MAN-EATING-PLANTS SALES PAGE

(updated 08/26/2017) U.S A. SALES ONLY

This page will be used for listing items for sale. Some items will be one of a kind and will feature exact photos of the item, other items will be menu choices such as "medium bare root plant", which will be a plant chosen by myself to fill the order appropriately. Item quantities will always be accurate, but may not reflect the total amount of that item left in stock. For instance, I might have eight one foot sections of stolon root listed, and that may be all that I have. In that case when the last one is ordered, the listing will show as out of stock. In other situations, I might want to be cautious about how many of any one item that I list. Things happen, a drone could crash into the center of my plant corral and cause damage to items listed for sale, so I might list 15 available of something that I have 50 of. I will note more about availability in the comments about each item especially when something is really truly low in stock. Weight of each item is calculated as you shop and shipping costs will be accurate. **POTTING MIXES AND COMPONENTS are often quite heavy and can weigh down any order. Though it may seem that in some situations it would be best to order plants and live materials or lighter stock items like pots or watering trays separately, it is usually more cost effective to place everything in one order. Orders will be packaged Very safe and are guaranteed to reach their destination alive. Please see our main page for more information about our operation and stock, as we do things a bit differently here. SHOP IN OREGON TAX FREE TO BOOT!!

Please allow a 3-5 business day turn around, though orders normally go out quicker than that. You will receive a tracking number from PayPal when the shipping label is printed. Sometimes for efficiency we print these a day or two ahead of time to get them done all at once. If you have any questions at all about ordering, or about any item please message me through our main page facebookDOTcom/MEPNW Thank You!! -Phil

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SPECIAL! We have a few of the very popular "3 size" items available in stock. This item will be 3 plants, one small(for 3-4" pot), one medium(for 5" pot), and one large(truly fit for pots 6" or larger containers). We don't alqways offer this special, and we won't skimp on the sizes just because it's a good 20% break. This will make your day. All items will :) $99.77 each

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Next up we have our small potted Cobra Lily, which will actually be two quite established stolon starts. These are intended to stay as-is in their pots for one entire season before transplant; Cobras do not like to be switched up or fussed over. This will be planted in a 2.25" square black pot, easy to tuck in with other plants that can surround and protect your Cobra Lily as it acclimates. in our Monster Mix proprietary blend of Cobra Lily specific potting mix. They will be top dressed in live sphagnum moss, usually green, but if I have red or pink moss I will use it. $25.77 each

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Bare root Small, Medium, and Large Cobra Lily plants are from the general menu at the following prices: SM=$27.77, MED=$37.77, LARGE=$57.77 - A lot of people ask about the difference in sizes. The "Small " plant with this selection will be larger than our small potted selection, and the same size as those included with the "3 plants" special. They are generally over 4-5 years old and ready for 3" to 4" pot. Pitchers may be up to 5" tall, some may develop more of a spiraling or ground clustering growth pattern with pitchers 'snaking' out sideways rather than standing upright. "Medium" plants will be ready for a 4" to 5" pot, and are around 6 years in growth size. These can have quite developed root systems, and will grow pitchers in the range of 6" to 8" tall, or clustered growth that will fill the pot nicely. "Large" plants will be truly ready for a 6" pot or larger containers, and for the most part will be fit to begin colonizing larger containers, though I suggest upsizing containers in small increments, one inch per year or so. Large plants can have pitchers 10" to 14" and taller, and will have a very substantial root base and growth point. Any of these could be flowering size and are far beyond juvenile plantlets that take nearly a decade to really flush out.

Size Options

#1 One Small Plant $25.77 USD #2 One Medium Plant $37.77 USD #3 One Large Plant $57.77 USD

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Cell Tray Starts!! These are ideal for those wanting to explore different terrarium options, or who want to grow them out through the Winter. It doesn't hurt juvenile plants to skip a dormancy for a year to put on bulk. Acclimating them back and forth between indoors and outdoors will be the challenge, but we have done it and know others have too. Each cell will contain a cluster of stolon root spawned plants. They will be sent bare root with the cell moss intact around the roots. They would do best in a pot not larger than 3" for the first two seasons. These are a great deal, however they are literally several years from being anything of size as Cobras grow more slowly than their Sarracenia cousins.

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MORE ITEMS WILL BE ADDED SOON INCLUDING MONSTER MIX AND POTTING MIX COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES. THANK YOU FOR VISITING AND SHOPPING! ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW AT philgv10@gmail.com

For the time being....

Please find us on facebook at facebook.com/MEPNW and PM us there for inquiries. Likely through the rest of this year w3 will stick to our "Scratch and Dent" specials. We also have small potted plants for $30, and stolon root for $25 per foot. Our proprietary Cobra grow blend, 'Monster Mix' is also available for $5.00 per quart or $17 per gallon(marked down) and is unique, containing materials from terrain that Cobras do choose to occur in. It is somewhat of a universal blend, considering that Cobra stands can be found in terrain that defies most conventional information. From rocky topped high mountains, to coastal stagnant puddles vary significantly in pH, they will grow in substrates that if presented to a forum or CP community for evaluation, would be shot down as unsuitable. I have seen them growing out of the sides of trees, the stolon root from a nearby Mother plant having been pushed up underneath the bark until it finds light. I have seen them growing as aquatics in somewhat shallow water with little to no root system, as well as some plants with growth points entirely submerged in 18" of water year round, though rooted into the rotted ancient forest floor beneath them.

