Greetings from Penang, Malaysia
 

Greetings! David and Members,

I am Aaron Lee from Penang, Malaysia. I happened to come across the link that led me to this forum at the MAC forum.

I am a naturalist and behaviourist and am interested in observing how living organism strive for survival and how evolution by natural selection works.

I hope I can learn much about carnivorous plants here and I am planning to get my first vivarium started out. Wish me luck.

Best Regards
Aaron Lee

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Welcom to this forum Aaron! :1thumbup: - Rich

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Welcome to PP.

Penang CPer increasing population increase very fast!!!!

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Thank you, rsivertsen and Casey.

I suppose both of you are senior members of the forum and possess carnivorous plants yourself. If you don't mind I'd like to have some information about the plants such as the requirements and the husbandry and the maintenance and etc as I am new and pretty ignorant about them.

I thank you both in advance. Hopefully we could meet up someday somewhere in Penang and share our interests.

Best Regards
Aaron Lee

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My status in PetPitcher is "Senior Member" because, im "senior" in posting...

Regarding plants requirement and plant information, I think you can start with https://archive.petpitcher.net. There is some usefull information in there.

Next steps is, read old post as much as you can. If have any question, try search from forum 1st. If cannot find, then post it. I think there is a lots of member that willing to help on this... Cheerssss... You will find CP is cool because you are difference from others gardener!!! *biggrin2*

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i agreed with casey, a CP keeper is definately not a normal gardener.....

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Another member from Penang... Welcome!! BTW... I'm from Sg. Petani, Kedah, probably the only one here that's nuts about nepenthes... *biggrin2*

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Welcome to Petpitcher, Aaron. There sure are many members from Penang.

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Thanks all. There seem to be a lot of Penangites. And I am wondering where they usually source the plants. I found some pithcher plants sold at botanical garden this morning. But they aren't in good condition, and mostly dried up. Where can I get the flytraps?

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I am from Penang Island. Nice to meet u and learn together

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You can get flytraps from other members or online. You can find some in Cameron Highland and a few nurseries in KL.

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Nice knowing that you are from Penang too Eve. Are you keeping any carnivorous plant already?

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Why haven't I thought of that? Thanks Lover of plants. Ok. Next question, anyone in Penang with flytraps?

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Welcome Aaron Lee to the forum !

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Thank you neighbour from Vietnam.

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It doesn't have to be from Penang. You can buy from other members from other states. They will pos laju the plants.

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try look for Eric aka monkeycup, he might have some VFT in his nursery, he is currently busy with moving his nursery to town, from tg bungah.

Try your luck to visit upper Penang Road this coming Sunday to see if Eric open his stall there or not.

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Thanks Khoon. What is VFT by the way? I am not familiar with the abbrevations as I am still new here. Sorry if my question is annoying.

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Aaron, is ok. VFT = venus fly trap = DIONAEA MUSCIPULA

https://archive.petpitcher.net/dionaea

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Thanks Casey. That's really helpful.

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Here's some more:
nep = Nepenthes = Monkey Cup/ Tropical Pitcher Plant
sarra = Sarracenia = North American Pitcher Plant
ceph = Cephalotus = Albany Pitcher Plant/Western Australian Pitcher Plant
heli = Heliamphora =Marsh Pitcher Plant/ Sun Pitchers
ping = Pinguicula = Butterworts
utric = Utricularia = Bladderworts

Hope this helps.

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Aaron,

If you Eric does not have VFT at the moment, you can contact Fauzi as well. Fauzi carries VFT "jaw tooth". But I will be surprise if Eric does not have them. he also have rare stuff like Heliamphora.

And casey is just being very humble. That's just him and he is a great guy and friend. The Senior Member position he has is an elected position. :)

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Thank you Plantloer and David. Those are informative threats and are very much utility to me. Thank you very much. How do I contact Fauzi

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Hi Aaron,

Since he is so buzy till no time to post anything. I just helped Fauzi created his contact information at his sponsor forum. (Hope, I can get some discount from Him:tongue:)

https://forum.petpitcher.net/showthre...3274#post23274

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Cool Casey. Thanks. By the way I assume that you are a male since David addressed you with the pronoun "he". I thought you were a lady all the while. Sorry for that.

I am interested to know if the plants could be sold in the form of seeds? If it's a yes, how much do they cost? And how much is the whole adult plant?

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Im "HE"... heheh.... *biggrin2*

Fauzi didnt sell plant seeds. But, you can try to get it from famous website. Like www.triffidpark.com.au. On top of that, there is few forumer that selling seeds as well. 1 of them is Khoas. You can try PM him.

For plant... Assume that you refer to VFT that Fauzi have. He have typical VFT, red dragon, red trap and shark teeth. All of them cost rm10 ~ 25. Depends on their size.

For newbie, it is recommend to get plant, instead of seeds, because, it take ages to grow adult!!! Even me, sometime give up on them.

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Thank you, Casey. I suppose the delivery of the plants would be from KL. If I am interested in any plant do you think I could order it from you or should I contact Fauzi directly?

