Thanks, Chuck.
Yeah, I had a guy on another forum who was kind enough to gift me with some extras he had. They were N. Ventrata. So far, they haven't recovered or started growing yet, but I understand they're supposed to be pretty tough.
I also hear that N. Ventrata and N. Alata are close enough to get confused with each other. You should really get yourself a Sarracenia or a Venus Flytrap. I tried for several years to grow a VFT till I found a book called "The Savage Garden". It said to pot them in a mixture of peat and sand (he gives a recipe) and set them in a saucer of water, outside. The soil wicks up the water it needs.
Like I said in my post above, the Sarracenia went gangbusters last year and put out several flower spikes. I've got a couple of pictures I'll post later. It looks like the VFT is spiking this year as well. You just leave them out in full sun and keep that tray full.
I use a slightly taller pot, because that's what they had at the store, but it worked out well. You leave them out during the winter as well, since they require dormancy.
Oh, my bad! I looked at your info and it says you're from Florida. Winter is that time of the year where you can't wear shorts every day.
(Shields self from ice spears hurled by people from further north.)
We actually went to see a Canadian Eagles-Tribute Band recently. They poked fun at us, because their show got rescheduled by a couple of months. We got enough snow to stick and it shut everything down. When they started the show, they said "We're really sorry to hear about that bad snow storm you guys got. How many feet?" Hurlarious laughter ensued. They were really good, though.
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