Little Shop of Horrors in Manila: where love blossoms and plants bite

Posted on June 25, 2024 by Micah Valero

The Sandbox Collective is thrilled to present the classic Broadway musical, “Little Shop of Horrors: A Bloodthirsty Musical Comedy,” featuring the most iconic Venus flytrap ever seen in media! This production, set to open on July 6 at the Globe Auditorium, Maybank Performing Arts Theater, tells the story of a shy florist who discovers a peculiar plant with an insatiable appetite for fame, fortune—and human blood.

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This 2024 production of “Little Shop of Horrors” promises to be a unique blend of horror and comedy with a green thumb for love. Directed by the Sandbox Collective’s managing artistic director, Toff de Venecia, with musical direction by Ejay Yatco, the show also celebrates The Sandbox Collective’s 10^th anniversary.

With a memorable score and a talented Manila cast bringing this story to life, audiences will be treated to unforgettable music and electrifying performances.

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Propagating sundews: how to grow sundews through seeds and cuttings

Posted on May 30, 2024 by Micah Valero

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Propagating sundews is fairly easy through seeds, leaf cuttings, or root cuttings, depending on the sundew. This guide will cover how to propagate certain sundews based on my experience and some experiences from my customers.

This propagation guide covers the following:

• Propagating sundews from seeds
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ㅤㅤ• Storing sundew seeds
• Propagating sundews from leaf cuttings and pullings
• Propagating sundews from root cuttings
• Propagating sundews through division
• Are you ready to grow sundews?

Propagating sundews from seeds

Growing sundews from seed is slow, like with most carnivorous plant seeds, but it’s still a rewarding experience. Depending on the kind of sundew, seeds can germinate between one and six weeks, depending on the viability of the seeds and the general growing conditions.

Tropical sundews and red flytraps in a pot

Sundews grown from seed

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Using a seed kit

If you purchased a seed kit, just follow these steps to start growing your sundews:

Fill your pot with the growing media. Make sure to pack the pot tightly.
Water the top of the pot a little bit at a time with distilled or rainwater.
Sow your seeds on top of the media.
Put the pot in a clean plastic tub/tray with distilled or rainwater.
Position the pot where it can receive strong, steady light. You can also put the pot under a grow light, but make sure the grow light is strong enough. I use 18-watt LED lights, and my plants are only 6 inches away from the light.

If you have your own sundew seeds you’d like to sow, the rest of this guide will help you out.

Harvesting and storing sundew seeds

There are certain sundews that are self-pollinating. This means their flowers, which grow in tall stalks above the plant, will produce seeds by themselves. Propagating sundews for these varieties is fairly easy because of this.

A fun fact is that sundews evolve to grow tall flower stalks because this way, pollinators won’t get caught in the sundew’s sticky and dewy leaves.

Sundew flowers with black seeds over a pot with coco peat

A sundew flower stalk

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Growing sundews: basic care and information

Posted on May 12, 2024 by Micah Valero

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Sundews (scientific name drosera) are beautiful carnivorous plants that use their sticky dew to trap and digest their prey. With more than a hundred varieties with varying degrees of difficulty available, it’s always best to look up a particular sundew online first to see if you can give it the care it needs.

This guide will talk about how to care for several basic and affordable sundews you can buy in the Philippines, listed below. I take care of sundews that are easier to grow and can be kept alongside Venus flytraps, pitcher plants (or nepenthes), Byblis, and any other carnivorous plant without any specific difference in care.

This grow guide covers all the details you need to care for sundews:

• Kinds of sundews
• Basic care
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ㅤㅤ• Watering sundews
ㅤㅤ• Growing medium
• Pot selection and repotting
• How to feed sundews
• Preventing diseases

This guide also has some affiliate links that might give me a small commission if you purchase the items they link to.

This has no additional cost to you whatsoever, as these are all items that I’ve bought and used myself. If you choose to buy any of these items through my links, thank you so much!

Kinds of sundews

Sundews can look very different from each other, with some growing small and button-like while some grow huge. They have a wide variety of leaf shapes and sizes, and some from the petiolaris complex group even look like fireworks (like D. Paradoxa).

D. Paradoxa looks like red fireworks

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The Culinarist Artificer Subclass: Play Senshi from Dungeon Meshi in D&D!

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Micah Valero

When my husband DM V and I started the Netflix adaptation of Dungeon Meshi, or Delicious in Dungeon, we didn’t realize it was going to be such a treat. If you’re not familiar, Dungeon Meshi is a captivating fantasy manga crafted by the talented Ryoko Kui. It revolves around a group of adventurers braving an intricate dungeon to save their leader’s younger sister.

It’s also hands down one of the best D&D-like anime out there. It even joins the ranks of modern fantasy greats like Frieren, Grimgar, Re:Zero, DanMachi, and KonoSuba.

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The Keybie Cafe Online Shop: custom dotty-eyed accessories

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Micah Valero

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Welcome to the Keybie Cafe’s online shop!

If you want to see ALL our designs, our Keybie List shows every design we’ve ever made since we started making keybies way back in 2012. As you can imagine, we have a lot of designs, from the obscure to the popular.

We still have stocks of our regular keybies in some designs, but you can now order acrylic keybies of any design from the Keybie list too!

