crassula-buddhas-temple/

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Maybe you like, pic related: http://www.redfernnaturalhistory.com/product/drosera-combo/

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>>2429959
Those are very nice amigo

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>>2430109
Cheers mate. Y'all in these threads infected me, came for the carnivores, got charmed by the succs. Luckily my mom has a bunch and gave me some, and I'm going back to the local garden center soon and pick another one or two up, and another of those buddha temple for my mom.

>>2430188
Now you just have to go the final step and get some...tomatoes.

Just kidding, get orchids my dude. They're amazing.

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>>2430192
I don't think I'm at a level to keep orchids alive yet.
And I do have a bushy cherry tomato that started putting out ripe tomatoes this week. Delishious.

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>>2430188
that buddha temple is just beautiful, love the patern.
I started with succs a child (with those little cactus everyone sells with that awful colored sand), and now i have quite a few succs, a lot of orchids, some ferns and a handful of natives (mom plants)

>>2430192
this, listen to this man!

>>2430205
orchids are not as complicated as people make them seem

you just have to pick the right ones for your conditions, of course some highland Paphiopedilum is gonna die in high light and at warm room temps, but put a Vanda, Aerides, Catasetum, Mormodes, Clowesia in the same conditions and it will be super happy with minimal care

the hardest thing with orchids is to figure out which ones you want, once you have the right ones it's mostly smooth sailing

>>2430232
I can't keep em outside in my climate, and the one spot inside I could keep em is already occupied by nephentes.

>>2430236
There are plenty of orchids that would love those conditions though. A lot of light with some shading from the nepenthes, probably nice and warm too. And you probably also have sphagnum moss already, which is the ideal substrate for the orchids you want to keep there anyway.

You'll find some room between those nepenthes, I'm sure of it. There's always some room for more plants. Always.

>>2430241
>Want to keep autocthonous orchid, Orphys apifera
>Needs a symbiotic fungi to stay alive
>For that reason is not being cultivated

For fucks sake,the only mediterranean plants I have are an almond tree, a carob tree and some shitty hybrid cyclamen.

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>>2430246
>Orphys apifera
It looks so happy :D

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>>2430247
This orchid doesn't look like a vagina, it wants to give people hugs and happiness

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>>2430247
Holy shit, that's adorable.

>>2430241
I'm a beginner, haven't found spagnum yet. And the 'spot' is just 2 small nephs on a stool, in the entrance hall, lol.
But you're right. Always room for more. I might.

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>>2430247
I tried

>>2430256
honestly? you'd be hardpressed to find a phalaenopsis that won't flower for you in pretty much any condition indoors. but give us a hint on your indoor conditions. Most orchids like a lot of air movement, so my windows are usually open to accomodate my collection (and I am a freakishly warm human being).

There's obviously some kinds I wouldnt recommend for beginners: especially miltoniopsis. But a little research and you will find one that'll flourish for you.

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>>2430247
looks like a colorful angler fish

>>2430250
> it wants to give people hugs and happiness

like most vaginas do

>>2430256
thats the attitude and like >>2430241 said there is an orchid for every specific condition

>>2430275
I'm renting with a bro, we're both nerds and most of the time (as in, nearly always, not part of a day) we have all curtains closed so we can game or watch series without glare. Good temps, but no light except behind the curtains.

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>>2430246
>>2430247
>>2430250
I feel like since I'm not on /g/ I won't get memed on for posting XKCD.

>>2430298
XKCD is usually very hit or miss, but this one was nice.

>>2430313
That was very much a miss.

>The flowers are almost exclusively self-pollinating in the northern ranges of the plant's distribution, but pollination by the solitary bee Eucera occurs in the Mediterranean area.

>In this case the plant attracts these insects by producing a scent that mimics the scent of the female bee. In addition, the lip acts as a decoy as the male bee confuses it with a female. Pollen transfer occurs during the ensuing pseudocopulation.

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>>2429966
Nice. I have most of the Nepenthes field guides, very comfy stuff. Alistair and Stewart are a top pair of lads.
>>2430285
>no light except behind the curtains
Good luck keeping literally any plants alive with room lighting. Whilst it might be ample for people to see with, it's basically living in the dark for plants.
>>2430278
>like most vaginas do
Please show me these vaginas, I've yet to meet them.

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>>2430361
>Please show me these vaginas, I've yet to meet them.
I can't dude, this is a blue board

Also that has to be one of the most beautiful succs I have ever seen.
Unbelievable

>>2430420
I didn't mean literally...

And yeah it's pretty sick, the japs certainly know how to bring the best colours out of their succulents too. What's that qt cactus of yours?

>>2429372
Have you ever wanted to just bum on a plant?

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>>2430434
I know amigo, was just being a smartass.
I believe the little guy is Gymnocalycium but I don't know which one.
It gets very nice when it flowers

>>2430361
Sansevieria are pretty good at surviving in the dark.

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2016 seedlings. I think the tallest one shows potential, it has very big traps (proportionately)

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My blue dionaea seeds have arrived!! Thanks AliExpress

>>2430658
Do rate them 1 star and request a refund for sending seeds that aren't even Dionaea, I'm curious to know their response.

>>2430658
Why? You could have just bought a coffee or something with that money

>>2430684
With 0.37€? It was worth it just for the lols also I'm curious to find out what they really are.

>>2430661
I did it but my review doesn't appear on the page

>>2430658
They look like onion seeds, but smaller?

Actually, how do dionaea seeds looks like?

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>>2430686
Like this

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Speaking of orchids, this dude is showing no signs of slowing down. I'm quite astonished.

Also I think these orchids are turning into an addiction. Help.

>>2430695
The only answer is more orchids.

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I came out here to pull weeds.
Instead I'll have a couple beers and talk to this bird

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Anybody know the name of this plant?
Looks like a cactus with a long stem of sorts.
Owner of the restaurant didnt know either.

>>2431010
I'm surprised it let you get that close
either it thinks its really well hidden
or its someone's escaped ringneck

>>2431049
can you take a picture that doesn't look like you're suffering from a palsy?

