New member from central Florida
 

Greetings all,
I have been interested in CPs as long as I can remember, or at least since I watched Johnny Weismiller get trapped by one. However, I live here in Florida and although it is semitropical I have had a hard time sustaining our precious plants. I have tried many things like making my own terrarium with grow lamps (very large and expensive). That did not work. The best success I had was when I had an air conditioned office with a southern view and I was diligent in keeping them watered. That worked until I lost my office. Now I have a 10 gallon aquarium on its side with a homemade door that I leave ajar on the patio that seems to be working better. As an experiment I am trying a flytrap and some Drosera (these grow naturally here just a couple of miles from my house). The Darlingtonia Californica did not last, as I expected. Are there any enthusiasts local to Orlando?
Russell

Re: New member from central Florida
 

Welcome!
I believe your difficulties come from the fact that you are growing your plants in a terrarium. The humidity in Florida is more than enough. Just leave your plants outdoors. If you can, get a nep. The lowlanders would do great in Florida.

Re: New member from central Florida
 

Hi

Welcome....Like alcran said your CPs should do good outdoors as it has almost optimal temps and humidity for the lowland neps.....But you guys do get some rare winter chills right? Just protect your neps during those times..Anyways welcome

Ken

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Welcome! :)

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Welcome tp forum. Hopefully we have members from whole of the ring of fire.

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Welcom Radarguy. You a radar technician or something? You subtropical climate will be excellent for lowland neps, Droseras and Sarracenias will do well too. Have fun here.

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Welcome!You can put your cps out there alright.They have winter time there?I think your cps can go dormant in the same time!Just my opinion.And Darlingtonia grow in cold climate.And you can collect them from the wild?

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Marvin, it's illegal to collect Darlingtonia from the wild, radarguy could get into a lot of trouble if he's caught.

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Welcome to Petpitcher, Radarguy.

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I thought he said drosera and VFT?Are they illegal too?

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Yes they are Marvin.

With a bit of googling,you will find more detail on this and other stuff that will enlighten you.

Re: New member from central Florida
 

Welcome, radarguy! Don't worry, you will get more CPs from the forum. Florida is fairly good for growing most CPs. Btw, nice VFT you have there.

Marvin, almost all CPs are enlisted in the endangered list. If you collect those that are enlisted in the endangered list illegally, you will b charged with money or worse, jail. Especially darlingtonia californica.

Welcome again, radarguy!

Cheers

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Generally speaking collection of seeds or plants from wild populations will need a permit especially if it from public land or national park.

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In Malaysian, the law states that you need a Plant Collection Permit to take plant, seeds, leaf, stem or any part of a plant from the forest.

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Is there a kind of black pitcher plant in Malaysia?I think read them in some books.They're endangered too.