mantellas and man-eating plants

[rattler_mt]

Utricularia jamesoniana.............very, very, VERY rare in the US

Utricularia geminiloba............aint any easier to find

Nepenthes jac. x izumae

Nepenthes eymae x veitchii

baby Nepenthes hamata, will be much more impressive next year

 

[Bedlam]

Amazing! Any websites you'd reccomend for info on these? (Mainly the Nepenthes?)

 

[Arachnophilist]

WOW those green and brown mantellas are awesome! what are they called? I would love to look into those! such simple natural colors. any info you can give would be appreciated!

Chris

 

[rattler_mt]

Nepenthes University is about the best with a tone of info. growing CP's is like growing orchids. there are a few loose rules but not everything works for everyone. what works for one person, wont work for a guy down the street growing the same species. Nepenthes are a bit easier to figure out. as all can be grown pretty much the same, main thing to watch is temps. some like it hot and some like it cool/cold.....like 45-50 degrees F at night cold. almost all need as much light as you can give them. some can stand low humidity but 75-80% is ideal for all but the most delicate species. when in doubt or just starting grow hybrids as they show true hybrid vigor and are a lil more tollerant of harsher conditions

the green mantellas are laevigata the orange one is bestileo they are toughly an inch long, originally from Madigascar.

laevi's break most of the "rules" for Mantella's they like it warmer(most others are from the mountains), breed like rabbits(takes cycling for other species, even then most speciies are difficult), lay few eggs at a time(others lay large clutches) and laevi's are egg feeders just like alot of poison dart frogs(other species the tads are like most other frogs, take care of themselves though most mantellas will guard the eggs till they are hatched)

 

[tyrel]

Amazing! Any websites you'd reccomend for info on these? (Mainly the Nepenthes?)

The Terrafourms are a wonderful carnivorous plant forum. It's just like the arachnoboards, but for unusual plants.

 

[rattler_mt]

yes the TerraFourums is a good place. im over there quite abit. just figured Nepenthes university would give yah the most bang for your buck out of a single site as far as reading material on Nepenthes.....if yah want to ask questions, TerraFourums is hard to beat. Barry Rice's FAQ site is top notch as well. he also just published a book on growing CP's..........going to have to order it myself

 

[bugmankeith]

I've seen pitcher plants in local supermarkets by me, dont know if their the ones you have, but the pitcher is quite remarkable and get's fairly big.

 

[rattler_mt]

they could be, do they have large leaves with pitchers on the end or do they have funnel shapped leaves. pitchers on the ends of regular looking leaves are Nepenthes(tropical pitcher plants) funnel looking leaves are Sarricenia(North American Pitcher plants) both are easy to grow though i find Neps easier cause i dont have to worry about winter dormancy

 

[bugmankeith]

I dont remember the leaves, but the pitcher was purple outside and green inside.

 

[Barbedwirecat]

Just.....Gimme! Really wonderful pictures, really wonderful frogs! Are you breeding these guys? If so I might have a few people I know aside from me who would be interested

 

[rattler_mt]

im breeding the laevi's, just have the lone male bestileo. my pair is taking a break from breeding which is prolly a good thing, i was begining to think i was going to have to seperate them for their own good for awhile so the female would get a break. as it is ive got more demand than i can supply. CB Mantellas are difficult to find at best. my pair is only producing roughly 12 young per year, though i am letting them raise them. i prolly could double that if i took care of them but i figure its better to let the parents do it cause than only the strong survive and im not weakening the gene pool by helping along a runt.

 

[Tleilaxu]

www.blackjungle.com has some wonderful specimens of both CP's and frogs.