>>2431053

I'm sorry, it was a quick shot on my way out.
I did some researching and I dont think there are even cactus with such a narrow stem. Maybe its some sort of arctium?
Can they get that big?

>>2431055
>>2431049
those are dead an dried flowers/seed pods from something, not a living plant

>>2431063

I think you're right, thanks.
I suppose its an Echinops bannaticus or Globe Thristle.

>>2430695
as long as you don't build a green house, there may be a sliver of hope (of still keeping a small, manageable collection).

Nah fuck that conserving space shitand get more orchids, I live in a 1BR apartment, over half of it is taken up by grow-light setups for my Nepenthes

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N. X Mastersiana is a fucking dinosaur by Nepenthes hybrid standards, it was crossed in the 1880s. I was very lucky to get a cutting

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>>2431104
Very nice mate. How's that little northiana cross doing?
>>2430695
There's no turning back now. This is the road you chose.

>>2431104
Very cool, I've been wanting to get some of the victorian hybrids but they're always so expensive when they do pop up.

>>2431163
You have to watch eBay almost constantly to find the Victorian hybrids.

>>2431104
When people hold those things like that it looks like they're holding their cocks.

Also reminds me of that gif of someone cumming inside one of those.

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>>2431250
t. reddit/imgur mong

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Cute purpurea hybrid bullshit

>>2431131
masdevallia right? that is soo fucking beautiful

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>>2429372
Well this is awfully quiet today.
Also tenth consecutive day of rain, GOD WHY YOU HATE MY SUCCS SO MUCH

>>2431625
poor wet babies :( grow well little succs

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>>2431250

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Can anyone give me a hand? My new dendrobium has gained large black spots on its leaves in a couple of days with me. It is now in a sunny position and might be getting sunburned? The cane these leaves were on is an old one that is reasonably dehydrated.

I gave it a really thorough soak for its first 24 hours with me, since it was dehydrated by shipping (it was quite hot those days it was in transit!). However these leaves haven't recovered.

I'm worried it could be fungal, but first I really need a hand to identify whats going on.

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Both the bigger and this baby S. Tygo are catching a shitload of bugs and are putting out new pitchers at amazing speed. S. Eva still picking its nose and occasionally getting some pitchers filled up with rainwater, lol. Thinking of handfeeding it so it puts out some proper new pitchers.

>>2431741
If it can't survive on its own, it doesn't deserve to live.

>>2431707
seems like a mixture between the dehydratation and the sunburn
>I gave it a really thorough soak for its first 24 hours with me
describe how you did it, do you have photos of the before and after?

>It is now in a sunny position and might be getting sunburned?
its getting direct sunlight?

>>2431746
Obligatory snarky response, "Well if that was the case what are you doing here?".

>>2430687
Hello nepenthe anon from a few threads ago. How are the seed pods looking??

>>2431762
>its getting direct sunlight?
yes it does, but only in the afternoon. I'll probably move it, but the young leaves seem fine.

>describe how you did it, do you have photos of the before and after?
No before and after photos. I just filled the decorative pot with (tap)water and left it. When it arrived initially all the leaves were wrinkly and limp and it very quickly perked up.

As an aside: my tap water is very soft. It comes from surface water so is almost totally free of the salts that dissolve in boreholes.

>>2431587
Nah it's my Paphiopedilum 'St. Swithin', first flower on the spike as it was opening up earlier in the week. It's so fun to experience my first multifloral Paph bloom, as an orchid newfag.

>>2431741
>that curled up drosera in top right
is that well-fed or sick?

>>2431916
Sick leaves curl open, fed leaves curl closed. There are probably exceptions to the first part, but it looks like a healthy glutton to me.

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>>2432085
>>2431916
Yeah, I feed em occasionally. I use those small fish food pellets or flakes, mix em up with a drop or 2 of rainwater until I got a paste, and smear a thin line of that on the leaves. So far they seem to love it.

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>>2431769
Still maturing but pretty good

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Remember that dionaea roots are very long and you should use tall pots for that reason.

>>2432216
I will repot em to something bigger next year, do they require regular repotting/thinning, or will they not suffocate each other?

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Reposting from the bonsai thread, sorry, polite sage.

it has no markings or anything, the QR code just takes me to a site that doesn't say anything about what kind of tree this is.

I'm buying supplies for this lil nigga tomorrow, in the meanwhile, does anyone know what type of tree this is? I've never had a bonsai, only a ginseng plant that I've had for 2 years now.

how to you properly overwinter a habanero plant? I attempted to overwinter two pepper plants last year, a Serrano and a habanero. the Serrano did fine and is doing great this year but the habanero died in january.

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Does anyone have any experience in growing Tea trees? I saw this kit, and supposedly you can even harvest it and make your own tea.
So, is there any advice you guys can give me? Also, what's your opinion of Plantsfromseed.uk?

>>2432242
Nah, I'd say that being very close to each other benefits them

>>2429786
I bought a flytrap for my father on Father's Day -- gave him everything he needed to raise it and he killed it in 2 weeks. It was just a baby like yours ;___;

I thought it would do well because the bamboo and orchids from past years did. It's sad watching them wilt when I go home to visit.

>>2432401
Cheers.
Do you happen to know if there's a way to keep a D. Capensis 'contained', as in, stop it from splitting up?
I bought one this year and got 12+ plants of various sizes from that one small pot, and I'd like to keep the biggest one, I assume it's the motherplant, as it is right now, but it already seems to be growing an extra 'core'(?) on its side.

>>2432421
D. Capensis propagates like hell, there's no containing it. Best you can do is just prune the ones you don't want or give them away.

>>2432405
It's not really a baby, but an adult from a very small variety, Cupped trap.
Flytraps are very picky, it takes some time to learn how to grow them properly.

>>2432421
What >>2432430 said.
I don't allow mine to flower anymore and O think I'll have to throw a big number of them away this fall.

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>>2432430
>>2432434
Thought so, I was hoping to keep it contained without having to dig em out and tear the extras off, I want a nice mossy ground cover instead of the ugly wet peat perlite mix.
Though the black aquarium gravel seems to be working ok so far, so I might just use that for the capensises. I was a bit afraid havy rain would splash it around, but it's quite heavy.
I hope my research was right, and that this won't leech nutrients like the white ones (=marble pebbles) I had first apparently do.

