Featured Grow Guides & Tools

How to Grow Pitcher Plants
Sarracenia Care Guide



Nepenthes Interactive Guide
The Species Calculator



The Venus Flytrap
Complete Care Guide



Tropical Pitcher Plants
How to Care for Nepenthes

Explore My Greenhouse

I'm writing profiles of all the carnivorous plants in my collection, starting with my 200+ Nepenthes tropical pitcher plants. Each profile includes botanical history, growing tips, photos, conservation status, availability, and more. Here are my most recent profiles:

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  Nepenthes undulatifolia

  Rare highland Nepenthes from Sulawesi with tubby pitchers and wavy leaves. White stem hairs, peltate tendrils, and variable pitcher color. Surprisingly easy-growing. Read more.

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  Nepenthes spathulata x lowii

  A robust and attractive hybrid combining the best traits of N. spathulata and N. lowii, featuring striking pitchers with bristled lids and striped peristomes. Read more.

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  Nepenthes maxima x vogelii

  Created by Borneo Exotics, this is a very attractive, affordable, easy-growing Nepenthes hybrid that would make a fine addition to any collection. Read more.

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  Nepenthes burbidgeae x edwardsiana

  A lovely hybrid with controversial parentage, N. burbidgeae x edwardsiana (or N. villosa?) is a single clone from Malesiana Tropicals, popularly known as 'burbeddy'. Read more.

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  Nepenthes lowii x edwardsiana

  A stunning cross between two Bornean Nepenthes, this easy-growing hybrid produces tall pitchers with toothy peristomes striped in red and yellow. Read more.

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  Nepenthes lowii x truncata

  Perhaps the most famous and coveted of all Nepenthes hybrids, this plant inherits N. truncata's size and N. lowii's distinctive morphological traits. Read more.

Read my latest blog posts

On my blog you'll find grower interviews, cultivation advice, and articles documenting my visits to many world-famous nurseries, private collections, and botanic gardens.

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  New to carnivorous plants? Start here!

  Jul 31, 2022 - Featured

  If you've just returned from the garden centre with your first flytrap, or are looking for an easy-to-grow carnivorous plant as a unusual gift, this is for you! Read more.

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  Catching up with Damon from California Carnivores

  Oct 25, 2025

  A wide-ranging conversation with Damon Collingsworth on carrying Peter D’Amato’s legacy, moving California Carnivores, and life among pitcher plants. Read more.

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  Can I feed my Venus flytrap dead bugs?

  Apr 15, 2025

  The short answer: not really. But the real answer is that it depends whether you'll invest the time necessary to make your flytrap think it's caught live prey! Read more.

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  FAQ: How do Venus flytraps work?

  Jan 29, 2025

  Learn the fascinating mechanics behind how Venus flytraps catch and digest their prey, including their snap-trap mechanism, trigger hairs, and digestive processes. Read more.

Explore my latest tech notes

An occasional series of tech posts covering the code behind this website, and projects built with a Raspberry Pi.

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  How to build a Raspberry Pi terrarium controller

  Apr 26, 2026

  I built a Raspberry Pi-powered controller for my terrarium, providing data visualisation, temperature and humidity alerts, and more. Here I'll share my process. Read more.

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  Lessons from an AI-assisted migration to Astro

  Feb 24, 2025

  An honest look at using AI to migrate a website from Hugo to Astro. What worked, what didn't, and the surprising lessons learned along the way. Read more.

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  Now available: Nepenthes Species Identifier V2

  Sep 4, 2024

  It's been almost 4 years since the original Nepenthes Species Identifier launched. I'm pleased to say that the vastly improved version 2 is now ready for release! Read more.

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  Identifying Nepenthes species with AI

  Oct 5, 2020

  Today I'm excited to release a new resource for growers: an AI-powered tool for identifying the 160+ different species of Nepenthes. Read more.