Our current pricing structure and stock available through the end of 2017 is as follows:

SCRATCH-N-DENT SALE !!
After our move over the Winter, we have many many Cobra Lilies that are growing nicely, but are not as presentable as I like to keep things. Some were chomped on by grasshoppers or those pesky aphids (the plants have since been treated with Bayer Flower and Vegetable Insecticide) We could keep them another year and let nature take care of the previous year's pitchers, but I would rather sell them and reclaim the space for cell tray propagation. Some of these plants are rather large, old rhizomes, there is smaller stock and everything in between as well. They will be $15 for small size, $25 for medium size, and $35 for large. There are some XL size too. All are quite ambitious to grow out and will be nice plants once settled. They have all been growing under full Oregon sun all year. If you are interested let me know and we can work something out.

(*We are using our finest stock for propagation efforts and plan to offer cell trays next year, 72 cells per tray. There will be more of everything as we continue to divide and plant. We really need to reclaim shelf space for more showy stock. We grow outdoors only and in the country, so it's luck of the draw as to which plants the grasshoppers find. Any of them could be outstanding showstoppers with patience. See posts on our FB page for information on propagating from various material yourself, and what to look for as far as signs of survival or new growth in sometimes bleak situations. Many of our nicest plants have grown up from the remains and rhizomes of plants that most would consider dead of give up on. Never give up on a Cobra Lily until you see only dead and decaying material in the pot. Unpotting "dying" plants is most often a surprise as thick white stolon root is forming, taking energy from the existing growth, just as with many other CP. The best results will most always happen when you grow them up yourself in your location.)

**sniff sniff**... Umm, Ith My Cobwa Wiwy... Dead?? (uncontrollable crying..)

:) Probably not! There is much to consider in this post that can help with other plants as well :)

Darlingtonia Californica are incredibly resiliant plants and can weather tougher conditions than they had previously been given credit for. In fact, the struggle that some will go through while adjusting to a significant change in their atmosphere, will in turn make those that survive even stronger. It is a matter of routine at this point, but used to really blow me away that often, the plants that I had given the most confidence in their ability to carry on and thrive, would get off to a good start but then be completely lapped by an 'underdog'. Cobra Lily plants might die way back before showing any signs of being interested in life at all. Then, just as you might have been ready to un-pot a dried up plant, you notice that deep, candy-apple red pitcher coming from where it should. So the plant remains. Or, you might un-pot it only to find a very healthy rhizome attached to a decaying growth point, yet, also with signs of new life at the other end of things. Remove the necrotic tissues and re-position the new growth for its benefit. These are strange plants built to survive.

I have put a few photos up here to show that even here in my nursery there is a certain number of plants that are truly giving it their all to stay in the population, and they will be gorgeous. **IMPORTANT to note that M.E.P. would never send any plant in this condition as a sale item, not even close. These photos are just here to give you reference to what still has a chance, before another good-to-go plant gets thrown away, and more reflexive negative information is spread.

Above: This was a dead looking rhizome attached to no plant after sorting. I knew to give it space to want to travel, so put it in a 6" pot. By next Spring it will be a half a tray of individual plantlets. It looked *miserable* all Winter, then a few weeks ago it started to get up and go.

Other side of the same 6" pot.

This is what I mean when I talk about "colonizing plants", and how they often are powered by a strong woody rhizome that needs to be near the surface so the sunlight can tell it to get busy.

Above: A smaller startup, it will be ringed with new growth points rather than form tall pitchers or blooms this season. This is a good long term plant, but probably not the best for an excited new grower wanting a real bitchen cobra plant.

Above: This is something that *most* growers would have called "dead", or close enough, "wasn't going to make it"... I have heard it all. Yet, a few nice days and the right buttons get pressed and BAM you have a new Cobra pitcher growing there, man, sure hope you didn't throw it away!

Above; Again, Same Situation. A plant that wanted to be so good to you and bring pride to your knowledge base and collection, would Probably instead be thrown away. Why do people expect perennial plants to look perfect all Winter long? 

Above; More of the same. 

See, see!! It DOES want to grow and kick some butt!!

See, see!! It DOES want to grow and kick some butt!!

Not that I have a Lot of hope for this one to grow, it *could* and at this point it wouldn't be a surprise. Actually, it **IS** growing, so there :) 

Plus, there is a nice little Sundew in there to save, anyway!

Here is the ultimate, "yuck" plant, total refugee, banished to the "other" trays section. Next pic shows a closer look at the brand new pitcher growth. This plant could very well be a top contender in the 'showy' category, you just never know.

Right in the center, small healthy red pitcher forming and will be followed by many many more.

Thank you for reading, and good growing! 

Any questions? please post them. I think next will be a set of "nicer" photos, lol!