Re: S oreo making new pitchers

From: Susan Farrington (sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org)
Date: Thu Jul 23 1998 - 08:06:10 PDT


Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1998 15:06:10 +0000
From: "Susan Farrington" <sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg2446$foo@default>
Subject: Re: S oreo making new pitchers


> I have a question about my S oreo's. They flowered and pitchered
> early in the season, and then produced tons of phylodia (I probably
> let them get a bit dry). Some are potted and some are growing in my
> first attempt at an outdoor bog. I've noticed recently, however, that
> most of them are beginning to produce pitchers again. I was under the
> impression that once they started producing phylodia, they were done
> till next spring. Is this common? and will it weaken the rhizomes or
> affect flowering for next

My Sarracenia oreophila is doing the same thing here in Missouri. So
maybe it's normal?

Susan Farrington
Missouri Botanical Garden



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