We noticed a few posts about Sarracenia dormancy, and what they should look like while dormant.
The below pictures show the dramatic contrast between a healthy Sarracenia in dormancy and early summer pitchers. The photo on the left was taken in early February, just before they will begin to come out of dormancy. The photo on the right was taken in May. It's our beautiful S. moorei#2 (nat hyb of flava x leucophylla).
Not all dormant Sarracenia display the phyllodia like in the pic above. This is a trait of S. flava and S. leuco. Notice the red growth tips down by the rhizome. You can see they're getting ready to put on a show. They look just awful right now. For all the North American growers, all of your Sarrs should still be resting, excluding the oddball early flowers that leave us scratching our heads (we only have 2 just starting to show buds forming, but hundreds more are still sleeping).
We'll post more pics of other Sarrs resting. As they begin the spring season, we'll update this thread to show them springing to life.
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Trent and Michelle
The below pictures show the dramatic contrast between a healthy Sarracenia in dormancy and early summer pitchers. The photo on the left was taken in early February, just before they will begin to come out of dormancy. The photo on the right was taken in May. It's our beautiful S. moorei#2 (nat hyb of flava x leucophylla).
Not all dormant Sarracenia display the phyllodia like in the pic above. This is a trait of S. flava and S. leuco. Notice the red growth tips down by the rhizome. You can see they're getting ready to put on a show. They look just awful right now. For all the North American growers, all of your Sarrs should still be resting, excluding the oddball early flowers that leave us scratching our heads (we only have 2 just starting to show buds forming, but hundreds more are still sleeping).
We'll post more pics of other Sarrs resting. As they begin the spring season, we'll update this thread to show them springing to life.
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Trent and Michelle