Care of carnivorous plants by categories:
Species
Venus flytrap
Lighting: They tolerate direct sunlight all day with caution during the central hours in summer.
Temperature: In summer around 15-40ºC. In winter they rest; it is good to leave them outdoors at temperatures below 10-15ºC, they withstand frost.
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Substrate: Blond peat with perlite and sand.
Propagation: By seeds in spring, preferably cross-pollination, or by leaf cuttings with part of the rhizome throughout the growing season.
Species
Sarracenia
Lighting: They tolerate direct sunlight all day with caution during the central hours in summer depending on the area where you live.
Temperature: In summer around 15-40ºC. In winter they rest; it is good to leave them outdoors with
temperatures below 10-15ºC, they withstand frost.
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Substrate: Blonde peat with perlite.
Propagation: By seeds in spring, which will be harvested in autumn through cross-pollination, or by division of the mother plant, which can be separated when transplanting.
Species
Subtropical sundews
Lighting: They tolerate direct sunlight all day with caution during the central hours in summer. In summer, preferably all day with shading mesh or partial shade.
Temperature: From 10-35ºC
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l)
Substrate: Blond peat with perlite.
Propagation: By seeds throughout the year; some species self-pollinate very easily or by leaf cuttings.
Species
Sundews of mild climates
Lighting: They tolerate direct sunlight all day with caution during the central hours in summer. In summer, preferably all day with shading mesh.
Temperature: In summer around 15-35ºC. In winter they rest; it is good to leave them outdoors with temperatures below 10-15ºC, they withstand frost.
Watering: The substrate should never dry out completely; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Substrate: Blond peat with perlite and sand.
Propagation: By seeds in spring, preferably cross-pollination, or by leaf cuttings throughout the growing season.
Species
Mexican Butterworts
Lighting: Place in a very bright spot but never in direct sunlight. Shade or partial shade.
Temperature: From 4-35ºC. In winter, many species develop a winter rosette, smaller and more compact than the summer one.
Watering: Moderate to abundant moisture; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l), allowing it to rest between waterings. In winter, the substrate may dry out a little.
Substrate: Blonde peat with perlite and sand.
Propagation: By seeds through cross-pollination or by leaf cuttings throughout the year if temperatures do not drop too much.
Species
Northern butterworts
Lighting: Place in a very bright spot but never in direct sunlight. Shade or partial shade.
Temperature: In summer around 20-25ºC and in winter about 5ºC. They tolerate frost. Winter rest (They form buds resistant to cold)
Watering: Moderate to abundant moisture, water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l). They tolerate waterlogging much better than Mexican P.
Substrate: Blonde peat with perlite and sand. 100% Sphagnum. Sphagnum with perlite and sand...
Propagation: Division of the mother plant. It produces small buds or offshoots at the base of the rosette; when they grow, it is possible to separate them from the mother. By seeds through cross-pollination.
Species
Bladderworts
Lighting: Partial shade
Temperature: Ground-dwelling: Keep between about 10 to 35ºC Epiphytic: They usually prefer more tropical climates. Aquatic: 0 - 30ºC They hibernate in winter.
Watering: Never let the soil dry out completely; many species can stand being constantly waterlogged up to the pot’s height without rotting. Water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Soil: Blond peat with perlite and sand or sphagnum.
Propagation: By dividing a portion of the plant with leaves and root.
Species
Stylidium
Lighting: They tolerate some hours of direct sunlight, ideally always partial shade.
Temperature: Keep between about 10 to 35ºC
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely, water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l)
Substrate: Blond peat with perlite and sand or sphagnum.
Propagation: By dividing a portion of the plant with leaves and root.
Species
Pitcher Plant
Lighting: All day with shading mesh or partial shade.
Temperature: Highland: 10-25ºC Intermediate: 18-30ºC Lowland: 20-25ºC
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely; water from the tray or from above with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l). Water can be added to the pitchers if they are empty.
Substrate: Allows many variations among Sphagnum, blond peat, coconut fiber, perlite, vermiculite, sand, pine bark... I use sphagnum with perlite, never waterlogged.
Propagation: Cross-pollination between female and male plants. Stem cuttings, new basal shoots that can be divided when they are large enough.
Species
Darlingtonia californica
Lighting: In our climate, it is better if it does not receive direct sunlight unless it is in the early hours of the morning, as the soil will warm up.
Temperature: In summer around 20-30ºC. In winter they rest; it is good to leave them outdoors with temperatures below 5-15ºC, they can withstand light frosts.
Watering: Water with fresh water, never let the soil dry out completely, but it does not like to be waterlogged for long periods. Water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Soil: Very porous to keep the roots cool.
Sphagnum with perlite, sand, vermiculite, and clay pebbles at the base, for example.
Propagation: By offshoots that are separated from the mother plant when they have roots. Seeds, which will take about 10 years to become fully grown.
Species
Cephalotus follicularis
Lighting: They like some hours of direct sunlight, and the rest of the time in partial shade.
Temperature: Keep between about 15 to 35ºC; in winter they tolerate temperatures down to 5ºC, but they do not like frost much.
Watering: Never let the substrate dry out completely; water from a tray with distilled, deionized, or reverse osmosis water (max. 100 ppm or mg/l).
Substrate: Very well drained. Blond peat with perlite and sand or sphagnum. 50% sphagnum and 50% perlite.
Propagation: Cuttings from non-carnivorous leaves. Cross-pollination.