Good beginners plant?

[Franky]

Hi all, my brother is becoming interested in CPs, and he wants to buy one of his own so I can show him the basics of these amazing plants. Any ideas on what a good beginner plant might be?

[Apoplast]

Welcome to the forum Franky. It looks like you and your brother have all sorts of questions. Rather than answering them all individually I thought I'd direct you to a site that has the answers to lots of questions people often have about carnivorous plants.

www.sarracenia.com/faq.html

It is a website written and maintained by a member of the ICPS, Barry Rice, and it contains some of the best answers to the questions you have asked on the forum recently (much better explained than I would be able to do here). There is a lot of information there, which can be a little intimidating, but I have a feeling you'll be excited by it all. Lucky for your brother, some really interesting species are also great plants for beginners. Have a look through the FAQ, Barry talks about those species too. Happy growing!

[Franky]

Thanks so much for the link, but I have already visited this site in the past. I would agree it is full of info and a great site for CP growers. (I love Barrys sense of humor in the FAQ too!) I have not looked at anything about beginner plants on his site yet, which I will do right now! Thanks again for the reply.

[theinactivemoth]

What are you looking for? An indoors plant or outdoors one? For that matter, what sort of temperature is it in New Hampshire? I'd say that a sarracenia or VFT could be a good choice.

[nepenthes77]

I would recommend a Drosera Capensis or a Dionaea Muscipula, maybe a Sarracenia Purpurea.

[joegriffin]

Rookie mistake, this question. The correct question is what "plants", as in plural.
;D
The three that nepenthes77 recommended are great choices.

Cheers,

Joe