>>2432203
I am on here atleast once a day so when they are mature just post a pic and say that and I'll post my throwaway email. Excited to grow some of your plants.

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Hey,

my avocado became pretty long but it that's all. Should I cut it somewhere so it grows wider? It's about 50cm high in total but 30cm are without leaves. Where do I cut it?

>>2432879
You can cut it below the leaves if you want, 15cm above the soil would be just fine. It'll look like (and be) a stick for a few weeks, but it'll sprout back from an old leaf node no problem. If you want more leaves, you'll need an enormous pot.

>>2432438
Aquarium sand works well for them, you can also use the one for pool filters, it's what I use. 25kg for 4€, and it's the same thing (quartz sand).

>>2432870
Ok mate, I'll be posting them here.
And since N. Ventrata is said to be sterile I'll add some drosera seeds

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My current babies, some succulents, cacti, and an air plant set up on some rocks so it doesn't get too moist.
Wish I could separate them out cause I feel bad not being able to tend to their needs separately but I have to go back to dorm living next month and I'm only allowed to have one flower pot, don't wanna go through the effort of separating and regrouping them

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>>2432992
And my tiniest succulent, used to be in one of those lil live plant necklaces, transferred to a shot glass when it out grew the necklace

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New succ in the family (lithop)

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Either they finally found their way to my appartments' deck, or something died nearby a while ago and they all hatched today. Several pitchers filled up so much that new victims can just bounce-fly their way out.

>>2433114
that's a Pleiospilos

>>2431049
anyone else think dried allium flowers?

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Looking to get my first carnivorous plant and was looking at a lowland nepenthes since I live in a swamp thats hot as sin and 90% humid year round. (SE Texas)


Is
http://www.predatoryplants.com
a good source for carnivorous plants?


I was thinking about
http://www.predatoryplants.com/Nepenthes-ventricosa-p/nep-ven.htm

>>2433232
Ventricosa is good, but as a starter plant, Ventrata is better. It'll grow fast and wonderful under the shade of a tree.

>>2433232
Predatory plants is a bit on the expensive side but all their plants have consistently been very well adjusted. I haven't received a plant from them that seemed to spend fewer than a few months hardening with them. If you do live in SE Texas I'd look for pure lowland plants like rafflesiana or ampullaria and their hybrids. Ventricosa is good but it shrinks a bit during the hottest part of the summer for me.

>>2433358
Humm, I was looking at
>Carnivorous Plant Nursery
For some neat lookin cheap ones, what about Miranda?

>>2433370
I haven't order from them myself but 10 for x miranda is a steal. Miranda is a very nice hybrid with a lot of lowland genes so it would do well.

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>>2433232
Ventricosa is a good noob plant, though as the other anon says, ventrata can certainly take a bit more of a kicking. Spic-territory Texas in summer sounds fucking horrible, so maybe a sweaty true lowland hybrid like x hookeriana would do ok too.
>>2433370
Miranda is absolutely shit-tier in terms of appearance, but it's a great kick-about noob hybrid.

>>2433393
>Spic-territory Texas in summer sounds fucking horrible
Na im not in spic territory, I'm literally in a swamp with (besides 1 spot way up north) has the highest average humidity in the US.

>>2433393
O also, shit looking or not, don't they grow fucking huge?

I want at least one that's giant.

>>2433114
What is the one on the far right

I just bought a Nepenthes ventricosa x hamata as my first Nep. How much did I fuck up? And do you have any additional tips other than what the various carnivorous plants sites tell you?

I've done a fair bit of reading and I know that both parents are highland species, but that ventricosa is famous for tolerating a big range of conditions and a good beginner Nep, so maybe that makes the hybrid more tolerant as well. And yes, I can provide both the high amount of diffuse light (south window, either hanging slightly higher so that the direct light doesn't hit it or behind a shade cloth) and humidity (room with my terrariums in it, normally 60 to 70% ambient humidity) year round.

The only thing that I can not provide reliably year round is the night time temperature drop. In summer it's easy but in winter I can't just open the window over night or the poor thing would probably freeze.

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>>2433432
Ah well that's some consolation. Still sounds fucking horrible desu.
>>2433435
Yeah fairly big. Not monstrous, but it's probably the biggest cheap/common thing you can pick up anywhere.
>>2433773
You only fucked up if you can't be bothered to provide satisfactory conditions for it (which a lot of noobs do, unfortunately). Your conditions sound ok, though you make no mention of actual temperatures. I'm struggling to work out what country or area you're in where winter temperature drops would be difficult to achieve.

>>2433790
I'm in central/western europe. My worry isn't that the temperature drops would be difficult to achieve but too high. My room temperature is about 22 to 25 during the day all year round and in summer I can just open the window for a nice 5 to 10 degree drop at night (except on a few hot days). In winter that drop would be much higher and I don't think a tropical plant would appreciate sitting in 5 degree air the entire night.

Has anyone here grown dogwood? Not sure how.

>>2433807
My house came with a dogwood tree. I'm sure it can't be too hard, considering we've done nothing for them and they're still going strong. We've got both a pink and a white one.

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>>2433816
Get some taste and grow some real Nepenthes, pleb.
>>2433803
22-25c sounds fucking boiling, I'd be sweating my balls off in that heat year-round. N. vent x hamata is supposed to be easy so it may well do great, though in a presumably heated home I'd be hesitant to believe the humidity is as high as you suggest. Good luck with it anyway.

>>2433976
>22-25c sounds fucking boiling, I'd be sweating my balls off in that heat year-round
Well luckily I don't sleep/live in that room. It's mostly terrariums, not a living room.

>though in a presumably heated home I'd be hesitant to believe the humidity is as high as you suggest
I know the conditions in that room pretty well due to having to keep track of all the enclosures. But because you made me skeptical I took a hygrometer out and it reported around 63% on the windowsill out of direct sunlight. It's probably more at night if I keep the window closed and less if I open it.

>>2429966
A...PIZZA??!!?!

