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dantt99 wrote:Everyone has an opinion! For example, my favorite CP's are 1. Tie between Dionaea and Cephalotus 2. SarraceniaI think I'm with Dan on his choices...though I might put a tie between Sarracenia and Heliamphora for #2
Matt wrote:though I might put a tie between Sarracenia and Heliamphora for #2I probably agree with that, though I've never grown a Heli or know much about it. How hard are they to grow in a greenhouse?
dantt99 wrote:How hard are they to grow in a greenhouse?The hybrids (i.e. H. minor x heterdoxa, H. nutans x heterodoxa) seem to be quite easy to grow in a greenhouse provided a decent night-time temperature drop.
), the Dionaea is the best CP out there. A high percentage of all of us started off with a Dionaea of some sort. Why? You tell me. Pesonally, I find them very attractive and thanks to cross polinating and cloning, they are even more so. You can actually stare at these things in awe for numberous amounts of time and when they do catch their prey, that's the ultimate JOY! They actually move in the motion of snapping shut on their prey and then slowly squeeze the life out. Every other CP is a mere attraction to our personality mainly due to appearance besides the fascination of them being a carnivore in their own way, which is why we also choose to adore or own them as well. Just as all of us have our own personal selective tastes in style and clothing. That's the joy and beauty of it.
dantt99 wrote:Okay, what species (of the ones that FTS might have available, or others too) would you recommend?H. minor seems to be more forgiving than H. nutans (which will be the only two species that FTS will offer initially).
bananaman wrote:Here in TX it gets into the 100's every day in the summer.From what I've read that's probably a bit warm for most Helis (although this is going off of people on the internet...). Naturally they grow in the highland plateaus of South America. Due to the high altitude, temperatures in this region are typically not too hot (80-95 deg F). Additionally, the high altitude results in a pretty significant temperature drop at night which appears to be one of the key elements to successfully grow the plants (night time temps should be between 55-70 from what I've read). I just got an H. minor potted up today (many thanks to a very generous member of the forum!!!) and I'm going to attempt to grow it open air here in Boulder, CO. Lucky for me, the temperature difference between day and night here on the Rocky Mountain front range is just about perfect, but I'm going to be fighting with the low humidity. Living in TX you will probably have the opposite problem, where you will have a great humidity for the plants, but you'll fight with temperature problems. I don't know if you could grow the plant in doors on a sunny window (away from air conditioning), but I think you should at least try!
Thanks!bombsboy wrote:Do you think you can get some pictures of your D. muscipula "BCP X11" aka "Toothless" (Guillaume Bily 02/11) please?Here you go:
Cloudy Sky wrote:How much does it cost to care for all those?Not too much. We pay $75 a year for all the water we can use and thankfully the water from that tap measures about 40ppm, so it's safe to use on the flytraps. They all grow in natural sunlight, with the exception of ones recently out of tissue culture, so there aren't any electric bills for lighting. The heating bill in the winter (we heat the greenhouses just enough to keep them above freezing) adds up a bit, but I'd guess it's less than $75 a month from November through March.