Hello,
Ive grown Sarracenia and Dionaea in undrained glass containers for 20+ years, with no more problems than in regular pots. Get a turkey baster for times too much water gets into the undrained container. Problems solved! Growers will still have to watch out for insect pests and other pathogens. Cleaning the glass is a hastle, but from what I've seen most cp growers don't keep their pots very clean anyway.
Skilled growers learn to overcome obstacles and make them into opportunities. I think glass containers look more stylish than pots. Tissue culture is done in undrained glass containers and most of everyone here (on this forum) has some tc material.
Sarracenia don't do well on windowsills long term (for me), but Dionaea grow quite well, if the grower uses common sense and the right windowsill.
I have many of mine in full Florida sun.
One of the worlds largest wholesale producers of Dionaea gives them no dormancy, and has done quite well. He ships to both hemispheres, and that requires winter (short day) growing.
Just another 2 cents of advice.
Take care,
Steven Stewart
Im not sure if you were just calling me a nonskilled grower or what.
But, 20 years on a windowsill?
let me see a plant that has gone 20 years without dormancy, a full catalog of photos with timestamps, or it didnt happen.
Sarracenia and Dionaea do not belong in a terrarium or a windowsill.
Do you think the "worlds largest wholesaler" cares about the general health of the plants, if he can ship them all year, who cares about dormancy, why do you think we find flytraps in full growth in the middle of the winter in super markets
just because a large wholesaler does it, doesnt mean its right.
Again, there is a huge difference between tissue culture and regular growing.
TC is only to get the plants started, once they become a certain size out of that plant material, they pot them up.
TC material, also, is more of a gel if i recall, and they do change the agar solutions and gels a couple of times in the TC process.
PROVE that VFTs dont need dormancy, and it will be a huge step in the CP community.
Dont try and say im not a skilled grower because i stated that flytraps and sarrs dont do well inside, especially long term, only seedlings do. and only for 2-3 years.
Im sure many people here will agree with that.
Edit:
and to shipping to other areas in the world requiring winter short day growing?
You can skip a dormancy once in awhile without severely affecting a plant.
Doesnt mean its right.
Once the new growing season is around, it should still be stuck outside in full sun with the rest of whomevers temperate plants to go through the cycle.