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>>2433936
Well I was thinking about growing Walter's Dogwood but I don't have any experience in growing plants or even trees for that matter. I have the seeds, they lie dormant in an envelope. What would you suggest I'd do? I live in Louisiana, USA btw.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornus_walteri#/media/File%3ACornus_walteri.JPG

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>>2433976
>22-25c sounds fucking boiling
LOL

Anyway, my funnel trap has oppened its first retarded mouth

>>2434050
Genetic deformity or designer plant?

>>2434052
It's genetic but it only does it sometimes, its mutation was induced in the original seed tho.

>>2434068
Trichterfalle originates fromDr.Königin Germany who used phytohormones in tissue culture to create it.

>>2433485
http://worldofsucculents.com/crassula-buddhas-temple/

>>2433205
Oh, thanks!

>>2433803
>>2433976
>>2433790
>22-25c sounds fucking boiling
If it makes you feel better friend (SE Texas swamp guy here) we haven't had a summer yet that didn't hit at least 40c

Combine that with said humidity and I swear I've seen the heat index get to 50c before.

>Ah well that's some consolation. Still sounds fucking horrible desu.
See above

>>2433790
Yeah fairly big. Not monstrous, but it's probably the biggest cheap/common thing you can pick up anywhere.
Thanks bud, that's exactly what I was looking for.

They do eat misquotes and gnats right?

My small list of cheap plants that I think look neat/pretty ima order are so far...
>Nepenthes x Miranda
>Nepenthes alata
>Sarracenia x Dana's Delight
>Sarracenia x Scarlet Belle
>regular old venus flytrap

Going to be ordering from
>http://www.carnivorousplantnursery.com
They seem to have the best prices/selection as far as I can tell.

>>2434194
Sounds like a pretty good selection there. There is at least 1 nursery in Texas. Might be worth calling and asking for a tour in a few months and you decide you want to expand your collection.

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>>2434202
Where in Texas?
Gotta keep in mind that if I drive right ill hit the ocean before driving the same distance left and leaving Texas.

Pic related, Texas is fucking huge lol

>>2434205
It's petflytrap on the outskirts of Houston. I've heard that the guy is pretty eager to give tours of his place.

>>2434249
That's actually really doable for me, thanks bud.

Recommendations for office plont?

>>2434372
Spider plant, aloe, pothos. Basically stuff that's hard to kill because someone in your office WILL fuck you over.

>>2429841
Can someone re-issue a join link for me?

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Is Alocasia reversa worth keeping as a house plant? I need something that's not a bunch of immortal Crassula. Everything interesting is outside.

>>2434376
https://discord.gg/FNw9BMw

here you go

>>2434545
whoops sorry, that link has expired

gonna try to get someone to update it

>>2434376
https://discord.gg/FE7fTDB

here it is, this time for real

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I'm really liking this one, big traps and big teeth

so, would this be the right place for a "what plant is this?" post?

>>2434789
Yeah, just remember it's a slow board and it might take awhile for an intelligent response.
>non intelligent responses will posted fairly quickly

>>2434817
Also everyone here seems to have a predilection for a certain type of plant so they might not know even if they are experts at their thing.

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>spot spiderwire near my plants
>follow it to pic related
>kek

>>2435019
RIP

>>2435019
Huh, the spiders on my sundews never get caught, in fact they make their webs between the leaves so they can steal all incoming flies.

>>2435035
Some spiders are not as clever as others

>>2435019
>spiderwire
I've literally never seen/heard this word before, I'm astounded.

>>2435205
It's also a brand of fishing line.

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Rudbeckia hirta in bloom

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>>2435259
Birdimus planticus, also in bloom

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>>2435261
Thought I got a bargain for only 2$.
Apparently I overpaid by about 2$.
Its shit.

>>2435265
Was that you in the /out/ thread?

>>2435317
No, I haven't posted in the homegrowmen thread in ages.

>>2435331
Someone there also bought a soaker hose that wasn't up to snuff. Also I literally just had to enter a fucking captcha to enter an image captcha. When is enough going to be enough, Google? Image captchas were a fucking mistake.

Are carnivorous plants the fedora of the horticulture hobby?

>>2435405
Only if you're Autismato.

>>2429407
What type of sedum is it?

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Is gritty mix a meme?

>>2435509
For beginner collectors a gritty mix is necessary and as you get into the hobby more you'll want to cut down on the amount of organic material in your mix.
Of course that depends on what you're collecting.

>>2435478
Dunno. There is two different kinds in the pic, one is starting to turn color while the other is not.
Both were starts from other people's gardens, so I didn't get a lot of info.

How difficult would it be to selectively breed greater efficiency, speed, resistance, and trap size into flytraps?

>>2435549
It would be a live long project because growing flytraps to maturity from seed takes ages.

>>2435405
Aggressive revulsion to carnivorous plants is fedora-tier. Sundews, VFTs and basic Sarracenia are pretty shit, but to lash out at them like tomato autist did is just laughable.

>>2435549
It's what I'm trying to do here
>>2434742
>>2430655
But it's basically what >>2435562 said, a slow process that requires a lot of patience.

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>>2435600
>VFT are pretty shit
S-shut up!!

>>2435600
>basic Sarracenia
the fuck is a "basic" Sarracenia supposed to be?

>>2435205
I'm not native English speaker tho. How would you call it?

>>2435717
It's just a spiderweb, but I like spiderwire better now. I walk into those damn things all the time.

>>2435726
In my native language 'web' is also used for the complete structure, but this was just a single thread.

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>>2435707
Purpurea hybrids I guess

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>>2435717
I guess you'd just call it spiderweb, maybe if you wanted to denote a solitary strand you'd just call it a 'strand of spiderweb/spider silk' (bit convoluted I know, but it's not exactly a common phrase).
>>2435707
>>2435771
Yeah, purps, shitty normie hybrids and whatever mass-produced toss is available in garden centres. Basic-bitch reddit fodder.

What are some lowland Nepenthes that stay small enough to keep them in a terrarium?

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The singalana pitcher is now fully opened and colored up. Ended up being 3 times the height of the pitchers it came with from the nursery.

