Bladderworts are probably the easiest to keep small and in a jar. You can buy them at cobraplant.com. Why do you want to grow them in a terrarium? What is the humidity like? What are the temperatures like? How much light are you planning to give it?

I already have a natural habitat for a tropical turtle, so humidity is around 50-60, temperature is at 25, with UVB light, but it's only a 20 galon.

so i want something that stays small without dormancy period.

dont Bladderworts grow very high?
Anything other plants?

Thanks,

You might be able to grow adelae if you can stop if from spreading to the entire tank. It sounds a really dark in the tank. I don't think you could grow much of any carnivorous plant in there. Plants like adelae might be ok. Bladderworts are subterranian plants. Only their flowers and stolons grow above ground. The tallest grow stolons 45 inches and the smallest are like moss. The UVB light is incanscendent, right? If it is then it will not be suitable for growing any kinds of plants.

Just did some research on Adelae, they look nice.
So i guess any tropical carnivorous plants wont have any dormancy periods, right?
I could use Bladderworts in my aquatic turtle set up. Beautiful flowers.

Are there anything else that you have experience with? same criteria, small and no dormancy.

Thank you.

Mexican Butterworts, Nepenthes and Tropical Sundews ALL do great indoors in bright indirect light. Try some Sundews and Highland Nepenthes.

I would recommend a D. capensis and D. spatulata:

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So far, I've seen sundews grow small and dont go dormant.
I've found these seeds on ebay, what's the easiest to grow out of these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Spoon-leaved-Sundew-Drosera-spatulata-25-SEEDS_W0QQitemZ350139648764QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item350139648764&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alice-Sundew-Drosera-aliciae-25-SEEDS_W0QQitemZ110325568700QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item110325568700&_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

http://cgi.ebay.com/Round-Leaf-Carnivorous-Sundew-30-Seeds-Drosera_W0QQitemZ370163252709QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item370163252709&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50

The Alice Sundew is apparently pretty hard to kill, they might be a good fit. They'll get to be about 2 inches wide I believe, so they should be small enough, too.

Put 1 d. Adelae in a tray and within a year you'll get this:

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Did you repot those, or did they naturally spread out into those nice spread out rosettes like that? My clump was um, more clumpy before I repotted it.

They naturally grew and spread out. I have to repot some soon.

You might try some pygmy drosera. They stay very small. Although they do go dormant in winter. They do not die back like others when dormant. They produce gemmae. Gemmae are like seeds but germinate much better. You can sell, trade or just grow the many gemmae they will produce in a lifetime.
If kept warm they may never go dormant but if you want them to reproduce then give them lower temps in winter.
As stated above you might like D. capensis or spatulata and also N. mirabilis starts very small and stays small for years. I believe N. mirabilis is the slowest growing Nepenthes but could be wrong.

I'd say that mirabilis is a relatively fast growing species in warm conditions. It also will get pretty large. If you want something that stays small look for a gracilis or bellii or campanulata. Gracilis grows the fastest but you can trim it down when it gets too tall. I would recommend gracilis because it is the cheapest, easiest, and most common the the three. One very slow growing nep that I have is stenophylla. It makes a new leaf every 3 weeks. this might be because of its size though. mine is just 3 inches across.

[quote]You might try some pygmy drosera. They stay very small. Although they do go dormant in winter. They do not die back like others when dormant. They produce gemmae. Gemmae are like seeds but germinate much better. [/quote]

Actually, they go dormant in summer, under very hot and dry conditions. They are in active growth when it gets cooler.

Gemmae aren't like seeds. They're "brooding bodies" and are very close in concept to bulbs and corms, like crocus and gladiola, etc...

I'll post pictures when I can access my account. They're easy, small, and cute.

Hmmm.... this forum format doesn't do the quote thing.

If you look for pygmies in a trade the most common seems to be ommisa x puchella. I got mine from terr aforms as Mr. Truncata.

By far the best first CP to get would be a Drosera Capensis. They grow like weeds more than any other plant i've grown. Utricularia Sandersonii would be another good one, but it took me while to trick it into blooming, and it doesnt look very CP-ish when its not blooming. I've been growing CP for a few years now, and have only had recent success with D. Adelae, and while I grow three different Nepenthes and Darlingtonia, i cant grow Pinguicula Primiflora, so, go figure. N. Sanguinae and N. x "Miranda" are nice easy pitcher plants too, along with N. x Ventrata. Hope some of this helps!

Don't feel bad icenine, I've killed 3 Pinguicula Primiflora so far. Still have 2 alive, one flowering. I can grow p. Moranensis and p. Agnata well so far though!

Fingers crossed!

OOps. petiolaris I must be loosing it. I meant summer.

No problem. LOL!

Can Sundew Aliciae or Spatulata actually trap their prey like fly traps do?(roll up their leaves). I saw some sundews with thin leaves can do this, not sure if these two species can.
Thanks,

They do roll their leaves but it happens so slowly because it helps with digestion, not capture.

I've found that actually curling up is a sign of an extremely healthy plant, unless your plants are doing really well they won't curl.

Before I got my grow lights, my slightly greenish Cape Sundews wouldn't curl very much, maybe once in a while. Nowadays though, I sprinkled crushed bloodworms on them a few days ago, and they all spun up really tightly.

Wasn't really fast, didn't notice until I looked the next day, but rather dramatic looking.

It takes a little longer for dead food like blood worms, fish food or egg whites but a live bug will become a fajita in just a couple hours on a healthy sundew. What's dramatic is watching them squirm while they are being digested. The squirming will slow over the next couple of days until it stops completely.