Will do, thank you!! I was hoping it wasn’t dust balls that got stuck, lol. 
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I have an old man Cactus, I’m worried about him, I noticed his top part seems to be flat when looking at his side. I rarely water my Cactus’, so maybe that’s what he wants.
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It’s quite possible.
Put your finger in the soil. If it’s completely bone-dry, then I’d try to see if watering helps.
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I’m sure it is, I will check and water, hopefully he plumps back up. Thanks! 
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Morning! 
This is my Stromanthe Triostar, I’ve showed her before, but she has a couple new leaves, they all move up & down throughout the day. She’s a beauty 
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My houseplant of the day is a BEGONIA KITKAT. The only begonia I own.
For some reason I always thought Begonia’s were an old lady plant or flower because I vaguely remember my Grandmother talking about them when I was young. So I’m dedicating this to her (in heaven) 
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This should be interesting 
Brief description from owner
This pack is a mix of Dionaea muscipula venus flytrap forms on the nursery and includes all red forms, shark tooth flytrap and some of the giant clones all crossed , so you could end up with something special
Looks more like a bag of dead fleas 
as my eye sight isn’t great 
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Now that things are moving along, it’s now apparent we have a mixed bag.
Mostly flowers, but the one circled on the right is DEFINITELY 100% a new segment.
I have a hunch one or both of the ones circled on the left are segments, too. Too small to tell for sure atm. I hope they are, segments there will be more stable than having more pop up on the ends. They can get too heavy and collapse, although the connection points are stronger than you’d think.
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Moved my plants outside today. My angel-wing begonia did well over the winter. I rescued it from brother-in-law a couple years ago - it was a stem and one leaf.
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Today’s houseplant is a Peperomia Abricros. The flower sticks, are their version of flowers, if you see these, they’re happy and you’re doing something right.
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This is a Burbella Peperomia. This little guy became a little too happy, lol. I’m going to take off his flower sticks so he doesn’t drain his energy.
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They look amazing 
i nearly bought a few of these recently as never seen them before in garden centres, and behold you have some 
Im yet to germinate red forms, shark tooth flytrap and giant clones i was kindly given as need to assemble my CFL lights and grow unit as its been a while
Ive recently met a carnivorous plant guy that has a ongoing affair with these creatures and has given me 5 plants from seed , basic species but healthy . Im happy for free plants 
Interesting prospective below as your probably aware of also perhaps others will find information Interesting 
Rehydrated dried bloodworms are the easiest food to use to feed VFTs. I feed them when their growth slows down somewhat. The more you feed them, the larger they get and the more often they need to be repotted. Stop feeding them and they will decline.
Thats if flys aren’t available 
apparently new leaves appear quite quickly after force feeding
So in conclusion il probably stick to natural feeding
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Sundews are what im actually more interested in mainly at the moment in the carnivorous side of things but ive got to wait , as guy needs to sort out his excess unwanted plants as he grows way to many from seed as he qoutes 
again his carnivorous love affair
My attempts back in early 90s didn’t turn out great probably as my main focus was on hydroponics exotic stuff 
then moved on to Trinidad scorpions / Naga and others on the higher chilli scoville level before the storm ( chilli mania ) and x germination before work took over and grew up a tad
Anyway sorry for going on waffle waffle 
Got a few other plants recently nowt exciting 
well they were reduced im sure you know them
and few pots very cheap, so bought quite a few as have a large sun facing space to newly fill
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Hey Houseplant people!
Question: Does anyone see the soil gnats from houseplants?
I always treat new plants with houseplant insect killer and they get soil stuff to prevent them. I only see them occasionally, BUT 1 gnat in my house is 1 too many. So wondering if anyone has a full cure without me having to burn my house down, lol. 
I never noticed them when I had a few plants, but I’ve gone a little plant rogue 
Thanks!
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I first thought it was the wife that attracted the flys but with age we both have are own aromatherapy a small spray of fly spray does the job over the pots occasionally
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Think they also sell these plastic yellow sticky things that you stick into the soil and the gnats get stuck to it. Don’t know what they’re called, if they’re effective, never used them - only seen them - but they’re covered in dead gnats when I have
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Cats. Mine have eaten about three little flies and /or gnats today. They growl and pursue them hard.
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I have those too, lol. Mine are shaped like flowers and butterflies. I have stuck them in the larger snake plants since all my plants are grouped together. A couple gnats stuck. I probably don’t have a big problem, but like I said, 1 gnat it too much! 
And they always seem to ‘bug’ me when I’m working on my laptop. I’m pretty sure the light on that attracts them too. They’re so annoying 
Thanks for all the responses 
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