>>2435918
>What are some lowland Nepenthes that stay small enough to keep them in a terrarium?
Ampullaria

>>2435918
>>2435931
Gracilis too, but you'll have to cut the plant back aggressively because they will vine and grow too tall for an terrarium relatively quickly.

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>>2435918
Literally only campanulata, and even then it'll inevitably get too tall when it flowers. The one rule of Nepenthes - they're fundamentally vining plants, they cannot be contained in tiny boxes.
>>2435931
Nope, ampullaria will definitely vine after a few years of lying low.
>>2435921
Very nice. Crazy pale peristome, I like it.

>>2436189
>Nepenthes gracilis
>Easy to grow and an excellent beginner’s plant, it is perfect for the room-temperature terrarium and can have its fast-growing narrow vines pruned back severely to encourage bushier growth. Easy to root in water. This was my first Nepenthes, which I grew in a terrarium under grow lights

>N. ampullaria is very popular for warm terrariums, as the climbing stems can be easily pruned back, resulting in clusters of ground pitchers. The plants also pitcher nicely in shadier conditions.

>Nepenthes mirabili
>In its typical form, the leaves are paper thin with slightly fringed margins. A small grower, it makes a nice terrarium plant.

>Nepenthes campanulata
>In this true miniature, there are no upper or lower pitchers;
>A marvelous plant for the warm terrarium.

The Savage Garden, Revised: Cultivating Carnivorous Plants (D'Amato, 2013)

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Got a new succ today, anybody know what type it is and recommend care?

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>>2436498
And its assorted spawns

>>2436498
>>2436499
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_and_chicks

>>2436499
>>2436498
And this is what they look like at the end of their life cycle >>2429402

>>2436472
I guess the size of a terrarium needs to be taken into account too. I see people asking about what would be ideal for their tiny 30cm-tall terrarium all the time, so of course almost no Nepenthes would be suitable. Maybe if it's 1m+ tall or something then it'd be suitable in the short term for more species.

>>2436499
Sempervivum.

To care for, just ignore it. It doesn't give a shit.

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>>2435931
Ampullaria is absolutely gorgeous as well, especially deep red variants, but I can't find them anywhere near here ;( And they're sold out in all the european online stores. I can find some ampullaria x aristolochoides, but it's just not the same.

Also, searching for some Sphagnum squarrosum rn, but not having much luck.

>>2436592
Carow has 3 different forms of ampullaria in the most recent price list. No online shop though, you order by e-mail only and it's all in german (I can help you with that if you want). Also 10€ shipping for EU countries.

www.falle.de/versandpreisliste.pdf

>>2436596
Thanks, completely overlooked that one (peinlich, bin schließlich selbst Deutscher). Holy shit, he even has Roridula with Pameridea bugs, they don't even keep those in many botanical gardens.

>>2436612
You kinda have to know he exists to find that price list, it doesn't come up when you search for "shop" or "store" or anything like that.

Und ja, der hat alles. Carow is the one that supplies most of the normal garden centers here with anything that isn't totally mass produced, so if you happen to find some carnivorous plant in your local garden center that's not pleb tier there's a 95% chance its from him.

>>2436619
Wistuba ist besser für spezielle Nepenthes

>>2436621
Aber die sind chronisch ausverkauft.

so i have some baby aloe plants in my big aloe plant pot and I was wondering if I should put them in rooters for the time being. I want them to continue to get big so I can donate them to this place that does charity raffles, but i don't have room for more pots (i'd prefer not to buy more also) and they are getting too crowded in the pot they are in right now.
will moving them to rooters allow them to grow bigger or would it just sort of stunt them? Could I add plant food to help them grow more?

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>>2436592
Most ampullaria are very boring, only extreme forms like 'Black Miracle' are worth getting excited about.

Any of you fellow Europeans know a place to get Drosera anglica CAxHI hybrid? I want to have an anglica indoors, but the normal Hawaiian form is too small for my liking.

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>>2436661
Ampullaria are practically the only Nepenthes that "cluster" like pic related. I know it only lasts as long as they're juveline and not climbing, but it's still a very interesting aesthetic. They also have some of the purest deep red cans of all Nepenthes. For someone who loves a heavy red light-green contrast in plants, that's the opposite of boring.

>>2436661
This >>2436667

It's not all about corny pitcher colors. The clustering and shape of Ampullaria pitchers is very aesthetically pleasing to me.

>>2436498
My mom has those, zone 8 and they're outside year round, they get flooded with rain, covered with snow, freeze down to -15C etc, they don't give a single fuck.
She once had some that got into a container with no drainage, it got filled with rain over time, and they spend at least a few weeks like that, and they're still doing very well.

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>>2431053
>I'm surprised it let you get that close
either it thinks its really well hidden
or its someone's escaped ringneck

Just a pair of mourning doves. They've been nesting in the same area for three years now, and currently on their second clutch.

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>>2436777
>My mom has those,

>>2436667
The leaf-to-pitcher-ratio on those lower pitchers is pretty incredible. Is it like that for all ampullaria?

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Can anyone identify this plant for me? Possibly a large vegetable plant, which one flowers like that?

>>2436667
>>2436944
Disregard that, I just realised that's exactly what you meant by 'cluster'.

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>>2436945
Pic related

>>2436950
>>2436945
zinnia.

>>2436842
hosta

>>2436667
Ok I'll give you that, the leaf-litter-munching clusters are cute. Besides the ecological side of things, I otherwise care very little for ampullaria personally. I find lowlanders to be too high maintenance for what they aesthetically offer too - I can't be bothered heating things up so much when I could save energy AND have a much wider variety of more interesting highland species instead.
>>2436669
Again, fair enough... personally the likes of lowii, edwardsiana, burbidgeae, inermis, flava etc. get me much more excited.

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>Make huge pot and put in Drosophyllum Lusitanicum seeds
>Have a few germinations
>All die and the rest don't germinate
>Decide to fill with Pinguicula Gigantea since it's similar to the mineral mix I use for pings
>few months later I see a seedling emerge near the edge of the pot
>going strong to this day

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Used to grow a ton of these fuckers back home. Can't remember their names for the life of me now, can someone identify?

