First Sarracenias!!!

Baylorguy

"Oh, now he's a philosophizer"

• Sep 26, 2009

• #1

I am really excited. I am not a noob at carnivorous plants, but so far I have only had tropical varieties. Well, since my wife and I are buying our first house I can now get temperate varieties! We close on 10/23, but I felt it was appropriate to buy some Sarracenias prior to buying furniture

So, here they are. I have one Sarracenia leucopyhlla 'Tarnok' and one Sarracenia readii x moorei 'Big Red'

Thanks to Andy at flytrapshop.com! I measured both and they are over a foot tall. Not too shabby for my first North American pitcher plants. I planted them in a peat/perlite mix and have the lower portion of the rhizome buried but the growth points are above soil.

 

Capensis

• Sep 26, 2009

• #2

Very nice. Andy has really nice Sarracenias.

 

Woodnative

• Sep 26, 2009

• #3

Great looking Sarrs! Enjoy!

 

Bryophyta69

• Sep 26, 2009

• #4

Those are Nice! I have only 2 S.purpurea right now. I have a couple taller ones on the way. CONGRATS on the House. I bought mine 2 years ago. have fun filling up the property with Plants!!

 

adnedarn

I'm growing CPs in the Desert of Tucson, Az

Admin

• Sep 26, 2009

• #5

Hey! You said you were "finally in a the position where I can give them full sun" nothing about a new house! CONGRATS!! Looks like the plants made the trip pretty well- like I said, most of those pitchers are from spring (READ: February) and some fall growth is just starting, hopefully they keep up that fall growth for you if it is not too cold there.
Andrew

 

Devon

• Sep 26, 2009

• #6

hooray for u! Those look like some really nice sarrs, very nice!

 

Baylorguy

"Oh, now he's a philosophizer"

• Sep 26, 2009

• #7

Yeah, we are pretty excited! Perfect time to get in on one with the tax credit and rock bottom interest rates. Hopefully they will continue the fall growth. I live in San Antonio and we'll be in the 80s for awhile.

 

Clue

clippity-clip-clip

• Sep 26, 2009

• #8

Dang! I should have made my order with Andy much bigger!

Great plants, keep us updated!

 

thez_yo

instigator

• Sep 26, 2009

• #9

wow

Those sure are pretty.

 

rco911

• Sep 26, 2009

• #10

Very Nice!!!
(by the way, the moorei "Big Red" is now known as 'Royal Ruby' -- http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Species/v38n1p12_22.html#Ruby)

lookin' great -- keep us posted on how they do, and hopefully you get addicted to sarrs sooner than later

 

Kayota

• Sep 27, 2009

• #11

Geez, maybe I should have gotten that S. flava with my N. x ventrata after all haha. Very nice. Unlike you, I have only grown temperate plants until now.