No one Gonna Stop Me Mate!
 

These are my sarracenias collection basking in the sun, taken last month.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...1139sarra1.jpg


Since then, this sarracenia hybrid have given me a 2 feet tall pitcher (Taken last night).

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...92sarra2-1.jpg


And when you have made up your mind to go up, there is no stopping.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v5...1190sarra3.jpg


Hope you have enjoyed.
Choong

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It's really amazing the way the pitcher bended sideway & up again! Very interesting.

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I'm not soo much into sarrs as i only have 2 and would just like to keep it at that level...But yours pheeweet best!! okays well might not be the best but for sure better then mine :D

Tsk what am i doing how can i use myself to compare with anyone.

Ken

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Great sarrs. They seem very happy.

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OMG... simply droolicious... :) I love sarras but hate the fact that they go dormant at almost any time, especially when I'm not around.. So guess I'll stick to what I have..

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Nice Sarra's Choong. They look very healthy. Have you had a fluctuating water level in the Sarra that has the bent picture? That is usually a sign of this.

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Yowsah! Those Sarrs look joyful. May I ask what happens to them during winter under your tropical conditions, when they go dormant in their native temperate habitat. Do they keep on happily growing, or does growth slow down and some of the pitchers turn brown?

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Hi John,

My sarracenia does not die back completely, but like you said, they slow down & some of the pitchers dried off (more than usual). I also see some phylloda-like pitchers, but they do have openings at the mouth of the pitchers. Semi-dormancy? But all through this period, they are flowering non-stop, so there's a possiblity that all this are not dormancy, instead it's just exhaustion from flowering.

Finally, last week looks like they are making a comeback :) My rubra has it's tallest pitcher, will try to measure! Btw, everyone says that sarracenia flowers are always taller than the pitchers, my plants behave otherwise, any explaination?

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Not all times. It is fine if the flowers are shorter. For instance, minor always makes shorter flower stalks.

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Strath76, The first bend is permanent, forced by either wind or watering. While the upward bend is natural.

JK, Since, we don't have winter over here, sarracenias can grow for few years vigorously and then gradually go into dormancy. They look like they are dying. Allow a rest they will grow back.

Choong

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Goody! Wish mine would grow as superb as them!

Cheers

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Those are nice Sarrs Choong. I am thinking of trying out Sarrs and there's something that has been bugging me about growing them. Has yours or anyone's Sarrs been dormant and coming back to growth consistently over the period of years? Meaning that they don't face a permanent die-down after one or more re-growths? TIA.

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Funckychips,

I have not grown sarrs for that long. But on two occassions, I thought, my plants were dying but after a few months managed to grow back. But like I have said, they can be active for a few years before they become dormant.

Choong

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Thanks for the info, Choong. I have been surveying at a few places for Sarracenias. Would probably get them in a week's time.