Pitcher Plant pics
ericmd01
4 years ago
Love my pitchers!
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Comments (2)If this is your first carnivorous plant, you should probably go to The Carnivorous Plant FAQ on Sarracenia.com to get a ton of information about how to care for carnivorous plants in general and pitcher plants in particular. One big thing to know about carnivorous plants is that most of them DO NOT LIKE TAP WATER. They prefer pure water that doesn't have any minerals in it. Rain water or snow will work, as will distilled water or reverse osmosis water if they don't have any added minerals (you can get a gallon of distilled water at most grocery stores for less than a dollar in a pinch). There are several different types of pitcher plants, but my best guess is that you have a type from the genus Nepenthus (tropical pitcher plant) since that's what I've seen used in hanging baskets most often. It might help if you could post a photo of it to help people confirm its identity, or you could try googling for images of nepenthes to see if that looks like what you have. Yes, carnivorous plants as a group are kind of fussy and not the easiest plants to grow, but you did the right thing by looking for info and I hope it works out for ya. Here is a link that might be useful: Carnivorous Plant FAQ...See MoreHanging plant with pitcher plant type blossoms.
Comments (2)Hi Carol, Thanks so much! Sorry about the sideways photo, I couldn't figure out how to rotate this photo on my mother in law's computer..lol. Have a great evening. Olyveoil...(O: >...See MoreAdvice re Pitcher Plants
Comments (3)Thanks! I've been dying to clip away the damaged bits but didn't want to cause a problem. Will clean it up today! Annette...See Moreplease help me save my pitcher plant!!!
Comments (17)The last photo you posted of the growing plantlets looks fine to me. They look like they will survive without problem. Their leaves looks wavy due to the loss of water, but they look "shine" (so to speak) indicating they will survive this But here is my suggestion based on my experience when plants were accidentally let to dry out. Once by me, twice by other people I ask to take care of my plants. If what I see is correct, seems the stem of your nep looks strong, often well established plants with good roots will survive a bone dry pot. This is what I have done to salvage the plant. I cut the leaves that are dead, those that are still green I live alone. Cutting those that eventually die. I've seen that older leaves, the lower ones will likely die, but recent leaves will likely survive. But any pitcher or developing pitcher will die. Once the growing tip began to shoot out new leaves, you probably won't be seeing new pitchers, or the pitchers will developed malformed for some time until it recovers from the shock....See Moreericmd01
4 years ago
Jeffz5neoh
4 years agoThanks for the nice compliment. Here are some more pics from this summer. Most of my pitcher plants are hybrids. Got some exceptional VFTs from seed. The dead insect remains left in flytraps attract Daddy Long legs and then they get trapped! Smart plants!
ericmd01 thanked Jeffz5neohericmd01
4 years agoOh nice! Those flytraps look really healthy! I used to have tons of them but decided to concentrate on sarracenia. Just started collecting them again this year. Even used to tissue culture VFT.
Jeffz5neoh
4 years agoVery cool. I've sliced up a sundew leaf or two to propagate it, done leaf pullings of vfts and Cephalotus but never messed around with tissue culture.
I know that these are not Pitcher Plants, but I also grow Calypogon Orchids that grow in the exact same conditions as sarracenias - peat/sand mix, no fertilizer, love the summer heat and should sit in water. They get overwintered next to my pitcher plants and multiply steadily from corms.
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4 years ago
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