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Post by James O'Neill on Aug 12, 2011 17:15:49 GMT
I'll admit that I sacrifice many M. rubras out in the garden for my N. hamata and N. jacquelineae But it means that plants grow faster and bigger!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 16, 2011 9:03:31 GMT
The Sarracenias Jen rescued from our local Homebase store have done really well. One is putting out a flower, and I was removing some dead bits from another when I accidentally pulled out a little seedling plant. I have just potted this up into some moss peat as it has a nice healthy root system, and if it grows up like the parent plant it will make a fine specimen
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Post by James O'Neill on Aug 16, 2011 21:33:41 GMT
Very good! You'll love the flower! Remember in the winter give the vfts and sarras a good dormancy of below 10C.
Most Sarracenia flower in March-May, but one of my purpureas has put up a stalk.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 16, 2011 22:14:21 GMT
All my other Sarracenias normally flower March or April, but this one is a purpurea coming into bud too.
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 20, 2011 18:15:06 GMT
I have sown some seeds of this pretty little sundew plant which is native to Britain. In the wild it eats all kinds of insects, including any ants that may wander into the boggy areas where this plant grows sadly
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Post by James O'Neill on Aug 20, 2011 22:20:45 GMT
You'll enjoy them - seeds straight from the flower stalks of my plants! They take about a year to get to maturity and live for ages, producing lots of seed.
Fortunately for your formicas, ants have some kind of immunity against sundews. I think it is because they are so strong, they can barge their way out of the glue. Though I'd like to see how one goes against the Drosophyllum!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 21, 2011 9:27:22 GMT
Pity this poor ant on this video, which looks like a possible Lasius niger worker trapped in the muscilage of this Drosera rotundiflolia This lucky lady however got away from a sticky end
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 22, 2011 11:17:44 GMT
It is unusual for this plant to flower so late in the year, but here is my Sarracenia purpurea in bloom. I think this may be the sub-species venosa? Also a sundew which is growing alongside my S. leucophylla, which I believe may be Drosera spathulata
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 22, 2011 12:13:07 GMT
They are brilliant looking plants. The red colouring gives them a bit of an evil appearance Not as "evil" as some of the cacti I keep which have wicked spines that really hurt if they stick into your skin Actually, Sarracenia "Trumpet or Pitcher" plants are what John Wyndham based his book The Day of the Triffids upon, except that Triffids could move and my plants don't; although the sundews and Venus Fly Traps do in order to trap their insect prey, but they stay in the same place to do this ;D
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Post by James O'Neill on Aug 22, 2011 18:02:11 GMT
That flower is beautiful. It appears to have more than 5 petals...? lovely.
Definitely venosa. I only have purpureas, but I'd like to ge my hands on a few venosas and burkiis.
Drosera spatulata is growing among your leuco.
Do you give your plants artificial lighting? they are very red for windowsill plants!
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Post by Wood~Ant on Aug 22, 2011 20:41:45 GMT
No artificial light is used, just that being in a south facing window they get plenty of strong sunshine
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 28, 2014 15:45:26 GMT
We have been and got 2 new Venus Fly Traps and 2 Sarracenia plants from a garden centre. We also got a bag of ready mixed insectivorous plant potting compost. This means we don't have to haul home massive bales of moss peat any longer, as I can pot on these interesting plants into bigger pots and watch them grow larger. How to grow Sarracenias.I will maybe post some photos tomorrow.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 19:49:00 GMT
Here is one of my pride and joys! Waiting on seeds to form now and get sowing the new generation! Attachments:
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Post by Wood~Ant on Jun 28, 2014 20:17:04 GMT
You need to cross pollenate each flower using a soft artists paint brush, though the flowers often don't set seeds. Good luck Mako.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 20:31:58 GMT
You need to cross pollenate each flower using a soft artists paint brush, though the flowers often don't set seeds. Good luck Mako. Yes your right Wood- if you wait a few days, the stigma goes hairy, which means it will accept pollen. I have already done this method before and got seeds.
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