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Florida’s Carnivorous Plants: Understanding, Identifying, and Cultivating the State’s Native Species

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99½ Homesteading Poems: A Backyard Guide to Raising Creatures, Growing Opportunity, and Cultivating Community

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A Tenrec Named Trey (and other odd lettered animals that like to play)

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Carnivorous Plant nursery specializing in Nepenthes. We offer quality Venus flytraps, Pitcher Plants, Butterworts and more! Ships throughout the US. 🪰
🐟🌱 Goldfish Meets Carnivorous Plants I had 🐟🌱 Goldfish Meets Carnivorous Plants I had the pleasure of chatting with Lei from @goldfish_corner, a YouTube channel I’ve binged lately! We dove into everything from how I got into aquatics to practical goldfish care tips — plus some fun crossovers between fancy goldfish and carnivorous plants. 🧠 Topics include: using fish water to grow plants, TDS control, aquaponics, aging pond water, preventing dropsy, UV lights, feeding habits, and more. 🎥 Watch the full video at either my YouTube channel or Lei's to learn, laugh, and level up your goldfish game. 🐠 https://www.youtube.com/GoldfishCorner https://www.youtube.com/@CarnivorousPlantsbyKennyCoogan #GoldfishCorner #FancyGoldfish #KennyCoogan #CarnivorousPlants #Aquaponics #FishKeeping #GoldfishCare #PlantNerd #FishNerd #HobbyistLife
🌿✨ Day 3 of Preserving the Harvest! ✨🌿 🌿✨ Day 3 of Preserving the Harvest! ✨🌿 Look at these beautiful peppers with their bold stripes — and they have white variegated leaves 😍 The last two days were all about tomatoes 🍅 — we chopped up 18 quarts of red and yellow ripe ones for salsa, then tackled *some* of the green tomatoes for a vibrant green salsa verde. These stunning striped peppers (plus dozens of our homegrown tabasco peppers 🌶️) went right into the mix, as well as homegrown tomatillos. Yesterday we also blanched and froze bunches of mustard greens and bok choy to pop into soups and stir-fries this winter. At Carnivorous Plants by Kenny Coogan, we love all plants — edible, carnivorous, and especially variegated beauties. 🪴💚 #HomesteadHarvest #GardenToTable #VariegatedPlants #CarnivorousPlants #PreservingTheHarvest #SalsaSeason
👁🪰 #FlytrapFriday: EYELASHES 🪰👁 Delic 👁🪰 #FlytrapFriday: EYELASHES 🪰👁 Delicate? Yes. Deadly? Also yes. ‘Eyelashes’ is a Venus flytrap with serious style: 🔸 Extra-long cilia that curl like lashes in the wind 🔸 A soft, elegant trap shape that feels almost ornamental 🔸 Subtle red accents that glow in the right light It’s the kind of plant that looks gentle… until it snaps shut on a fly. A perfect blend of grace and grit. 🪴 Keep an eye out for it when spring 2026 rolls around. #VenusFlytrap #EyelashesCultivar #BotanicalBeauty #WeirdPlantsWelcome #PlantCollectorsClub
SAVE THE DATE: Looking forward to seeing you all SAVE THE DATE: Looking forward to seeing you all at this event!🐜🪴🪰 Presentations & Speakers Throughout the weekend, hourly talks will highlight the science, conservation, and cultivation of carnivorous plants. Featured speakers include: • Joey Santore, creator of @crime_pays_but_art_doesnt , presenting his in-situ discoveries of carnivorous plants from around the world with his trademark humor and storytelling. • Johnny Randall, retired Director of Conservation at the @NCBotanical Garden, sharing insights on Venus flytrap natural history, evolutionary genetics, and conservation—drawing on the groundbreaking ICPS-funded research from 2015. • Max Kotelnicki, Outdoor Horticultural Manager, @atlbotanical, presenting on the display and education value of cultivating southeastern carnivores through the lens of aesthetics, conservation of biological controls, and practical experience maintaining a large-scale display bog. • Jared Chauncey, Senior Conservatories Horticulturist at the @mobotgarden , delivering Man-Eaters Past and Future—a talk tracing the history of carnivorous plants in cultivation and their future in conservatories. • @jeremiahsplants , @guinnessworldrecords holder for the largest Venus flytrap, offering expert guidance on cultivating giant flytraps. • Dan Walker, NC Native Plant Society – Triad Chapter, presenting on carnivorous plants of North Carolina. • @mikescarnivores , International Carnivorous Plant Society - ICPS Alternate Board Member, will present on how to grow Nepenthes for beginners • Alison Northup, PhD Owner of @piedmontplants will be doing a presentation titled, "Gardening for Conservation" Vendors & Exhibitors The expo will feature 60+ booths, ranging from plant growers and nurseries to cultural institutions, artisans, and garden clubs.
