A new carnivorous plant club is taking shape in Southern California – hitting the Orange County sweet spot between existing Los Angeles and San Diego clubs.
Not into LA traffic? San Diego a bit of a haul? Simply want to attend more fun carnivorous plant events? Well, good news! The Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts inaugural gathering is taking place March 7th in Orange County, California. SCCPE (pronounced “skippy”) will hold its first gathering from 1-4 PM at 6131 Orangethorpe Ave #116, Buena Park, CA 90620. There will be discussions and unique takes on Heliamphora and Drosera regia care plus plenty of side conversations, plant trades, and sales. Should be a blast!
I’ll be there, friends from out of town will be there, and you should probably be there too! How often do you get to participate in the inaugural meeting of a new carnivorous plant club?! See you in March, and in the mean time, happy growing!
This event was in 2020. Where can you buy live sundew, pitcher plants and other carnivorous plants in Orange County CA in 2021?
Howdy Bruce – most in-person events have been postponed due to the pandemic. You can visit our Marketplace for an extensive list of carnivorous plants for sale, or wait it out until gatherings start up, again!
Hello David!
I wanted to tell you what I have noticed with some plants: I have had some that stopped producing mucilage and began to deteriorate, such as Droseras like Aliciae or some pygmy.
Also some ugly looking Dionaea with sudden leaf death. When I see this, what I have done is completely change the substrate, wash the roots and put new water on them. So far it is working for me, since the plants respond well and recover. The common denominator is that when I remove the old substrate, it has a rotten smell …
As a newbie I ask: is this normal? Does the substrate have to be changed every certain time?
Thank you very much, greetings !!!
Pd: i´m use Inverse osmosis…
Question I would like to try to ask u again & hear back: Should I ever change my distilled water out of the container with the new plants I got at Sherman Gardens? Or, do u only need to keep adding too it? plus mosquito bits every 2-3 weeks? Or, does it need a full dump of old water? And, if so, how often?? Thx!! Michael