My Sarracenias

[bonsay]

Not so new pictures...


somehow reminded me of transformers Emblem... maybe just me


S. minor hybrid


S. X farnhamii


S. leucophylla


S. Flava


S. purppurea from a friend


S. Rosea


S. leucophyla


S. psitacina and my thumb

Hope you guys enjoyed the pictures of my humble collection

[kentosaurs]

Hi Bonsay

Nice collection you have there my favourite is the S purpurea.

Ken

[plantlover]

Nice Sarracenias.

[harlem2347]

Ur sarra looks very healthy and nice ....the photo that u take very clear and nice ...thanks for ur sharing!!

[bonsay]

thx but lately they are not so healthy anymore... im no so sure what happened... they all dont produce nice perfect pitchers like before... now the twists and turns... almost never make pitcher like the ones in the pics anymore.... anybody can help me ??

[TS]

Hi Bonsay,

You have a nice collection of sarra, I personaly like the rosea.
Your plants are probably going into dormancy, how long have you kept them? Do they go dormant before?

[bonsay]

@ TS : Hi...nope they never been dormant before... perhaps trying to go dormant but the sun given it too much energy and not allow them to go dormant is this possible ??

[TS]

The plants could skip dormancy when they're one to two years old. But they'll eventually weaken and die if this happen for a prolong period of time.
In the tropic, they go dormant during the cooler months like rainy season. We have to be very careful, don't keep the plant too wet during their dormancy, they tends to rot.
Place the plant in a bright place, remove the water tray, keep the media just moist. After 2 or 3 months, transplant it with new media to wake it up. Treat it like you do to normal sarra, they'll revive.

[strath76]

Hi Bonsay. The leaves that you have described are called phyllodia. They occur on a few plants when they are going into dormancy. You need to provide them with a dormancy period during this time. There are several ways that you can do this and the method described by TS should work for you and is fairly simple. During this time you can allow them to dry alomost completley. I know of people that have had the peat mess shrinking away from the pot it was that dry and when they put them back into water trays they started floating around. They are now in some of their best growth ever. Cheers.

[bonsay]

Originally Posted by strath76

Hi Bonsay. The leaves that you have described are called phyllodia. They occur on a few plants when they are going into dormancy. You need to provide them with a dormancy period during this time. There are several ways that you can do this and the method described by TS should work for you and is fairly simple. During this time you can allow them to dry alomost completley. I know of people that have had the peat mess shrinking away from the pot it was that dry and when they put them back into water trays they started floating around. They are now in some of their best growth ever. Cheers.

Nope they are not winter leaves... my friends identified it as the effect of pest called thrips...