Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 11:57:47 -0400 From: Kit Halsted <kit@kithalsted.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg2753$foo@default> Subject: Re:Sarracenias that don't attract insects
On 9/8/00, David Anders wrote:
>I thought the S. Leucophylla was supposed to be among the best insect
>cathers. Im in NJ and the pitchers have been opened for over a week and
>have caught all of 1 tiny moth and maybe one or two small flying insects.
You're lucky. My S. leucophylla here in Brooklyn has only produced
phyllodia, no pitchers at all. :(
>Does it take a while for the plant to strat producing nectar?
>
>The S. Purpurea Venosa caught a spider. In Adrian Slacks book Carnivorous
>Plants he says that they are decent insect catchers, but in The Savage
>garder Mr. Damata says they are poor catchers.
Mine have caught large numbers of ants & smaller numbers of gnats &
such, as well as the occasional spider or beetle. This despite having
gaping holes in the pitchers where my nemesis, the squirrel, has done
its dirty work. It's probably a matter of perspective: when I first
got my flava & alata they pretty much filled up inside of a week, so
compared to them purpurea isn't very impressive.
>I assume that most Sarracenia meals are fying insects, is this not true?
I think it's true for the tall species, but not the decumbents.
-Kit
-- Kit Halsted Brooklyn, NY, USA, USDA Zone 7
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