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Post by grackle on Jun 7, 2015 10:03:09 GMT -5
I am a novice on an odd quest for low growing plants. Every so often I come across pictures of sarrs and dars that are gorgeous to me. The pitchers are nearly prostrate just turned up towards their ends, arranged in a rosette. When I check out the online sellers their pictures are of perky bouquets. The S. psittacina seems to be the only species sold as flat. Are the awesome formed ones that people show unlabeled hybrids or sports that just won't be found in stores? Are the ones that I seek trying to recover from drought, horrible lawnmower accident or the like?
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Post by WillyCKH on Jun 7, 2015 21:20:27 GMT -5
I'd like to know if there's any Sarrs that grow relatively low and/or tiny. I grow my plants indoors so height is really a challenge if I want to grow a Sarrs in future. Thanks in advance
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Post by lloyd on Jun 7, 2015 22:28:41 GMT -5
In our climate, it's really a shame to grow them indoors. They are totally at home in the sun & rain and eating tons of bugs.
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Post by WillyCKH on Jun 7, 2015 22:59:35 GMT -5
In our climate, it's really a shame to grow them indoors. They are totally at home in the sun & rain and eating tons of bugs. Yea, I agree. I wish I'm not renting...
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Post by grackle on Jun 7, 2015 23:10:36 GMT -5
As I recall last winter we were at -30C for weeks at a time. No plant truly rejoices at that. Mine will spend their dormancy in the front entrance which is single paned glass on the outside and the inner wall single paned to the livingroom. Pretty serious condensation out there but a dormancy utopia. The rest of the year I'd like plants where I can enjoy them. Some may go outside on a rotation to a 50% shaded area but for the most part they will live under T5 lights with mini/micro Gesneriads, Hoyas and the like. Smaller plants are OK with smaller bugs. My frozen fishfoods can supplement the dry/live bugs should the need arise. So, what is the story with the laid down plants?
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Post by ontariotraps on Jun 8, 2015 20:39:41 GMT -5
S.courtii S. purpurea S. Rubra S.Catesbaei These are just a coupl off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's are a ton more hybrids that are low growing but there's a start !! & I'm sure you know any Venus fly trap stay small/low growing
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Post by grackle on Jun 8, 2015 21:22:02 GMT -5
Yeap, new flytrap seeds are checking out the cushy sphagnum in the fridge. Thanks for giving me some names. I do get frustrated when trying to get a name for what I want and I haven't a clue whether the development stages of the plants is why a species seems so variable. With macro photography becoming easier it even challenges me to trust what sort of scale an image is in. grack
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Post by ontariotraps on Jun 9, 2015 9:10:14 GMT -5
Why are the fly trap seeds in the fridge, they don't need cold strat
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Post by grackle on Jun 9, 2015 10:10:30 GMT -5
Strictly no they don't. But as a temperate I tend to out of habit to try to get them all germinating around the same time.
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 19, 2015 7:27:52 GMT -5
Try also psittacina they are relatively small, prostate and low growing. Cheers Steve
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Post by grackle on Jun 19, 2015 11:02:14 GMT -5
Try also psittacina they are relatively small, prostate and low growing. Cheers Steve Yeah, I do have some of those stratifying. If I can't figure out how to purchase any TC or outright plant of the form that I want then it will be closer to ready for hybridizing. There are gorgeous ones out there but so far they are in private hands who are in other countries and unwilling to cope with paperwork (not that anybody can be faulted for that). I've gotten my answer that it isn't a life stage thing, or a bonsai thing. The search will begin again later. Thanks for responses. grack
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Post by ontariotraps on Jun 20, 2015 21:48:10 GMT -5
Do you live in Canada ?
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Post by grackle on Jun 20, 2015 23:50:28 GMT -5
Yeah, I'm by Ottawa where we don't get the moderating Lake effects. So Zone 5a.
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Post by curlingguy on Sept 6, 2015 23:26:57 GMT -5
Sarracenia "Dixie Lace" stays quite low and is very colorful.
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Post by grackle on Sept 7, 2015 6:09:23 GMT -5
Dixie Lace is nice. It was the first Sarracenia I remember meeting up close. Ottawa received one as a bonus in the Canada Day Ceph deal from you. A very fine spokesman of the group. Healthy and quick to settle in.
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