Topic: Sarracenias

[Robert_Brenchley]

How's everyone with Blackkitty2's Sarracenias doing? My Flavas are growing away strongly, one with a flower bud, but the others aren't doing much yet.

[TividaleJo]

Mine are in the same state of play as yours, but without the flowers, just struggling at the minute due to lack of rain!

[Robert_Brenchley]

Give them plenty of water. Mine are in pots sitting in a couple of inches, and being topped up regularly.

[TividaleJo]

i keep raiding the water butts at allotment but they are runing low now it seems to be working as i noticed today the flava is starting to form heads at the end of the stems. Fascinating plants really

[queenbee]

Please put me out of my misery, what are these Sarracenias? What am I missing. 

[hippydave]

Mine are all in flower and looking fantastic, i have split half a dozen and now have around 30 plants ;D
Sarracenias are carnivorous plants.

[Robert_Brenchley]

http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5520.html . I grew them years ago, and I'm very glad to have them again! They're quite easy, but they do need to be kept very moist as they're bog plants. They eat insects to compensate for the lack of nutrient in the soil.

[Robert_Brenchley]

i keep raiding the water butts at allotment but they are runing low now it seems to be working as i noticed today the flava is starting to form heads at the end of the stems. Fascinating plants really

Most likely the 'stems' are the pitchers; they don't open until they've grown. The only real stems you get are the flower stems, which have obvious buds on the ends right from the moment they emerge.

[Toadspawn]

S. Leucophyela x pope and S. minor fitzgeraldco both growing, but only slowly. Lots of new leaves/pitchers just begining to appear.
Darlingtonia californica doing well and flower opening on one plant and flower but just appearing on second plant. New leaves/pitchers also begining to appear and both leaves and flowers are quite different from Saracenias.

They are in pots standing in trays of water. They are by the pond so easy to top up with water, but as the general water is free of any chalk I usually use the hose pipe to water them as it is much easier.

[Robert_Brenchley]

How easy it it to grow Darlingtonia? I believe they need a cool root run, so are they better off in the shade?

[hippydave]

im growing my Darlingtonia under the potting bench in the green house as Ceri told to me to and they seem to going great guns.

[pumkinlover]

Only went to get them today, having been in Ceri's care they look great. It was impressive, I hope I can look after them as well.
It was so kind of her to do this, and the Care instructions too! :) :) :)

[valmarg]

Please put me out of my misery, what are these Sarracenias? What am I missing.

Well, come on then, what are they. ??? ::)

valmarg

[Robert_Brenchley]

See the link I posted earlier. One of my flavas now has two open pitchers, minor is just beginning to grow, very slowly, and leucophylla x popei is still sulking.

[valmarg]

Ah, pitcher plants.

valmarg

[pumkinlover]

Just watched the first fly go to its death!!!!