My indoor carnivorous plant collection

Here is another video of my carnivorous plants, this time my indoor collection, which resides in our very small spare bedroom. I keep a humidifier running in this room to keep the humidity above 60% at all times. Sometimes 2 humidifiers are needed in the winter as the air is extra dry then. The temperature varies with the general house temp but the plants don't seem to mind that. The lights are 4 foot T8 florescent bulbs. One "cool white" and one "sun spectrum " bulb in each fixture, two fixtures per rack. This provides a combination of spectrum that the plants seem to thrive on. The lights are on a timer so I don't have to worry about them. I find that spending time in the plant room during winter helps ward off the winter blues. I don't know if it's being among the greenery or the extra light. Maybe it's a combination of the two.
Enjoy, and please leave comments.

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[rocketcaver]

The plants on the top shelf on the left with the lids are "nepenthes", or tropical pitcher plant.

[sundewman]

Hey rocketcaver, your collection has come quite along way from the first meeting i met you at in illinois ;) and your sundews look fabulous! I also really like the fruit fly trick, which i will definitely have to try, although i'm not sure how good that would work in a small, stagnant apartment :D

[rocketcaver]

@sundewman Hey! It's great to hear from you! Yes, those meetings were a lot of fun, wish we could do it again. We moved last summer (still in southern Illinois) and I gave away several of my plants rather than deal with moving them. Pretty much all I have left are my pings. Wish I had kept it all now, but you know how it is when you move. Some day I'll start back up again.  Hope you are doing well, and if you see any of the other folks tell them I said "Hey".

[iamawsome545]

what type of lights do you use for your plants

[rocketcaver]

@iamawsome545

I use regular 4 foot shop lights from the hardware store with one "daylight" bulb and one "coolwhite" bulb.

[rocketcaver]

For gnats I would recommend a butterwort, or posibly a sundew. Mexican butterworts (pingicula) are easy to care for and will do fine on a diet of gnats. Lanceleaf sundews are cheap and easy to care for also. If I had to pick one for gnats it would be the butterwort. But don't expect the plant to wipe out your gnat problem for you. It will catch a few, but some will refuse to land on it.

Good luck!

[typeomeywisted13]

@rocketcaver, hello I just found your vid, I just got my first pitcher plant. It's like your one on top shelf right side front. I got it fairly big, I love it :).

[EyeStabbingYum]

ROCKETCAVER! You should make an update!!!!

[mistressmpt]

hi

what are the plants which have red / green and have a 'lid', the ones at the beginning of the clip.

[outragedfly]

Hey.. awesome plants... how long do you think venus fly traps have been on earth?? Like when did they evolve?

[happybuddyperson]

hehe 4:33 kitty meow

[sundewman]

@rocketcaver Will do. Good luck on starting your collection back up in the fugure. You know who can ask if you need some dews ;)

[cabezone05]

one of them looks like a pokemon