New Sarra
 

I got a new Sarra from the New Trio Products nursery,Tropicana that David got his UM,Cepwhatwhat.....
Anyways,does Sarras like full sun?Must the pitchers filled with water like other pitcher plants?And what about......fish food?(silly question:tongue:)

Re: New Sarra
 

Hi Marvin

Grats on ur new sarra

Sarrs like direct sun as much as possible....You can fill it with rainwater as some sarrs don't produce they're own digestive enzymes and no fish foods hehehe

Ken

Re: New Sarra
 

Hi Marvin, give your Sarra as much sun as you can. They require a lot of light to grow well. If you can provide full sun for the whole day they should thrive for you. Which sarra did you get?

They also like to be kept very wet. Make sure you use the tray method and ensure there is always plenty of water in there. Cheers.

Re: New Sarra
 

Is your sarra the tall green guy, or the purple and squat guy? Anyways, sarras like full sunlight to get the perfect colour and best growth. Keep them in the water tray all the time, there is no need to fill up water if you bought sarracenia flava, the tall green guy.

So you bought a Cephalotus? Well, congrats. Have a good time to make the ceph acclimatise to your area. David told me that cephs do best in peat moss and perlite mix. I will be repotting my ceph soon. Don't overwater the ceph and don't leave it in the water tray. If you want bigger pitchers, give it a cool environment and lesser sunlight. if you want colourful pitchers, give it full sunlight, although the pitchers will be smaller.

Have a good time growing!

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

P.S, don't feed with fish food. Sarras are PIGS outdoors, they catch lot of insects. Cephalotus can do with small and tiny ants.

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

Not wanting to hijack this thread Edward but my Ceph is growing in pure long fibre sphagnum and sits in at least an inch of water year round. Differnet things work for different people and different situations. I initially had mine in a peat mix but it wasn't growing well so I tried the LFS and it has not looked back since. I had a look a few days ago and it now appears to have a few growth points. It still isn't very big yet but it is just coming into the growing season now.

Re: New Sarra
 

Strath, I got the info from David. He said that his cephalotus grew better in peat and sand mix.

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

Nono Edwardyyeeks I did not but a Ceph although I think I saw a Ceph there.
I was saying I bought the Sarra where David bought his Ceph(maybe).

Re: New Sarra
 

Forgot to mention,I bought the thin red one.It cost me RM20.(original RM28)My Mum bargained with the boss.

Re: New Sarra
 

About that,do Sarras attract insects by their own?

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All CPs attract bugs in they're own special way...............

If i'm not wrong i think sarrs don't produce they're own digestive enzymes and collect rainwater and those bacterial stuff.......Cos my new big pitchers have no water in them...

Ken

Re: New Sarra
 

Sarra's do attract insects them selves and they also produce digestive enzymes. Purpureas are the only Sarra's that you should add water to the traps. Because of their natural growth habit they fill with water when it rains and this aids digestion. The others do not require water and will digest insects by themselves. They do not have water filled traps as Nep's do but they still digest and absorb nutrients.

Re: New Sarra
 

Sarracenias attract insects through nectar and colour. Sarracenia purpurea does not have much digestive acid and drowns insects. Flava, alata, leucophllya, oreophila and rubra uses digestive juices that you cannot see when their pitcher opens. They will secrete digestive juices when an insect has been trapped and the liquid level will rise up slowly over time. Sarracenia minor and psitticana have weak digestive juices or none at all.

Marvin, is your new sarracenia pitcher short? And is the lid covering the pitcher?

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

No and......no.It has downward poniting hair.
Maybe this picture will help.
Attachment 692

Re: New Sarra
 

Oh, that one. It is a hybrid between sarracenia purpurea and another species.

Nice plant, why didn't you get flava?

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

I don't know:unsure::unsure::blink:,I mean I don't know much about Sarra's.zzzzzzzzz

Re: New Sarra
 

Purpurea x flava?

Re: New Sarra
 

No, purpurea times flava has no light windows like that.......

I think purpurea x minor

or purpurea x leucophllya???

Cheers

Re: New Sarra
 

You can identify them like that?

Re: New Sarra
 

I would suggest purpurea x leucophyla. The coloration of the pictures (white sections) and the ruffled lid look like leuco traits more than minor.

Re: New Sarra
 

Yep, marvin. Always look for the trait of the plant. For example, the bent lid suggest that one of the parents is pupurea. Plus, the white spots may mean leucophllya or minor.

Oh, really strath? I am looking for leucophllya, but since it requires LOTs of sunlight, I won't get it first. I think that plant was from YG or BE.

Cheers