Done with the flowers, on to the pitchers!

Done with the flowers, on to the pitchers!#380402

By MikeB -  Sat May 08, 2021 7:34 pm
Location:  Clayton, NC, USA - Zone 8a
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- Sat May 08, 2021 7:34 pm #380402

My Sarracenia flava plants have finished with their flowers, and now they're shifting gears to the pitchers. My rubricorpora has a nice crop in the works:

The ornatas are putting on a good show, too:

We finally got a good rain yesterday, and the plants are soaking up the water and the sunshine.

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Re: Done with the flowers, on to the pitchers!#380418

By Greenthumbs Garden -  Sat May 08, 2021 9:48 pm
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- Sat May 08, 2021 9:48 pm #380418

they look absolutely amazing Mike. The flava var rubricorpora is gorgeous, that red and complementary green ... wonderful.

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Re: Done with the flowers, on to the pitchers!#380468

By MikeB -  Sun May 09, 2021 4:10 am
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- Sun May 09, 2021 4:10 am #380468

I got that beast from Mike Wang about 7 years ago, and I've been very happy with it. A brutal cold snap almost killed it in January 2018, but some of the rhizome survived. That pot has 3 sections with a total of 7 growth points. It's just starting with this year's crop of pitchers (the 14 flowers that they cranked out slowed things down a bit).

Re: Done with the flowers, on to the pitchers!#380479

By Greenthumbs Garden -  Sun May 09, 2021 7:17 am
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- Sun May 09, 2021 7:17 am #380479

@MikeB, Very nice, I love Sarracenias, over the years I been wanting to get one but never quite managed it.

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