Soils, Water, Light

Soils

Peat, Sand, Perlite

The standard CP mix.

Great growing medium but expensive and not generally grown or harvested in a sustainable manner.

Butler, David E. (1990) Nepenthes growing media. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 19(1-2):29-31 ( PDF )

De Coninck, Freddy (1990) Nepenthes and rockwool. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 19(3-4):75 ( PDF )

Schnell, Don (1991) First verified reported case of Sporotrichosis in an ICPS member. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 20(3):69-70 ( PDF )

D'Amato, Peter (1998) The Savage Garden. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 27(4):100-101 ( PDF )

Easy project to keep water trays at the depth you want.

LEDs are an exciting new technology. They are now the only technology to consider for plant lighting.

Darlingtonia

Heliamphora tatei "Cerro Huachamacari" under white LED panel plant lights. Photo by Mike Wilder.