Carnivorous Plants

Japan
Prefecture Series - Saitama
August 1, 1997
The stamp depicts waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) found in the Hozoji-numa Pond. The plant captures small aquatic invertebrates using snap-traps with rapid movement.

Venus flytraps like lots of sun, so long as they also get lots of humidity and pure water. Nepenthes varies, but generally likes partial shade. It can get sunburned, developing red blotches on the leaves. N. ventricosa is a sunny windowsill plant.

Some of my cactus garden has been shown around the world in various publications and books. All were grown outside. My carnivorous plants were kept indoors in a large aquarium/terrarium with direct sun south and west exposure (Northern Hemisphere) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Remember, most are bog plants which means they are often under-story with bright broken or indirect sunlight.

Here is a long lasting shop which has good online information for care questions. Also if you go through the photos you will see the growing condition they have for their array of carnivorous plants and only carnivorous plants.

https://www.californiacarnivores.com/


I enjoy seeing such plants in the wild and know of places in California to see native carnivorous plants, especially Darlingtonia Californica and the sundew. This link shows a natural field of the D. Californica: https://www.cnps.org/citizen-scienc...nd-fens-6749


The stamp the same plant by the name of Cobra Lilly:





Scott 3528-3531

This is a stamp and postal history care and feeding blog. For the living plants themselves try:

https://www.google.com/search?q=car...yAFoQ4dUDCA0


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As to your interests in Cacti and Succulents, try the search function to find many listed. But better yet start a topical theme yourself for Cacti and/or Succulents. Currently there does not appear to be one.

For questions about growing carnivores, see https://www.terraforums.com/forums/

As for the question: there should not be any drainage holes but maybe drill one an inch down from the top of the pot to drain excess water.

I do combine the hobbies: I use the same tongs for the stamps as for administering insects to my traps, but clean them in between usages. Otherwise, I would give new meaning to the term, "flyspecking".

However, I cannot keep them in the same room. Carnivores mostly like a hot, humid well-lit space. Stamps do not. Stamps like a dry, dark space, which would kill most plants including carnivores.

Bulgaria
Carnivorous Plants
November 24, 2021
The stamp depicts Drosera rotundifolia, the minisheet depicts Utricularia vulgaris, Pinguicula balcanica, Aldrovanda vesiculosa.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Serbia)
Plants
May 11, 2022
The stamp set depicts carnivorous plants Pinguicula hirtiflora and Drosera rotundifolia.

Malaysia 2022 Waterfalls - Tawal Waterfalls in Sabah with the Raffles Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes rafflesiana).

Sri Lanka
Wild Species Threatened by Trade in Sri Lanka
March 3, 2020
Set of 20, one stamp depicts Nepenthes distillatoria, a tropical pitcher plant endemic to Sri Lanka.

Slovenia
Marsh Plants
March 25, 2011
Set of four, one stamp depicts roundleaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia), a carnivorous flowering plant that grows in bogs, fens, and marshes.

New Caledonia
Association for Nature Protection
November 12, 1986
The stamp design includes Nepenthes vieillardii, a species of pitcher plant endemic to the island of New Caledonia.

United Nations (New York)
Endangered species
April 7, 2021
Set of four, one stamp depicts Venus flytrap, a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina.

Here is a mint copy of Ivory Coast 769C depicting Triphyophyllum peltatum, a rare west African carnivorous plant.

Czech Republic 2022 Macha Lake Wild Life. On the selvage at the bottom of sheet are featured 2 carnivorous plants: Round-leaf sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) and common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris).

Belarus
Carnivorous plants
February 11, 2025
The stamp set features Common butterwort, Round-leaved sundew, Great bladderwort, Waterwheel plant.