Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 07:28:57 -0500 From: "Susan Farrington" <sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2050$foo@default> Subject: Re:S. psittacina
Kit,
Sarracenia psittacina is definitely one of the pickier Sarracenias, and
can die easily... I've killed one at home and a few at work. I still have
one old one at work and one newer one doing well at home. They
seem to HATE drying out at all, especially when it's hot and sunny... I
decided to grow the one at home IN my little water pond that is part
of my new bog (the pond is filled with rain water with peat added). It
is thriving so far, with the pot almost completely submerged, and
partially shaded by being nestled against a miniature papyrus plant.
The one at work is in a low end of the bog, and does not receive full
sun. I believe you mentioned sunny very hot weather -- that could
have done your plant in. I hope it will recover, but my experience has
been that they don't come back once they die back like that. Good
luck!
Susan
> While my other plants are doing well, my Sarracenia psittacina looks
> dead. It has 3 remaining leaves, all dried & brown, & new growth seems
> to have stopped. I just changed its potting mix yesterday, wondering
> if maybe it doesn't like the sand in its old mix. The rhizome appears
> to my inexperienced eyes to be okay, & it's got a few roots that are
> brownish in color. It's growing outside in a 10" wide by 6" deep pot
> with a 3" deep tray with 3-5 hours of direct sun daily & bright shade
> the rest of the day, watered with distilled & rain water. The soil is
> mostly 50/50 peat & perlite, with the top inch or 2 of the pot being
> 50/50 peat & sand. Same environment as my other plants, same pot &
> soil mix as my S. purpurea venosa & S. psittacina x minor. No insects
> or signs thereof on the plant. It's watered daily, kept pretty wet.
> Any idea why it's doing so poorly?
>
Susan Farrington
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis MO 63166-0299
susan.farrington@mobot.org
(314)577-9402
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