Re: CP

Bob Beer (bbeer@u.washington.edu)
Tue, 8 Jun 1993 13:47:56 -0700 (PDT)

Well..you already figured out your problem. This is a pretty common
phenomenon, and there really isn't much you can do about it apart from
shoving a wad of cotton in the pitcher mouth so that no more insects can
get in. It happens to my upright Sarracenias in just a few weeks
sometimes (but as so much of the catch is yellowjackets, I don't really
get too upset! Every dark cloud....)

Bob

>
> My only Darlingtonia was doing great after a winter in my basement under
> lights. The pitchers are about a foot tall and there are about 25 on the
> clump. I moved the plant outside and the flies came in droves. Now
> several of the newer pitchers are browning where the concentration of
> flies in the base of the trap is the greatest. Note, it isn't browning
> where the leaf contacts the rhizome, but up a cm or two. Any ideas as to
> what is causing this. It is disturbing on such a nice plant. Should I
> move it back inside?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
> libevans@acs.eku.edu