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>>2437163
Oh shit nevermind, they're apparently called Astilbe. Beautiful flowers, but they attracted a shitton of bees too.

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I never really thought of orchids as growing this far north but I was geeking out on parasitic plants in the north cascades and found these plants with orchid looking flowers that definatly were parasitic. Would I be able to put a cutting in my yard?

I kind of want to try growing Nepenthes from seed, but I know that they "spoil" pretty quickly and the germination rate goes down quickly, so what are some actually good sources for fresh seeds in europe?

>>2437192
Regular people on forums (like CPUK) is your best bet, as long as you aren't looking for any particular species.

>>2429419
hylocereus ?

>>2437192
>>2437197
Forums do have giveaways pretty regularly. There was even a giveaway for edwardsiana seed that ended the other day.

I impulse bought some tiny 3" pots because they looked neat in dark grey.

What are some cool smol succs I can put in there?

>>2437160
Drosophyllum is a piece of shit. Mine died of dehydration and it's supposed to be a Mediterranean plant. I mean I have its native weather for fucks sake, why is a woody drosera so fucking hard.

>>2436841
birds can be pretty used to humans walking around.
I know a garden center near me with an open salesroom where a blackbird made his nest in the ivy shelf.
If you didnt go near as having your nose in the ivy, she would just sitt there and wait.

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>>2437289
Most people don't even know they are there. I like it when someone is standing right next to the plant, and when I tell them to watch out for the bird, they turn and realize their face is inches from some birds ass.

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>>2436557
>>2436498
Its an easy plant. Only care tips are, dont water too much.
The only downer is that this year my Sempervivum attracted some flies that layd their eggs at the leaves. The maggots eat imto the thick leaves and make them too moody. And this attracted some birds outside that rips the plants out of the earth to eat these maggots.

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>>2431049
>>2431053
>>2431065
Looks like some dried thistle seed

>>2437295
Thats really cool. My mom has a wild dove that visits her in spring and will wait till she puts some peanut in a bird house. The dove is just about 1-2 arm lenghts away and looks into her face, waiting for her to be ready.
We underestimate birds and what they do.

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Is there no hope for this cactus? Its leaves have been falling off extremely easily

It's actually my mom's cactus but due to a vacation and a moment of oversight, it's been left behind and was not watered for a month.

Just yesterday it was still actually standing straight up but after watering, its actually leaning like this and I can see a bit of sap oozing a bit

I need a confirmation on whether to break the bad news or not

P.S Sorry if picture is rather bad quality

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Went to a flower show and have a lot of pictures of the show gardens. This was a very very sweet section! Local schools had gardens at the show as well.

>>2437183
to be honest, if it is an orchid or parasitic, it probably won't grow from a cutting.

>>2437546
Its done anon

>>2437546
>cactus

>>2437546
That stem looks pretty unhealthy to me, but considering it's a succulent (not a cactus), you still have a bit of hope if you snap off all the leaves and place them on the soil lightly covered, there's a chance they'll sprout roots and grow a new plant. In fact you could probably just cut off the entire top part of the stem which still looks healthy, and just let it dry a bit for a week, then jam it in soil and hope for the best. Even if you keep it out of the soil, it'll sprout roots, as long as it's still viable.

>>2437573
First thing I saw was the papier-mâché fox head, which instantly brought to mind those pictures of the creep with a sex dungeon full of human sized dolls with mouse heads. He had a family, too. It's been a long time since I last saw those pics, so my description is pretty bad, but I'm sure anyone who's seen them will know what I'm talking about.

>>2437592
>but I'm sure anyone who's seen them will know what I'm talking about.

Yep, the one where the dude used actual bones on the inside.

Things like that never leave you.

>>2437587
Seems like someone who doesn't /plant/ so fuck off, he doesn't have to know its a succulent and not a cacti. Two other people understood him right? Ass.

>>2437592
>unhealthy
Its rotted anon. Likeliness of rooting the leaves is nil. The mother probably just wants a pretty plant and now its not so it'll all get trashed.

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>>2437546
Forgot to add, its like that because you gave it too much water after it was in drought mode. Its rotting at the stem. You killed it. You did it. You. Did. It.

>>2437268
Yeah Drosophyllum is weird as shit for me. Seems to thrive off of neglect.

>>2437706
abloobloobloo

>>2429372
How the FUCK do you keep lithops from dying? I had one that I kept in the window, didn't water it for a year, and it started to make a new leaf pair. Everything online I read said you're supposed to water it then, and it immediately died. Do you just not water them ever? I'd really like to have one but it seems they are impossible to grow without some complex greenhouse setup.

>>2437578
>>2437708
I guess I will have to break the bad news then...

Mind, it was actually a gift so its mainly the guilt factor. Mom is not somebody who is heavily into /plant/

>>2437710
Ouch, so Mom killed it herself? That sucks

>>2437755
What soil did you use and how bright was the light during dormancy?
Which season did you start watering in?

>>2437163
Nice big patch of Astilbe. Your soil must hold onto water well, or do you water a lot?

>>2435717
it's called gossamer in england. on a dewy morning you can see them going for several feet from tree to tree.

>>2432992
Looks nice, but those crassula will quickly take over the pot imho
what is the large one in the top right? looks like a crassula, but the leaves seem very big.

>>2437947
We did water quite a bit, once a day or so. The water table was quite high in the area though, so that may have been a part of it.

Join a local orchid society, yay or nay? Id probably be the youngest there, in my mid 20s...

>>2437755
I only recently started growing them, but from what I've read you basically did the opposite of what you're supposed to do: if they're making new leaves, stop watering, and only start again once the old leaves are fully dried up.

>>2437949
I thought gossamer was just a descriptor for certain types of cloth, never heard it used in that way.

