Dear Rocket Ken, I have some black bamboo and another large species (yet to be dug) that I will be bringing to the Fall Green Elephant Plant Swap in Redmond. Regards, FireVicar Here is a link that might be useful: Green Elephant Plant Swap

Probably the easiest are those that do not require any kind of a dormancy [or rest] period. Ones which instead like warm moist conditions all year round. Drosera [sundews]: some good candidates: D. capensis, & D. spathulata lowland Nepenthes: such as N. gracilis, N. ventricosa, N.ampullaria ***be forewarned that pretty much all the neps will at some point outgrow a small terr [15 gal or less] - and most rather quickly [w/in a year or two]. Pinguiculas [butterworts]: ex. P. primaflora Sarracenia [terrestrial pitcher plants] ***same problem as w/ neps Utricularia

I stopped at my local Ace Hardware today and of course I took a look at their plants. There was a table with several CPs but none had tags. There are 11 species of these plants and some look very similar even to me…and I've been growing CPs for 20 years. A sales lady heard me comment on the lack of tags to my husband and she volunteered that they were Cobra plants and Venus fly traps. NOPE! NOT EVEN CLOSE!!!!!! They all were north American pitcher plants (Sarracenia). She insisted even after I explained the difference and my experience with these plants. And to make it worse they were potted in regular potting soil…CPs are bog plants! They grow in water. I felt so sorry for them. The moral of this post is unless you are buying "regular" plants at Ace (and these all have tags) stay away from CPs and orchids for that matter (same problem with these…no tags and wrong info). BTW if you ever want to grow these amazing plants consider buying them from the most recognized and respected grower in the USA. https://www.californiacarnivores.com/

No I don't have a grow list. It would be too extensive of a task to do at this point. I have lots of leucophylla and flava I could trade. Most of my collection is seed grown so I don't have a lot of the popular clones. I like purple and black, frilly petals, funky looking stuff.