Sarracenia after the heavy rain!
 

Raining cats and dogs today! See how my Sarracenia doing after the heavy rain!

S. rubra ssp. gulfensis
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain1.jpg

S. x farnhamii
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain2.jpg

S. 'Juthatip Soper'
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain3.jpg

S. 'Judith Hindle'
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain4.jpg

S. x catesbaei
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain5.jpg

S. leucophylla
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain6.jpg

S. 'Scarlet Belle'
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain7.jpg

Most of the pitchers still stay upright after the heavy rain!
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c2...im/sarain8.jpg

Check this video clip to see the Sarracenia under the heavy rain!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfesDmXeIVw

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Nice! I just don't get sarras, they keep dying on me. My sarra is turning brown now, slowly. So should I uproot it and throw into the fridge?

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do the pitchers break when rain strike?is it safe if i put my S.Catesbaei in rain that i bought from u?

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do u give them dormancy b4?fridge or dry?

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Today I gave my Nepenthes Rebecca Soper a lot of water. Only sprayed on it with a water-sprayer thing. But when I came to pick it up 2 hours later I saw that one of the pitchers leaf (the one they use to block for rainwater) was pretty folded. It was bend down and seemed to be a little more weak or thin than it used to.

Can I do something to help my plant? What can I've done wrong? is it actually normal for Nepenthes to let some of the pitchers die or what? On my plant there's a lot of new pitchers to come, but I've not had it for so long so I don't know what's going on.

When I got it, there was a dried old pitcher hanging from the plant. I cut it off. Is this normal, and will the plant just live on?

Please help me, cause I don't want my Nepenthes to die.. :(

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Sarracenia is quite easy to keep if your place got full sun. If not, they will keep dying. I guess your place can't provide full sun.

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No. Pitchers won't break. Yes. You can put it in rain.


[QUOTE=do u give them dormancy b4?fridge or dry?[/QUOTE]
Most of them keep growing without dormancy. If they show sign of dormancy, I will put them in the fridge.

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yes....i agrees.....full sun....bake those b*****ds.......hahahhahaha

at first i do worried tht they will not survive....but reading from various source....they live in open area, full sun.....but don't forget to fill the water tray....:tongue:

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I can provide full sun. It's just that they always go downhill after maybe 6-7 months?

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That S. leucophylla is nice!!!

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here's mine. after heavy rain.
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4...bunsara.th.jpg http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2...therain.th.jpg http://img813.imageshack.us/img813/8...herain1.th.jpg

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mine just like yours.all lie down to the ground.
Sifu Lim says you neeed to gather them close so they wont lie down too much but need lots of plants.

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actually, my sarra so close one with another.
because im out of space rite now:spinning:

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but the pitchers that are side to side by other bundle of pitchers didnt lie to earth right?only the side pitchers...

i got a problem on my sarracenia here...
most pitchers got brown top,growth darn slow,but flowering....

since you had lots of sarrs ,you must be experience in this :)

can you help?

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im still learning:smile:
maybe because of the season.cloudy and rainny there?
now is december*biggrin2*

my seed grown unknown hybrid..
never success open the lid, and now flowering
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/4...dordead.th.jpg

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yes rainy here :)trays always full almost every day.if i dont water the whole week or 2,maybe it will stand longer!

wow whats the height of the pitcher?
how old from seed?



Thanks
Harris

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aprox 3years from seeds. the height maybe 65-70cm?? dont measure yet.
and i have another sarra, flava var rugelli. only takes about 2 years grown from seed and now flowering
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/334...aflower.th.jpg

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fish sticks!
thats freaking fast!
hows your growin' condition for the seedlings before?
you must be using somekind of fert or any special condition there huh?


Thanks
Harris

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nothing special here.no fertilizer or any kind of it.
im using only cocopeat and burn rice husk for the media.
for seedling, im use only spaghnum moss.
for seedling i put in bright and hot place.
http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/513/sv22.th.jpg

after about 6 month, i move to new media and move the plant.

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maybe the repotting makes its growth robust??
gonna try repotting my VFT seedlings hehe ...

Thanks anyways :)
HArris

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your statement releases my worry as i see my sara's pitchers are full of water after rain.......