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hello everyone
so recently I bought this desert rose and some other flowers and put them on my balcony
I dont really know much about plants and this is my first time taking care of them
these flowers get about 6 hours of sunlight, from 6 to 11 in the morning
I was wondering if thats enough for these kinds of desert flowers or if I should move them
thanks

>>2438152
Desert roses are the best. They like a lot more water than you'd expect from desert plants, as long as they aren't soaked all the time, and in three years they can have a trunk of 20cm diameter. Really nice if you like the idea of a bonsai but not the work that goes into them. Going by the size, I would guess yours is about a year old. They'll do just fine on your balcony (always keep an eye out for pests, though), but bring them inside once temperatures start getting colder again. They don't really mind the lack of light in winter (in fact I have some growing year round on a windowsill with only very diffuse light and they look great), but they'll grow a bit slower and you'll need to water them less.

Mine have never dropped any of their leaves, but other people's always lose all of their leaves in winter. No idea what triggers them to drop, but you don't need to worry if you're stuck with a white-green bulb with a stick on it in winter.

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Why did my Nepenthes do this? Does it need a circumcision?

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So anyway, I picked up some new orchids at the flower show.
This is Cattleya 'flying colours' except I cant find anything about it really. Guess it must be a hybrid! Lovely thing though.

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>>2438222
also of note was this Disa watsonii 'bramley'
It's a south african orchid that grows in very boggy conditions!

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>>2438226
Because of the fact that it does grow so well in conditions like that....
It came with its own hitchhiker! (not the best picture of it, I know)
Will I need to feed this little guy? They self seed into the orchid pots apparently!

>>2438229
if you plan to feed the orchid I would place the drosera it in its own pot because it will probably not like the salt concentration.

>>2438232
Disa orchids don't like much of a salt concentration either. I've ordered a TDS meter because it was recommend to me by a guy and they reckon that 180ppm is good for most orchids. However with my disa I'll probably half that, as and when I do feed it.

>>2438234
you can try, seems to be a capensis, not like it's anything rare.

>>2438229
Wow a Drosera capensis.
Uproot it and throw it in the trashcan or they'll overtake the entire pot.

>>2438238
as an aside you don't feed disas from the top either. You put it into the water at the bottom, so it takes it up through the plant rather than logging it into the soil

I only mentioned feeding because I know someone here mentioned that they give their droseras some kind of mashed up fish food and water paste.

>>2438241
doesn't really matter, the drosera has roots too, now has it? You can feed all carnivorous plants, the problem is that it's very easy to overfeed them.

>>2438240
This. Unless you actually want it. Those things are very prolific.

>>2438240
>>2438244
I'm undecided so I'll leave it to do its thing for now! If I decide against keeping it in that pot I'll change it over and if I decide to just discard it, I will.
However I only keep orchids otherwise- even a peace lily has become a victim of my black thumb and they tell you when they need watering! At least orchids like neglect, so I'm not sure how me and a carnivorous plant will get on.

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>>2438247
Caresheet of a drosera capensis:
Never fertilize
Use sphagnum moss or peat moss as a substrate
Keep always a tray with low mineral water under the pot
Can withstand soft winters
Direct or filtered sunlight is prefered

I'm tired of the damned things, every year I have to kill several of them because of how much they reproduce

>>2438241
That was me. If you feed it it'll grow faster, but like the other anons said, it grows like weed and will overtake any soil it can reach and survive in.

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>>2438247
In case people were wondering
I'm missing 5 labels because I don't need them
and these are only the orchids in my room, I have another 3 around the house. Aside from the cymbidium no id the no ids are all from when I was just getting into orchids. These plants have overtaken my soul

>>2437818
Well, it started making new leaves around springtime, I had it planted in perlite and gravel because everything I read said that planting it in soil would rot it. I literally set it in a tray with maybe a quarter inch of water once for a few hours and it died within the week. I've been able to grow plenty of other stuff and have done a good amount of trees from seed to plant in the yard but these things just fucking die if you look at them wrong. That's the whole reason I don't want to try growing anything carnivorous as well.
>>2437976
Half the stuff I read online said this, and the other half said it would definitely die if I did it.

I don't think I'll be getting another lithops. I'll just keep replanting pieces of kalanchoe or something. Goddamn is it impossible to get rid of.

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i just came here to post monsters

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>>2438182
hey thanks a lot man

>>2438306
why is he threatening that plant

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What's a flower that looks like Akuma?

>>2438479
>what's a flower that's easy to play(grow) and deals huge damage with 0 effort
I'd say posion ivy

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>>2438479
Euphorbia pulcherrima ?

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I've been growing this Madagascar palm for about a year now. Looks like it might have some branches, which is supposed to be super rare in the species.

>>2438966
how do you feel about that?

>>2438981

Okay I guess.

Using water misters on orchids - yay/nay?

>>2439003
what kind of orchid?
the thing to be aware of is that if you ARE going to use them, you have to ensure the water is able to evaporate from inside the crown pretty quickly. Phals and vandas are very prone to crown rot. On the other hand, something like an oncidium shouldn't suffer too badly. Again though, check the crown.

Bare rooted/wood mounted orchids may need you to vigorously mist them to ensure they have a good enough humidity level.

>>2439003
What >>2439032 said.

Also leaves are gonna look like shit after a few months if you use anything but distilled/RO water

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Just got this talangensis x sib today. Its proportions are just so funny to me.

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Just found this. Not doing too well, bare braches on half of it. What is it and what should I do? Bigger pot and more soil? I live in Virginia

imgur.com/a/wJc8K individual pictures

>>2439092
It's a ficus benjamina
It needs direct sunlight and since it's a tree it'll do better outside planted directly in the ground. As far as I know Virginia has mild winters, so it'll do fine there.

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>>2439085
Very cute indeed mate, but that's definitely not tal x sib - almost definitely ventricosa x sibuyanensis.

>>2439115
Thanks anon. Unfortunately I live somewhere that I am unable to put it in the ground. I guess I will get a larger pot, soil, and loosen the packed soil from the roots a bit and repot it. It snows in the winter so I don't know if I should leave it out, but I can bring it in during that time. I just worry because the only time I tried to repot something I killed it.

>>2439191
You're probably right. The guy selling it said he thought the original nursery mislabeled it. I got it for extra cheap because of that. I'm pretty happy, paid 4 times as much for plants a quarter of the size.

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I'm really proud of this seedling, very promising.
Also I think it'll be 1 year old soon.

