- Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:17 pm
#105257
Just wanted to share some photos with yall of the bog bowl I put together(my first), and my Cobra.
So far i've done well with this guy... And I really haven't done anything special. Maybe its because I live in the PNW where its found? lol I water it as often as possible, sometimes leaving it standing in a smidgen of water, sometimes not. Since its warmed up, I went and bought a digital thermometer, and put the probe near its roots so I can keep an eye on its internal temp... But i've always just kinda lived by sarracenia NW's instructions for it, and it seems to of worked.
I also just bought it a medium sized bowl, and am going to replant it tomorrow... It def. needs more room to grow. lol.
And now the new Sarracenia bowl. Its 20" wide and 8" deep. I put about 1" of gravel on the bottom, then a layer of LFS to act as a divider/filter, and then 50/50 sphagnum peat/perlite. After the plants were in, I put the usual layer of LFS ontop. It has a hole in the bottom for drainage(which I covered with a bit of LFS to keep the drainage rock from blocking it), and I picked up a huge round tray to set it in. I put a thin layer of river stone in the bottom, then set the bowl on that to keep it raised up about 1/2" in the water. All of that sound ok to you guys?
Ok, now for pics.
In it is a HUGE S. flava, a still recovering from winter Judith Hindle, and my fav, the S. purpurea X. All bought from Sarracenia NW.
The Flava is HUGE.
What it looked like when I bought it, just 2 months ago.
Its flower just opening, taken a while ago.
You could say I kind of take the "you're outside, you get to live in the weather" route of plant care, which I know isn't necessarily the best for the plant... Although I probably won't repeat this this coming winter... Here's the purpurea covered in the first layer of snow we had this past winter. The winter was a rough one, and i'm surprised this guy survived at all..
But it did survive, and here's some photos of it taken today in its new bowl. It has 2 flowers that i'm dieing to see bloom.
So that's it for my meager little Sarr. collection. I'm sure I will add more, but I prefer not to buy online, and I usually only get a chance to see Sarr. NW a couple times a year at various local reptile shows.. Kind of limits my purchases. lol.
So far i've done well with this guy... And I really haven't done anything special. Maybe its because I live in the PNW where its found? lol I water it as often as possible, sometimes leaving it standing in a smidgen of water, sometimes not. Since its warmed up, I went and bought a digital thermometer, and put the probe near its roots so I can keep an eye on its internal temp... But i've always just kinda lived by sarracenia NW's instructions for it, and it seems to of worked.
I also just bought it a medium sized bowl, and am going to replant it tomorrow... It def. needs more room to grow. lol.
And now the new Sarracenia bowl. Its 20" wide and 8" deep. I put about 1" of gravel on the bottom, then a layer of LFS to act as a divider/filter, and then 50/50 sphagnum peat/perlite. After the plants were in, I put the usual layer of LFS ontop. It has a hole in the bottom for drainage(which I covered with a bit of LFS to keep the drainage rock from blocking it), and I picked up a huge round tray to set it in. I put a thin layer of river stone in the bottom, then set the bowl on that to keep it raised up about 1/2" in the water. All of that sound ok to you guys?
Ok, now for pics.
In it is a HUGE S. flava, a still recovering from winter Judith Hindle, and my fav, the S. purpurea X. All bought from Sarracenia NW.
The Flava is HUGE.
What it looked like when I bought it, just 2 months ago.
Its flower just opening, taken a while ago.
You could say I kind of take the "you're outside, you get to live in the weather" route of plant care, which I know isn't necessarily the best for the plant... Although I probably won't repeat this this coming winter... Here's the purpurea covered in the first layer of snow we had this past winter. The winter was a rough one, and i'm surprised this guy survived at all..
But it did survive, and here's some photos of it taken today in its new bowl. It has 2 flowers that i'm dieing to see bloom.
So that's it for my meager little Sarr. collection. I'm sure I will add more, but I prefer not to buy online, and I usually only get a chance to see Sarr. NW a couple times a year at various local reptile shows.. Kind of limits my purchases. lol.
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