Hey everyone,
My S. purpurea surprised me early this spring by sending up two gorgeous flowers (being new to carnivorous plants, this was pretty exciting for me), but I'm a bit concerned because it has not put up any new pitchers, nor do I see signs of new ones forming near the rhizome yet. This has me a bit worried, since my S. minor put up about six pitchers as soon as it got warm and is now growing a flower. Is it normal for S. purpurea to get a late start on the year since it is from much colder climates? Because we rarely drop below freezing here (lowest temp I've recorded is 27°F), last year's pitchers are still there and are alive, though a bit ragged around the edges. Is this normal? When should I expect to see some new pitchers forming?
Also, I recently picked up the plant below at a sale, labeled simply as "Sarracenia hybrid". Obviously one of the parents is S. purpurea, but does anyone have any thoughts on what the other half might be? Looks like it could be S. minor, but I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. Seems to be a pretty poor design - the pitchers were completely dry inside as far as I could tell, so I put a small amount of water in the big one and it immediately flopped over from the weight. I guess it wouldn't do too well in nature. The color is very beautiful though...
My S. purpurea surprised me early this spring by sending up two gorgeous flowers (being new to carnivorous plants, this was pretty exciting for me), but I'm a bit concerned because it has not put up any new pitchers, nor do I see signs of new ones forming near the rhizome yet. This has me a bit worried, since my S. minor put up about six pitchers as soon as it got warm and is now growing a flower. Is it normal for S. purpurea to get a late start on the year since it is from much colder climates? Because we rarely drop below freezing here (lowest temp I've recorded is 27°F), last year's pitchers are still there and are alive, though a bit ragged around the edges. Is this normal? When should I expect to see some new pitchers forming?
Also, I recently picked up the plant below at a sale, labeled simply as "Sarracenia hybrid". Obviously one of the parents is S. purpurea, but does anyone have any thoughts on what the other half might be? Looks like it could be S. minor, but I'm no expert by any stretch of the imagination. Seems to be a pretty poor design - the pitchers were completely dry inside as far as I could tell, so I put a small amount of water in the big one and it immediately flopped over from the weight. I guess it wouldn't do too well in nature. The color is very beautiful though...