saraccenia in tropical climate

Hi everyone ive been trying to grow saraccenia for quite a long time but what happens is after the plant grows many many pitchers, and after producing flowers, the whole plant DIES.

now, how do i avoid this from happening?

thanks and i appreciate your comments.

[marcos ono]

Hi,
I have cultivating Sarracenias more then 10 years and even it some plants die here.
S. flava, S. minor and S. purpurea are the most propensity to die.
In the other hand, S. leucophylla and S. psittacina are strongest.
I noted that your Sarracenia flower. So it meens that your plant get dormancy or some cold season, am I write?
Maybe your summer is too hot. Keep the surface with something that protect from sun light.
Well, I hope be helpfull for you.

[strath76]

Hi Malowie, Marcos is right about the flowering. Are they flowering after you have had them for sometime or is it flowering just after you get teh plants. If it is just after you purchase them where are you sourcing them from? If you are getting mature plants from a temperate/cool area then it may be a case of the plants not aclimatising and you should perhaps try plants that have been growing in tropical conditions for some time. The plants also require very wet conditions when growing especially in het climates. It may be that they are not receiving enough water and this is leading to dehydration. As an example psittacina, in it's natural environment, is often submerged in water during part of it's growing season.

[Tarence]

from experience, sarracenias are the most dormancy prone from all the CPs i have. the most heat resistant & non-dormancy ones i have are the s.psittacina & s.rubra gulfensis.

the rest would die off when people praise them, or after flowering, or if it gets too rainy, if it gets too hot, after being fed with worms etc etc

its a constant source of frustration but bcoz they are pretty majestic CPs, i keep trying to find the heat resistant & dormancy resistant clones.

you`ll just have to try like me...eventually you`ll find some which would want to live in your garden without so much drama.

[strath76]

Tarence, have you tried purpurea ssp. venosa. This is generally considered to be one of the more heat tolerant plants along with psittacina. The purpurea ssp. purpurea is a colder climate plant but the venosa should do OK for you. This plant also likes very high water levels. S. minor is another of the plants that comkes from Florida and therefore should be one of the better ones for tropical areas.

[Tarence]

Originally Posted by strath76

Tarence, have you tried purpurea ssp. venosa. This is generally considered to be one of the more heat tolerant plants along with psittacina. The purpurea ssp. purpurea is a colder climate plant but the venosa should do OK for you. This plant also likes very high water levels. S. minor is another of the plants that comkes from Florida and therefore should be one of the better ones for tropical areas.

hi strath

yep, tried purpurea ssp. venosa, it`s not too bad but the adult ones do become dormant & die off ( as i am not adept at keeping plant in dormancy ) but they leave me with plantlets so the next generation lives on.

i don`t have minor ( it`s not sold here & it`s too expensive to import ), just the hybrid which does pretty well. but compared to the other 2 i mentioned, it`s still a lil` on the sensitive side. i`ve had a whole bunch collapse on me after re-potting.

i also read that the s.rosea is also quite heat tolerant but from experience, this isn`t true.

[TS]

I do agree that S psittacina is a heat torelant plant, S. purpurea venosa too. But once in a while still they need a rest. I treat my Sarra like I do with my VFT during dormancy. They do well so far. (Fingers crossed)
I have a Judith Hindle before which it died just before I do anything to it during it's dormancy, in fact it just entered the dormancy. I think this is a not too heat ressistant type.