Is it too soon to be thinking about spring? 🌸 Is it too soon to be thinking about spring? 🌸 Here’s a little teaser — a Pinguicula cyclosecta showing off its juicy leaves with a P. ehlersiae flower hanging over, just to keep you guessing! 🪲 Our Mexican butterworts are starting to shift gears for their succulent hibernation phase, trading their sticky carnivorous leaves for compact, water-storing rosettes. It’s their way of saying “see you next season” — even if we’re already dreaming of spring blooms. 🌿✨ Also featured in the background are some Pinguicula ‘Alfred Lau’, quietly falling asleep.🪰 #Pinguicula #Butterwort #CarnivorousPlants #MexicanPinguicula #PlantDormancy #SpringDreaming
Nepenthes sibuyanensis × trusmadiensis 🌿 Lovi Nepenthes sibuyanensis × trusmadiensis 🌿 Loving how this hybrid is shaping up! The photo shows two older pitchers — check out those toothy peristomes inherited from its macrophylla lineage (the father’s father) and the beautifully rounded, bulbous shape from the sibuyanensis side (mother). With the cooler weather settling in and daily temperature drops of around 20 degrees, new pitchers are already forming — can’t wait to see how they develop! These hybrids really come alive when the climate starts to mimic their highland origins. 🏔️🪴 #Nepenthes #CarnivorousPlants #PitcherPlant #PlantCollectors #HighlandNepenthes #sibuyanensis #trusmadiensis #macrophylla #Botany #TropicalPlants
🍂 #SarraceniaSaturday vibes! Even as the temps 🍂 #SarraceniaSaturday vibes! Even as the temps dip and daylight fades, these pitchers are still hanging on and looking fierce. The late-season glow-up is real — colors deepen, forms sharpen, and they keep flaunting their beauty like it’s peak summer. One of our favorite parts of growing Sarracenia? Rolling the dice with open pollinated seedlings. It’s the ultimate genetic lottery — you never know what combo of traits will emerge, but that mystery is half the magic. Will it be fluted, ruffled, veined, or something totally unexpected? Every seedling is a surprise waiting to happen. Here’s to the unpredictable, the resilient, and the downright stunning. 🌱🎰
🦷🪰 #FlytrapFriday: GIANT CLAM 🪰🦷 This 🦷🪰 #FlytrapFriday: GIANT CLAM 🪰🦷 This one’s a favorite of Kenny’s—and for good reason. ‘Giant Clam’ is a showstopper: 🔹 Massive traps that look like they belong in a deep-sea horror flick 🔹 Bold, wide-open posture that screams confidence 🔹 Deeply serrated “teeth” that give it that unmistakable monster-mouth vibe It’s not just big—it’s beautifully brutal. If you’re into flytraps that look like they could bite back, this is your plant. 🪴 Keep an eye out for it when our spring 2026 season rolls around. #VenusFlytrap #GiantClamCultivar #FlytrapFriday #PlantCollectorsClub #WeirdPlantsWelcome #KennyApproved
🎶🌿 Ever seen a plant that looks like it’s 🎶🌿 Ever seen a plant that looks like it’s about to burst into song? This Nepenthes pitcher certainly does! Its wide, open mouth looks like it’s singing a tune to our greenhouse jungle. Aside from its show-stopping “performance,” this beauty also shows off wide wings running down the front of its pitcher and a gracefully long tendril anchoring it in place. Both features help it climb, support its weight, and create that striking silhouette. Nature has a way of blending function with flair—and this Nepenthes is hitting all the high notes! 🎤✨
Nepenthes BE 4670 also just opened a new pitcher. Nepenthes BE 4670 also just opened a new pitcher. Long-bodied, speckled interior, and a peristome that’s starting to hint at veitchii flair. This hybrid has a fascinating lineage: 🪲veitchii brings the flared peristome and fuzzy leaves that catch light like velvet. 🪰klossii contributes that upright, elongated pitcher shape and a lid that hovers gently over the mouth. What makes this cross special is the tension between bulk and elegance. This one’s still young, but it’s already showing signs of becoming a standout. Keep watching—it’s not done revealing its beauty.
🎭✨ Greenhouse gossip: Nepenthes spectabilis × ampullaria (BE-4587) just opened a new pitcher and the fish are losing it. Three of my Thai orandas and a couple of telescope fish swam over like they were inspecting a new gallery installation. This hybrid brings the best of both worlds: from spectabilis, it inherits tall, cylindrical pitchers with bold speckling and a flared peristome. Ampullaria contributes a more compact base, a tendency toward basal shoots, and squatness. Watching new Nepenthes hybrids and pitchers emerge is half the thrill of growing them. Will it lean more speckled skyscraper or squat jungle toilet? Either way, the greenhouse crowd is riveted. 🐠
🍂🪴 #SarraceniaSaturday vibes: CLEAN & COZY 🪴🍂 Our Sarracenia pots just got the spa treatment—dead and dying summer pitchers snipped, soil tidied, and everything looking chef’s kiss good. 💅🌿And then we have one pitcher plant that is screaming in the front of the photo! These beauties are officially prepped for their seasonal wind-down. Once the temps start to dip, they’ll be tucked in for a long winter nap… dreaming of spring sunshine and fresh bugs. 😴🪰 For now, we’re just admiring how crisp and content they look post-cleanup. #SarraceniaLove #PitcherPlantSeason #FallPlantCare #DormancyPrep #WeirdPlantsWelcome #PlantCollectorsClub
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