My Sarra Flower Soon
 

i'm waiting my sarra 4 month got flower soon... so happy :laugh:...
http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/a...ong/sarra2.jpg

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/a...ong/sarra1.jpg

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Cute. Sarra flowers are way more pretty than neps. My minor hybrid has 2 flowers.

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Congrats, get ready for some seed.

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pitcher plants should not flower unless they are still in growing season...if thats the case do you give you pitcher plants dormancy in the late spring?? cut it off

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most ppl i see from malaysia are still growing there pitcher plants. They need there dormancy from october through march..no exceptions. its all right if you put them in the fridge for dormancy, but if your letting them still grow, continue to flower, you will have a pretty poor plant come this spring.

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thanks all ur wish !! how to get it seeds :confused: pls advise me ...

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Nope, no dormancy let it ....still direct sun ...

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Mine still dormancy although my stevensii is flowering?

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I think it should be okay to let it flower as there are no seasons in Malaysia. Just make sure the plant rests once a year. My purpurea seems like it's going dormant while my s. minor hybrid are flowering. Confusing weather.

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Yup two days raining and five day cloudy they grow phyllodia then sunny day grow flower zzzzzz

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.........guys guys guys....of course its confusing to them! Your winter is led on just by rain, no temp drops or less sun....i am telling you, do not let them flower for dormancy, that just means it is not gonna go dormant unless u put them somewhere cold with no light. I dont know how many times i have went over this with pitcher plants and flytraps...trust me ppl. Your weather is definitely not enough for ANY plant, ANY, to go into dormany, excpet nepenthes, which in the wild they just slow pitcher growth. Mark my words, if you let your pitcher plants stay outside this winter, they will not be healthy. And yes plant lover, they need rest only once a year......from november till march...let me ask you guys something, if a plant originally goes to sleep because of where it grows, say like on a snowy mountain, do we give it its sleep like it does naturally in the wild? yes, We grow the plant so it has the seasons just like home. i think i have said enough for now, till i see more of your poor pitcher plants that is.

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Thanks all opinion and upgrade my experience...
See...the Sarra's flower is opened...:1thumbup:

http://i895.photobucket.com/albums/a...ong/sarra3.jpg

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Mine opening tooo want to trade pollen?xD

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whack it! -.-

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wow.... so beautiful!!! :laugh:

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Vincent, about what you said, several experienced CP growers in our tropical regions have said that you shouldn't force the plants into dormancy. Under our growing conditions (constant sunshine and rainfall), the plants will go dormant by themselves, although not all at the same time. For sarracenia, the most obvious sign that the plant is going dormant is when the traps start decreasing in size and phyllodia are produced. Only then should watering be decreased and the plant stuck in the fridge for 2 months or using the 'dry dormancy' method.

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Everything is different in the tropics. The change from hot and sunny to wet and rainy normally will trigger it to sleep. Mine still show no signs of dormancy. I do not want to force mine. My VFt died because I forced it..

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i see...hard for me to understand. So from november till march it rains? how cold? I see your claim, and its justified. I wouldnt want to force my plant to go straight to dormancy either, but there has to be a time when they have to go dormant. I could see that it really wouldnt matter when you started VFT, pitcher plant, and some sundew seeds because there really isnt a drastic change in your weather excpet for cold rain. For me, i HAVE to follow the seasons. It is an indicator for me when to put certain plants outside, and taking plants inside for the winter. it would be very troubling for me to start pitcher plant seeds in the fall, because there dormany would be in late summer, which is primetime for pitcher growth. So see, i would be better to follow the seasons, sow seeds in feb, let grow out till mid march, and put them outside till october, then leave them in breezeway.

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Maybe i just dont belong on the forum, it is really hard for me to share my knowledge of CPs when we have drastically-different climates..some pieces just dont fit for us. Do you guys still want me here? hope i am not a burden to this forum

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Huh?What are you saying?!No!You're not a burden.We in Malaysia tends to be a bit lazy(at least I talking about myself)and not really like to post much...unlike you guys who made second pages overnight

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vincent, please do not get us wrong.....it is not what you think that you are a 'burden' to this forum, it is just differences in experience and i mean life experience and not just based on your own but what the local growers here in malaysia are facing. as i have mentioned earlier in another thread, we are comparing an apple and a orange. we live in a total different environment, weather and climate. none of us here will comment if you did not provide enough lights for your cps as we know you have tried your best providing them....that is just an example....i know your cps are in great shape!:shy: at this time of the year, sarras at their natural habitat should be in dormancy however not here as they were triggered by the uncertain weather condition.......as in my example 2 pots of sarras when into dormancy while the other 5 is still growing....they are in the same environment, share the same shed, same amount of sunlights and water.....and why is there differences in the dormancy mode?? maybe my collections is small compared to the others....just imagined some other cps growers that has a WIDE collection....their refrigerator will be stuffed with them....*biggrin2*

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I know right? maybe i should just move there with u guys lol just give me 4 yrs for school, and i will be right there! Or maybe i should take some of u to where i am going, get u jobs over here, team up and take over US and canada with TC!!! Any takers? lol not joking. its a tough life growing CPs where i live, since there are no get-togethers anywhere, and there is none to relate with here. Have lots of friends that think its awesome though, and i try and set them up with a cape sundew or something easy. Would be nice to live in a community with CP growers like you all do, it bums me out everytime i think of it.

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lmao...and sorry for telling you to just whack off that sarra flower, its beautiful, if someone told me to whack it, i'd be pissed lol

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dooont be lazy....lol just be devoted ^.^

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You are not a burden, Vincent. We love to see what foreigners think about our plants. We both have extremely different growing conditions as there are no four seasons here. Personally, I would love to stay in the USA, because I love snow, the currency is higher than Malaysia, and darlingtonia is easier to get.

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Heh Aaron i think EVERYONE in Malaysia would LOVE snow and $$.

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US money is actually gonna only be worth half its amount. So say i keep my money in the bank, and then the amero comes out, oh well, $1000 becomes $500.
I am tired of snow...i wanna go somewhere warmer, trust me, you would not like the cold. A friend of mine at work,alysha, which is one of my bosses, came from arizona.It has a very dry climate till august;which is monsoon season i believe. she has only been up here for about 2 yrs and wants to move back because of the cold. I have lived in the mountains my whole life, and its no fun having 12 ft of snow...may sound funny but its wet and miserable! lol not tryin to scare anyone, but i am suggesting somewhere with no snow, 1/2 an inch maybe =P

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Our governments should exchange bodies of land. I'll give you nebraska for an island marvin

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I rather freeze to death than burn to death. I just love cold more than heat.

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Huh?Lol.A state?CPs are cheaper in the America than in Malaysia right?*biggrin2*

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haha. i have got both frostbites and sunburns before, and I must say, sunburns are more painful.

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I rather lose a limb than get my skin black. I don't want to ruin my beautiful skin. lol.
Everything has their ups and downs. But I still prefer cold over heat.

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Sometimes I wake up sneezing so I love the sun and let the sun shine on me ah..... so nice the sensation...

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i just realized we have another interest in common, final fantasy!!! cant wait for XIII...

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Hello Jarvis,

Congrats on the flower! Your sarra is wonderful.

I wish mine would give me a flower soon :shy:

Have a blessed Christmas!
Stephanie

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Thanks Stephanie, hope ur sarra give u a surprise ...:smile:

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lol