>It's a fact, Jack! The flowers are identical to the top picture on p.13,
I don't understand this. I've grown this plant for several years and
only gotten red flowers. I propagate by root cuttings only, and am
pretty sure by now I have a monoclonal culture! Are you growing it
under weak light?
>I took my P. vulgaris out of the fridge today. The three plants have all
I want to see if I can score any P. macroceras or P. macroceras
`nortensis,' the Californian plants. I wonder how easy they are to
grow?
>BAMR, Roridula germinates? Neeto! I thought you didn't care for this plant
>tho?
I don't care for it. I got the seeds from Lowrie for buddy Paul McMillan. He
asked me to plant it for him. I did and it grew. I'm heading down there this
weekend, probably.
Anders:
Sounds like you are doing great. The soil mix and humidity sounds fine---my
plants grow well between 50---80%. Only the Nepenthes really prefer humidity
near 100%. Make sure they get plenty of light---at least 4 fluorescent
bulbs (not incandescent) 12" or so away.
The red at the base of your Sarracenia hybrid is not useful for keying the
species. But it does mean your plant is growing vigorously! If it gets too
tall and spindly, you will have to devise a means for getting it more light.
>My S. flava 'Maxima' is putting out its first pitcher now. Holy cats!
>This thing deserves its name, so far the pitcher is about 3 feet tall
>and just about ready to open. I think I'll like this one.
My maxima is huge too! A few years ago my wife and I were at the Field Museum
in Chicago and were looking at a botany exhibit of different plant
structures. A few things were real but most were oversize sculptures
out of some mysterious material. The model of a Utricularia bladder was
several cm across, and the Sarracenia flava model was significantly
larger than life (about 20%) as I pointed out to my wife (even she could
tell---but she's starting to learn the genus names by osmosis). Well,
now my maxima is doing its magic and I can see I was wrong! In addition
to being tall, it is tough and leathery, and very wide. Last year only
one pitcher was so big, the others were normal. This year at least two
will be monstrous. The flowers are oversize too. What a plant!
It is available at Lee's, for the U.S. growers on this list.
BAMR