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My miranda is starting to flower, a bit late maybe?

i have 2 problems
my bowl lotus is roting both in outdoor ponds and in aquarium and in a bowl
my nepentes is dying, i do not keep it in a terrarium tho
what do?

Anyone got any idea where I can get a young Tacca integrifolia (not chantrieri) plant in yurop?

I've only found offers for seeds so far and they all seem like scams or old seeds that probably have very shitty germination rates (Tacca seeds apparently don't last long at all).

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>>2439339
Sounds like a solid purchase then. It's not exactly the rarest or most interesting of Neps, but I bet it'll be one of the easiest and most forgiving hybrids you could ever wish for.
>>2439661
Bit late for what? And just a heads up, but the common DeRoose clone of x Miranda is a sterile male unfortunately, if you were hoping to make seed with it. Mass-production of a single plant clone over so many years really takes its toll genetically.
>>2439664
We're going to need more information than that, Mr. Underagefag. How much light is everything getting, and what part of the world are you in for a start?

>>2439664
Pictures would be useful, because 'dying' can mean anything.

>>2437192
>>2437197
This was just posted, ~20 fresh rafflesiana seeds for €3 (plus shipping):
http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?/topic/59561-nepenthes-seeds/

>>2439800
Thanks dude, I'll try to get some.

Not sure I can deal with adult rafflesianas but I'll think about that when (if) it gets there.

>>2439838
Decent-sized plants will be a good 6-7+ years away if things go well, I wouldn't worry about it at the moment.

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I started growing an apple tree from a seed early this year, in a pot. Now at about the beginning of this month I planted it out in my back garden.

Unfortunately, the pot that I grew it in was too small, and I waited too long to transfer it to the garden - just before I decided to replant it outside, it had developed brown spots on some of the leaves.

It's been out there about 3 weeks now. It still has the brown spots, but the parts of the leaves that were green are still green.

It doesn't seem to have grown at all since I planted it. I assume it's concentrating on growing roots.
Do you think it's likely to survive?

>>2439777
>Underagefag
im 23

> How much light is everything getting, and what part of the world are you in for a start?
nepentes is on floor in my room, im in central europe
aquarium with bowl lotus is near windows in my room, garden ponds are not shaded and bowl is outdoors on windowsill

btw today i got Aloe arborescens from mother's friend and i put most of the plants outdoors

>>2439932
I mean, still could do with pictures. If its been as awfully warm as I think it might be, you're probably sunburning them. Not the end of the world.

>>2439940
distance between aquarium and window is more than 70cm
these windows has south-east exposition

>>2439943
hasnt it been like an armpit there recently though?

>>2439945
no
we have nice 25*C temperatures and a lot of rain
but i heard about very high temperatures in spain and italy, maybe you mistook central europe for these countries

>>2439960
it's supposed to get warm in a week again, the rain won't last

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>>2439796
>>2439777
>>2439940

>>2439980
cut off the dead stem. looks like reasonably normal die back, albeit early. Generally I'd recommend tidying it up a bit but it should be okay. you might find that the plant was wounded in some way and bacteria got into that stem or something. Keep an eye on the others and the rhizome but you should be okay.

>>2439965
Fuck me, is the entire summer really going to be shifting between way too hot and humid, and ice cold oceans of rain all day? All I want is about 23 degrees and warm rain if there is any. Because of all this shitty weather I even caught a cold. In summer!

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>>2440036
Tell me about it. May and june were ok-ish, got 3 weeks of 30-35°C late jun-early july, and now this bullshit.
Only advantage is that I think it pushed my bhut to finally start putting out more than 1 flower at a time (which it then dropped a day or 2 later). Went from 2 to ~10 flowers in 2 days.

>>2439932
>23
Ah ok then, well learn to spell 'Nepenthes' and try to format your posts in a more readable manner.
>>2439980
Shit's been fucked man. Give it a repot into appropriate media, water it well (whilst allowing good drainage) and keep it somewhere well-lit in a bright window - 70cm away is way too far. It's a ventrata, this thing is supposed to be bulletproof.

>>2440036
Apparently. Long time forecast even seems to suggest it will stay warm for 3-5 days and then we get the next round of thunderstorms.

Be happy you're not in eastern germany or east europe, those poor fucks are currently drowing.

>>2440087
English clearly isn't his first language, chill, dude.

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>>2439777
>>2440087
>Image-board accessible to the entire world's populace
>Central Europe
>Still talks down to anon

Good show my man, when do we get the encore performance?

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Can anyone identify this plant? I got it awhile back and the name never stuck with me. It flourished for a couple years until it started dropping leaves and got leggy. I still have it though it is just a cluster of cuttings from the original.

>>2440095
>>2440158
Binomial spelling and basic sentence structure/punctuation are universal concepts, don't play the white knight.

>>2440166
>being a grammer natzi on 4chan
w e w

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>>2440166
Oh do tell, do tell!

>>2440161
After looking through Philos the other day I noticed something that looked close this. I just managed to pull up a couple "dwarf" Congo Rojo Philodendrons that looked identical to this but many that do no. Can anyone confirm?

>>2440176
He's just talking out of his ass, that guy probably doesn't even come from a country that speaks a Romance language, English is also a god awful and retarded language as far as linguistics is concerned, so expecting everyone the world over to speak perfect English at all times is absolute fucking bullshit and something I'm sure only children do, because I'm decently sure you have to be aware that the rest of the world exists to be considered an adult.

>>2440166
>basic sentence structure/punctuation
>universal concepts
Ha, no. Also, what is binomial spelling supposed to be?

>>2440425

New bread lads

>>2440087
>70cm away is way too far.
it is on floor
bowl lotus in 70 cm away from window, not nepentes

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>>2439092
>>2439115
>>2439219
So I repotted it. Should I take the tray away when it's outside so water doesn't collect and sit?

>>2440408
Stop pushing grammatical relativism, faggot. It only serves to make the world a worse place.

>>2440647
lmao

>>2440036
>>2440074
>>2440089
>today it was exactly 23 degrees and the little rain at the end of the day was warm

Thank you weather gods, I didn't know you read posts on 4chan.