Is this fine in a dish with fly traps and pitcher plants?...
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Hi! you shouldn't need to add drainage holes. Sarracenia and VFTs dint necessarily need drainage (though I don't imagine that they'd appreciate it if they were floating in water lol). I do have some other questions, though.
Is the plant next to the Sarracenia a Nepenthes? If so, Nepenthes may be carnivorous plants but aren't bog plants. I wouldn't keep it in a bog planter for that reason. They are suseptible to root rot and dont like being sat in water and prefer being able to dry out a little bit. They also have different light requirements and prefer bright, indirect light while vfts and sarracenia like bright, direct light. Nepenthes also are tropical, and dont have a dormancy period unlike Vfts and Sarracenia that are temperate and do.
Sarracenia also tend to get quite large, so depending on what type of Sarracenia it is you might find that it'll outgrow it rather quickly lol. If it's a Sarracenia purpurea or Sarracenia psittacina it should be alright, but the rest can get around 2 feet tall and some even 3 feet.
The cape sundew should be fine. I have cape sundews that just pop up in the pots with my Sarracenia and vfts and they seem to grow just fine. The only thing is that cape sundews are tropical and lack a dormancy period, so during dormancy there's that chance that they can die. Maybe its just because Florida tends to have quite mild winters, but I do find that my cape sundews bounce back in spring regardless. In a place with snow that could be different though. :)
Is the plant next to the Sarracenia a Nepenthes? If so, Nepenthes may be carnivorous plants but aren't bog plants. I wouldn't keep it in a bog planter for that reason. They are suseptible to root rot and dont like being sat in water and prefer being able to dry out a little bit. They also have different light requirements and prefer bright, indirect light while vfts and sarracenia like bright, direct light. Nepenthes also are tropical, and dont have a dormancy period unlike Vfts and Sarracenia that are temperate and do.
Sarracenia also tend to get quite large, so depending on what type of Sarracenia it is you might find that it'll outgrow it rather quickly lol. If it's a Sarracenia purpurea or Sarracenia psittacina it should be alright, but the rest can get around 2 feet tall and some even 3 feet.
The cape sundew should be fine. I have cape sundews that just pop up in the pots with my Sarracenia and vfts and they seem to grow just fine. The only thing is that cape sundews are tropical and lack a dormancy period, so during dormancy there's that chance that they can die. Maybe its just because Florida tends to have quite mild winters, but I do find that my cape sundews bounce back in spring regardless. In a place with snow that could be different though. :)
