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How do you take care of sarracenia? I just got some sarracenia rhizomes with my vft for free and I dont know how to take care of them.

same care as a fly trap but they get bigger.

Really?

Yeah, both grow on the east coast of the US.

Ok, thanks I didn't know that.

optique wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:05 am Yeah, both grow on the east coast of the US.

Yours are already flowering?

TrapsAndDews wrote:Yours are already flowering?

no its a old photo showing both growing side by side.

Will a Sarracenia die if it flowers, because I recieved a Sarracenia rihzome with a flower stalk.

No it wont. They aren't monocarpic. Cut it off if you want large pitchers, leave it if you don't care.

Ok, do they clone?

Nope.

Do they have any other use then flowering and growing seeds?

-stanly- wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:37 am How do you take care of sarracenia? I just got some sarracenia rihzomes with my vft for free and I dont know how to take care of them.

Matt has a great article about that:

Grow Happy and Healthy Sarracenia Pitcher Plants
https://www.flytrapcare.com/store/sarracenia-care-sheet

-stanly- wrote: ↑Wed Jan 26, 2022 1:53 am Do they have any other use then flowering and growing seeds?

Sarracenia flava flowers do a good impersonation of either wet cat or cat pee, depending on your sense of smell (seriously - it's overwhelming when 20-30 flowers are open at the same time).

This is a picture of stanley's sarracenia rhizomes. I told him they are sarracenias. Am I right?

Yep