
New Media Mixes Available!
Published: 07 March, 2021
It’s almost too good to be true!We’re now offering Ultramafic, General Nepenthes, and General Terrestrial media mix to give your plants a leg up. Even better, we will be donating $1 to the Maliau Basin Conservation Area for each bag...
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Now Shipping With FedEx
Published: 23 February, 2021
Hello everyone!We’re excited to announce that Native Exotics is now shipping orders with FedEx's 2Day service!As many of you know, we take shipping plants seriously. We work hard to grow top-notch, well-acclimated plants, and we want you to receive them...
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Major Plant Giveaway!
Published: 30 January, 2021
Hey everyone!To keep these winter months spicy we're doing a major giveaway this weekend!There are over a dozen prizes available! If you spend over a certain amount before Sunday at midnight EST, you will be entered for a chance to win...
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Handcrafted planters made by artist and grower, Nicole Rose!
Published: 23 November, 2020
Handmade Artisanal Planters Now Available!Several months ago, we met Nicole Rose and connected over a shared love of plants, particularly all things carnivorous. When Nicole pitched the idea of unique, artisanal planters inspired by our plants, we loved it! Nicole has...
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Announcing the Happy Growers Photo Contest!
Published: 14 September, 2020
Post a photo, win a free plant!We love when customers share photos of our plants thriving in new homes. It’s time we make things official and reward your hard work!At end of each month, we will award a free plant...
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Black Friday
Published: 23 November, 2018
All orders of $250 or more during our black Friday sale will be entered to win a Nepenthes hamata (Wistuba clone, unknown clone #). Pictured here are the beautiful burgundy teeth on one of our mature breeding plants. They will...
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Exotica Plants Pre-Order #1 – Inventory is Live
Published: 02 October, 2018
Our Exotica Plants pre-order page is going live at 12 PM EDT!!! There will be lots of beautiful species and hybrids including lingulata x veitchii (m), izumiae x x trusmadiensis, lowii x ventricosa, and burkei, among many others!
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300 fresh plants, including un-rooted cuttings
Published: 02 March, 2018
We will also be giving away plants to customers. The Native Exotics inventory update will occur Saturday, March 10th at 6:00 PM EST with over 300 Nepenthes, Utricularia, Drosera, Pinguicula, and even Ant Plants and Orchids. Native Exotics will also...
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Native Exotics is excited to offer over 100 items tonight
Published: 22 December, 2017
Native Exotics is excited to offer over 100 new Nepenthes and Heliamphora tonight. The inventory update will take place tonight December 22nd at 9pm EDT on our website All shipping will take place after the holidays (USPS is backed up right now)...
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Auctions ending Friday, November 10th and more to be posted Sunday, November 12th
Published: 10 November, 2017
After taking a couple weeks off from auctions, we are back with 25 new auction items that were posted last Sunday. These plant auctions will all finish up on Friday and we will post another lot of plants for auction on Sunday, November...
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New Nepenthes Hybrids with Nepenthes glandulifera
Published: 21 October, 2017
New Plants on the Horizon We have many new Nepenthes crosses currently at different stages. We did a series of Nepenthes glandulifera crosses that are approaching a suitable selling size and will be available at the beginning of 2018. Nepenthes...
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No Tricks. Just Treats from Native Exotics
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Our third week of auctions has just ended and we can’t thank you enough for your participation. We have had over 3,000 bids on the 77 items we offered. We will be taking a couple weeks off from auctions and...
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New Plant Auction Platform Kicks-off Sunday
Published: 30 September, 2017
Native Exotics now has an Auctions section in the store. We will be posting rarer/specimen plants with starting bids of $1 and no reserve prices. We don’t hate eBay but overtime it has become a mess of fake seeds, poached plants, mislabeled...
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New Inventory and New Species this Saturday
Published: 29 August, 2017
We will be adding many new Nepenthes species for sale and Nepenthes hybrids from Borneo Exotics and Exotica Plants this Saturday. More importantly we will be making available 5 new Nepenthes species for sale with this inventory update: 1. Nepenthes sp....
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Nepenthes sp. nov. Papua New Guinea
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When photos first surfaced of this NEW species from famed wildlife photographer Ch'ien Lee, we could hardly contain ourselves. We are now proud to offer, for the first time in history, this amazing and colorful new species from our lab. The...
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Native Exotics Inventory Update and Future CK, BE, EP Availability
Published: 05 August, 2017
INVENTORY UPDATE: TODAY, August 05 at 9:00 PM EST We will have dozens of new specimen Nepenthes for sale both Nepenthes species and Nepenthes hybrids. The inventory will be going live tonight at 9:00 PM EST. For our newsletter subscribers only we are offering 10% off...
