Caring for your new plants!

Carnivorous plants, Orchids, and More!

After Shipping:

First, unpack your plants, be sure to not leave the roots exposed for too long or the plants could dry up. Next plant your plants! If in a terrarium add a lid for the first few weeks so the plant is able to establish itself, if in a pot, place the pot in a large clear plastic bag to retain humidity for the first few weeks. After a couple of weeks you can start to gradually open the bag/lid hardening off the plant!

Basic Care for most Sub-Tropical and Tropical Sundews:

Water: Use RO, distilled, or rainwater for the best result. Sit pots in a tray of water (1/2"), sundews do not like to dry out.

Light: The higher the better, lower is tolerated however plants may not produce as much dew.

Feeding: Plants can photosynthesize fine but for faster growth and more flowers you can feed flightless fruit flys(available at specialty pet stores), or fish food (bug bites).

Soil: A mix of perlite and peat sphagnum is best, long fibred sphagnum can be substituted for peat.

Basic care for Mexican Butterworts:

Water: Use RO, distilled, or rainwater for the best result. Don't let them sit in water, but don't let them completely dry out.

Light: The higher the better, lower is tolerated however plants may not be as sticky.

Feeding: Plants can photosynthesize fine but for faster growth and more flowers you can feed flightless fruit flys(available at specialty pet stores), or fish food (bug bites).

Soil: A mix of perlite, sand, pumice, and some peat.

Basic care for Utricularia:

Water: Use RO, distilled, or rainwater for the best result. Terrestrial species do well sitting in water, tropical epiphytic species like to be kept damp but not sitting in water.

Light: The higher the better, lower is tolerated however plants may not be as sticky.

Feeding: Not needed, Utricularia catch microorganisms in the soil

Soil: Terrestrial species do well in a peat and perlite mix. Epiphytic species do best in long-fibred sphagnum, perlite, and orchid bark.

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