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Yay! I got my 'Leah Wilkerson' in the mail today. It is a lot bigger than i expected it to be. No pitchers right now though just phyllodia. Maybe i'll get some pitchers on it before the first frost gets here.

Congrats on your Leah Wilkerson! If it puts up any pitcher, be sure to post some photos.

I will Matt. It also looks like it is trying to divide. I can see a couple of growing points on it.

I just got a S. Flava the other day and it was the same thing...just phyllodia, lol. Buzzkill! Nah, maybe JUST maybe we'll get a couple pitchers before winter...and they will definitely be awesome next season! Something to look forward to!

afh928 wrote:I just got a S. Flava the other day and it was the same thing...just phyllodia, lol. Buzzkill! Nah, maybe JUST maybe we'll get a couple pitchers before winter...and they will definitely be awesome next season! Something to look forward to!

Oooh, I really want a huge flava at some point. Next to all the Dionaea clones I want, this is probably at the top of my want list.

Me too man, i was hoping it would come a little more pretty lol...but it will be worth the wait. I'm sure youll get one before then, but if you want a division of mine next season i would be glad to share (if it does that is.).

afh928 wrote:I just got a S. Flava the other day and it was the same thing...just phyllodia, lol. Buzzkill! Nah, maybe JUST maybe we'll get a couple pitchers before winter...and they will definitely be awesome next season! Something to look forward to!

Yeah, sorry to brake it you afh928, but s. flava is an early season plant. Their best pitchers are grown from spring to early summer, than after that they usually only grow phyllodia. If you have cool summers though, they will keep growing pitchers until fall. I have maybe 6 mature flava and most of them only have phyllodia right now. i have really hot summers though. One of my flava is in a 15 gallon pot and that one is still growing foot long pitchers. The bigger size of the pot keeps the plants roots cool which let it keep growing regular pitchers longer. Weird right? If your lucky, sometimes they do throw up late season pitchers that are shorter than normal and look pretty nice too. Thats the case with my S. oreophila. It's throwing up one late season pitcher that's looking very nice.

I agree doku about the larger pot needed to keep the roots cool..that has always been an issue for me due to limited space.
Aaron you may have to wait for next year, but at least you have a million other plants to enjoy until dormancy...what are you gonna do this winter!!
Peace!
E.S.

I am genuinely sad about the approaching winter, lol. I will still have plenty to do, nursing pullings, cuttings, and seedlings and all! Next season is going to be INSANE.

afh928 wrote:I am genuinely sad about the approaching winter, lol. I will still have plenty to do, nursing pullings, cuttings, and seedlings and all! Next season is going to be INSANE.

I know what you mean. But i have a lot of seeds this year and next spring is going to be great when, hopefully, all of them germinate.

That's why I'm so thankful for my tissue cultures. They give me something to do all winter even when my collection is sleeping. Seedlings and pullings are great too though!