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Nepenthes Klossii Now Available for Pre-Order!
Published: 21 July, 2017
Borneo Exotics is bringing Nepenthes klossii back in a series of NEW clones never before offered for sale. You can order Nepenthes klossii plants as a pre-order from Native Exotics. Check out our Nepenthes klossii pre-order page for all the...
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Native Exotics News, Inventory Update and Exotica Plants Coming Soon!
Published: 10 April, 2017
Native Exotics News, Inventory Update and Exotica Plants Coming Soon! Native Exotics News Well spring is here! For all of us who have had to deal with the cold weather, we now have a reprieve. We can now resume what...
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We Are Heading to the Boston Flower Show!
Published: 13 March, 2017
We Are Heading to the Boston Flower Show! We are heading to the Boston Flower Show at the Seaport World Trade Center! Lot's of carnivorous plants for sale. Hope to see you there! Who's coming to visit us at the 2017#bostonflowershow?...
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Nepenthes villosa – Toothy Beauty – Cultivation
Published: 02 March, 2017
Nepenthes villosa is one of the more coveted species of tropical pitcher plants. This coveted plant is native to the highland mountain regions of Mount Kinabalu and Mount Tambuyukon in Sabah, Borneo. Found at approximately 2,300-3,200 meters in elevation it requires...
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Two Pitcher Plant Comparisons – Nepenthes hamata vs. Nepenthes ventricosa x hamata
Published: 03 February, 2017
Two Pitcher Plant Comparisons - Nepenthes hamata vs. Nepenthes ventricosa x hamata Here we are showing two pitcher plant comparisons. Both plants are insect eaters also known as carnivorous plants and require insects or other small organisms in order to...
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Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Hybrid – Exotica Plants
Published: 13 January, 2017
Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Hybrid - Exotica Plants This is a Nepenthes veitchii x burbidgeae, it is a carnivorous pitcher plant hybrid bred by Exotica Plants in Australia. While this plant won't be for sale this weekend, we will have new items on our...
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2017–Nepenthes in the Greenhouse
Published: 08 January, 2017
Some fun and rare Nepenthes will be available from our website in the next month! Lots of surprises! Some dimorphism in Nepenthes! This just means occurring in two forms and in regards to Nepenthes (tropical insect eating plant) it refers...
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2016 Exotic Plant Wrap-up
Published: 27 December, 2016
Thank you all for a wonderful 2016 year! Below is a fantastic hybrid, Nepenthes hamata x veitchii, a seed grown carnivorous pitcher plant: Here's an update on the terrarium we put together a few months back. Things settling...
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Holiday Sale Coming Up
Published: 14 December, 2016
Next weekend December 16th through the 18th we will be running a 15% off store wide sale! New items will be available and also FREE shipping on orders of $120 or more! Use the code holiday15%off when checking out...
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Insect-Eating Pitcher Plant
Published: 08 December, 2016
An insect eating (carnivorous) pitcher plant, Nepenthes ampullaria x (spathulata x gymnamphora) is growing on our windowsill in upstate New York with no special treatment now for about a month. Temperatures during the day are about 70 F and nights...
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Late Nights in the Lab
Published: 29 June, 2015
These wee little guys are are growing up so fast! We've re-plated our N. villosa collection one late night in the lab. The Darlingtonia are about to pop too! So much to do that they've been quietly outgrowing their...
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Exotica Plants are Coming to Town!
Published: 27 June, 2015
We just received the list of plants that we are getting from Exotica Plants last night! There are SO many plants! I will be working all weekend to get the list organized, and let customers know what they got and...
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Oh baby it’s cold outside…
Published: 12 January, 2015
Brrr.... it has finally gotten cold. We were a little concerned that we wouldn't get to really test our new massive wood pellet boiler heating system (more on that soon) with all the unseasonably warm weather we've had in New...
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Nepenthes pervillei care
Published: 24 October, 2014
Nepenthes pervillei is an incredible and unique species of Nepenthes found only on the island of Seychelles off the coast of Africa. It has evolved to become quite different from most species of Nepenthes because it is separated from the...
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Nepenthes villosa Care
Published: 18 October, 2014
Nepenthes villosa is arguably one of the most sought after Nepenthes by hobbyists around the world. Its popularity can be attributed to its huge fangs and colorful traps, however it is not an easy plant to grow. Nepenthes villosa is...
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Native Exotics Gets a Face Lift!
Published: 10 September, 2014
WELCOME TO THE NEW FACE OF NATIVE EXOTICS! Welcome to our very first blog post! I cannot explain to you how exciting it is to launch our new site, our new vision, our new logo, and our COMPLETE PLANT LIST!...
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