Just when you all thought that I only grow orchids, how about these carnivores, the "Red Pitcher Plant"? These are all now 2 yr. old plants and have grown amazingly large pitchers, and they are still growing. These plants really present well in hanging baskets, allowing their pitchers to dangle. They make quite a contrast alongside other tropical plants. This is Nepenthes ventricosa 'Rosea' and these plants are very easy to grow.

If you have interest, send me a T-Mail.

Ken,

What kind of bugs does the ventricosa like? Please say mosquitoes...

That would be great, Rick! Ken, did you mean to post a pic for us?

Karen, you can find it here...

http://www.tropicalplantsandmore.com/other-plants.html

Let me update that photo. I forgot to post the photos, as you surmised, Karen. Here you go. The photography was done today. The one with the huge pitcher is mine, mine, mine, but I have a lot others that are getting close to that size. They have all just started to sprint in growth. The photos simply represent what I am see here in the solarium but the plants in the greenhouse are equally nice and large.

I really don't know whether they "eat" mosquitos, Rick. I don't know whether any studies have been done to reveal their "diet". Sorry

That is really a happy pitcher plant, Ken! I don't think I've seen any with such large pitchers. I bet they would eat mosquitos if they got close enough.

Rick, LMK if you want one... I'm really tempted... we could share a shipping box?

I'll have to look up what orchid I was looking at last year and see if Ken has it back in stock... (it took a running leap but missed my box). Yeah, I know I've sworn off orchids, but Ken all but promised this one would live for me; apparently it's that tough!

btw, Ken, you might check your info box and see if you can re-do your URL for your store... I'm pretty sure it used to be an active link.

Beautiful pitcher plant, Ken! I really would love one, but I can't buy any more plants until after we move, and then move again. So probably about 7 months :/

I sure understand, James. Get that moving done, build a huge greenhouse, and then visit my website to fill that sucker up.

@DrDawg

Ken,

Change your URL from this...

[url=www.tropicalplantsandmore.com]www.tropicalplantsandmore.com[/url]

to this...

www.tropicalplantsandmore.com

Of course, for proper marketing, it really should be...

www.TropicalPlantsAndMore.com

Base URLs are not case-sensitive. Neither are E-Mail addresses.

It only matters on URLs once you go beyond the .com/.net/.info/etc. Then, it depends on the software running the web server.

Thanks, Rick. I did not list my URL that way. Apparently ATP/NGA did so. When I looked at what I had listed in my public profile, it is exactly as you suggested it be, www.tropicalplantsandmore.com. I don't have a clue how to change what shows up on my posts. Perhaps @Dave can help straighten this out.

You need to include the http:// part.

Is this problem now corrected?

hubby says we need a plant that eats deer, got anything like that Ken?



of course if it could eat deer it could also control small children

If these "pitchers" keep growing, they may soon be large enough to eat rats. I am afraid that deer and children would be safe around the plants though.