Select the items you want by checking the upper left corner box
Select how many of each item you want to order by changing the number under Quantity.
You can find your Total amount payable above the Customer Details form.
If you want to order acrylic keybies, fill out the field for acrylic

Talks, press, and features

Posted on January 30, 2024 by Micah Valero

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Fyukinta’s Flants

Talking about Growing Carnivorous Plants for the DLSU College of Liberal Arts

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Keybie Cafe

Talking about the Keybie Cafe and Fyukinta’s Flants with Josh Suarez on Radyo Pilipinas Lucena
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Cosmopolitan – Remarkable Raketeras

Meg Magazine – my very first feature!

Philippine Daily Inquirer

The Keybie Cafe: Cuteness Overload Coming Your Way!
by When in Manila

Celebrate Science Month with carnivorous plants in your classroom!

Posted on September 18, 2023 by Micah Valero

To celebrate Science Month, Fyukinta’s Flants is partnering with Monster Mama PH to bring carnivorous plants into your science classroom! We’ll be giving one lucky class a FREE set of live carnivorous plants with a grow light and care sheets so you can watch them grow and document your learnings as you take care of them.

Carnivorous plants in your classroom with Fyukinta's Flant and Monster Mama PH!

Do you want to learn about carnivorous plants?

One (1) science class will get:

2 pitcher plants
2 sundews
1 grow kit
1 small grow light
Care sheets

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Fyukinta’s Flants Online Shop: Carnivorous plants and supplies

Posted on June 1, 2023 by Micah Valero

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Welcome to my online shop for carnivorous plants!

You can find Venus flytraps, sundews, pitcher plants, and more carnivorous plants here, all grown in my little garden in Marikina. I also have pots, Maxsea fertilizer, and even some non-carnivorous plants available.

I ship nationwide, and I’ll be happy to help you start your carnivorous plant journey with my free guides. You can find them at the bottom of this page!

Get a loyalty card and free shipping when you order carnivorous plants!

Free shipping applies to orders worth P1000 and above
Loyalty cards: make sure to message me after ordering to get yours!
Every P500 worth in a single purchase = 1 stamp
Every 5 stamps = 1 FREE plant! (Free plant depends on availability)
Loyalty cards have NO expiration

Select the items you want by checking the upper left corner box (see pic below).
Select how many of each item you want to order by changing the number under Quantity.
You can find your Total amount payable above the Customer Details form.

How to order carnivorous plants and supplies from the Fyukinta's Flants online shop

Are you ready to grow carnivorous plants?

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in a comment! For more information about growing carnivorous plants for the first time, you can check my care guide.

You can also message me on Facebook or Instagram. I post plant content every day about learnings, experiments, and just the regular progress of the plants in my collection.

If you’re looking for supplies like grow lights, water trays, plant racks, or even the parts I used to make my own sprinkler system, check my affiliate shop to find them all on Shopee!

Check out my other carnivorous plant guides

If you haven’t seen them yet, I have other guides on how to grow other carnivorous plants like Venus flytraps and Byblis in the Philippines. Check here for all my guides!

Fyukinta’s Flants carnivorous plant documentary + giveaway!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by Micah Valero

2023 had a great start for Fyukinta’s Flants. Not only did we start the new year with a sale, but we also did something completely new: film a whole documentary!

An Inoh x Fyukinta’s Flants collaboration!

Thanks to Rembrandt “Inoh” Olegario and his team (Harold Prince Zabarte and Marc Rosaceña), Fyukinta’s Flants got its own YouTube documentary featuring my garden and yours truly.

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What to prepare for your first carnivorous plant

Posted on December 20, 2022 by Micah Valero

So you’ve decided to buy your first carnivorous plant! Plants are beautiful, and carnivorous plants aren’t just gorgeous—they can actually eat bugs in a wide variety of ways. You’ve likely seen them on social media, and these interesting bug-eating plants are just the kind of thing you want to try.

What would you need to prepare for your carnivorous plant, though? Let’s say you’ve read up on their needs, and you know the basics about their food, their water, and their media. Is there anything else you, the new plant parent, need to make sure they thrive?

That’s what we’re answering in this guide. After reading up on the requirements and nature of carnivorous plants, check this guide to find out how best to prepare for your plant before your carnivorous plant comes home.

We’ll cover each of these points in detail below:
• Find a grow space for your plant once it’s acclimated
• Collect rainwater
• Buy a TDS meter
• Prep a plastic water dish

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Little Shop of Horrors in Manila: where love blossoms and plants bite

Propagating sundews: how to grow sundews through seeds and cuttings

Propagating sundews from seeds

Using a seed kit

Harvesting and storing sundew seeds

Growing sundews: basic care and information

Kinds of sundews

The Culinarist Artificer Subclass: Play Senshi from Dungeon Meshi in D&D!

The Keybie Cafe Online Shop: custom dotty-eyed accessories

Welcome to the Keybie Cafe’s online shop!

Talks, press, and features

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Fyukinta’s Flants

Keybie Cafe

Celebrate Science Month with carnivorous plants in your classroom!

One (1) science class will get:

Fyukinta’s Flants Online Shop: Carnivorous plants and supplies

Welcome to my online shop for carnivorous plants!

Are you ready to grow carnivorous plants?

Check out my other carnivorous plant guides

Fyukinta’s Flants carnivorous plant documentary + giveaway!

What to prepare for your first carnivorous plant

Propagating sundews from seeds

Using a seed kit

Harvesting and storing sundew seeds

Kinds of sundews

Welcome to the Keybie Cafe’s online shop!

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Keybie Cafe

One (1) science class will get:

Welcome to my online shop for carnivorous plants!

Are you ready to grow carnivorous plants?

Check out my other carnivorous plant guides

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Fyukinta’s Flants