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You can contact him directly, he willing to send it to you by Pos Laju (of course, postage is on you).

He had done tones of such transaction for Malaysia customers or even oversea buyer.

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Thank you so much for the recommendation and the assistance. It has been an interesting and insightful conversation. And I hope to get my first carnivorous plant as soon as possible. I'm gonna build a vivarium or maybe a few with different themes. Succulent plants seem to be the easiest plant sto keep since they need not much serious care as tropical rainforest plant do. The plants I have now are some ferns. And I am experimenting on them.

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I just sent a message to Fauzi, enquiring about the VFT and requesting for the price. I wonder if he would reply me later. I am very excited.

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Sure will reply. But, it is better you drop a call to him. Then, he will re-act imediately.:smile:

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Thanks. What are the carnivorous plant that you possess if I may ask?

Best Regards
Aaron Lee

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Hello Aaron. Most nurseries in Penang carry nepenthes, which I think is good to start with. But if you are looking for some specific species, it may be difficult to source. VFT seems to be seasonal. Nurseries have them, but not all time. I did not visit Eric before though.

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for your information, i just made a call to Eric, he is not open today, he will have a show at Queensbay from 5th Dec onwards showing bonsai plants but he said he will bring some nepenthes there too.

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I've found some pitcher plants at the botanical garden nursery. However they are not in good condition. I went to the one at Lip Sin garden but the plant isn't available. I am also trying to hunt for some peat moss and perlite. I am not sure whether they are available in Penang.

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Thanks Khoon,

I am looking forward to the day.

Best Regards,
Aaron Lee

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I've got my first pitcher plant from a stall near the botanical garden.

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I bought peat moss and perlite from Jusco, Queensbay.

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I am using sphagnum moss. Is it safe? I don't see any perlite at Jusco? Is it placed on the same shelf where the sphagnum moss is?

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Hi aaron86.. welcome to PP! :) Sorry from the late welcome.. which part of PP are you from..? I'm from the mainland.. I agree that eric's place is a good start to look for CPs. Other more common nepenthes to start with and easily available in most places (even supermarkets!) is Nepenthes gracilia, albomarginata, ampullaria, rafflesiana, ventrata, Miranda etc. The best place and time to buy CPs is the Penang Flora Fest which is held every June/July at the botanic gardens..

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Oh, and there's going to be an orchid show held in front of Queensbay Mall (car park) from 6-13 December. There are bound to be stalls selling other plants as well, should be a good place to look out for CPs. :)

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Thanks for the advice. I will look out for the flytraps. I am from the Island by the way and I live somewhere near Queensbay mall. For your information you can now find a variety of pitcher plant species at a shop located beside the road on the way to botanical garden in Penang. I just got my pitcher plant there. And it also sells sundew. I requested for the flytraps but I was told that they are still at the old shop at tanjung bungah. I gave the owner my contact number and when they arrive I will be informed.

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according to what you mentioned, the stall belong to Eric lah. He is also participating in the queensbay mall plant show for the Dec..

Btw, I am going to Cameron again on 5th Dec. Let me know if you want me to get you some Nep from there, but limited space in my car, i drive kancil only.

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Oh!! Really? The person who attended to me was an old uncle. I wonder if he's Eric. I've actually posted some pictures of the pitcher plant I bought from him on this forum but I don't know how to link it to that page. If you could see the pictures kindly provide me the scientific and the common names please.

Thank you for your offer of getting me some plants. I am interested but I would like to get some flytraps. I wonder if you could help get those.

BEst Regards
Aaron Lee

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Greetings Aaron. the old uncle is probably Eric's tanjung bungah stall shop keeper. By the way, just saw your first pitcher plant photos under the profile page album. Nice plant you have there but I think your media is too dry (always keep it moist).
Interesting choice of looking for venus flytraps to try. Welcome to the world of carnivorous plants :smile:. By the way, I am from Penang island.
If you need any advice on CPs, feel free to ask. This forum has loads of interesting posts and helpful forumers. Have a nice day.

Cheers,
Kelvin

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aaron pls PM me your HP number...

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Eh...I'm late!Anyways welcome....gone to china and just came back

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aaron, your nep looks to me like rafflesiana (green/nivea form)... But not 100% sure though.. The leaves look like my raff. Can anyone else help confirm ID..?

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Hi Kelvin,

Thanks for the welcome and the comments. But I think the medium in the picture is wet. I actually removed the medium that came together with the plant and changed it with new sphagnum moss because the one, which came with the plant, was covered by mould/algae. I flooded the whole pot with RO water and then allowed the water to drain out from the bottom. Then I fiiled the plate with water, which then I mounted the pot on top of it before I left it under the sun for photosynthesis. I just came back from home. The medium is still relatively wet, however the water in the plate is totally dried up. I suppose the water has replaced some of the water lost from the surface of the medium. The only concern I have is whether the rain water will in any way affect the plant if it rains.

Best Regards
Aaron Lee

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your plant could be a hybrid that contain Nep. Kuchingesis or Rafflesianna..I dun see it is a pure rafflesiana.