#PitcherPlant Advice
First time owning a pitcher plant and I need all the advice I can get!
Currently I have been putting distilled water into the bottom tray for it every other day or so, I’ve taken all the dry, dead leaves/tubes off of it and stuck outside in direct sun during the day.
It has no water in its tubes though…..should I put some in? Do I feed it dead dried bugs until it starts catching its own?
Please help!
#PitcherPlant #Sarracenia
Currently I have been putting distilled water into the bottom tray for it every other day or so, I’ve taken all the dry, dead leaves/tubes off of it and stuck outside in direct sun during the day.
It has no water in its tubes though…..should I put some in? Do I feed it dead dried bugs until it starts catching its own?
Please help!
#PitcherPlant #Sarracenia
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Sounds like you're doing everything right! The pitcher plant that you have is a Sarracenia (my favorite!). It looks really healthy.
Do you know what type of sarracenia it is? To me it looks to be some form of hybrid with purpurea in it.
So basically most Sarracenia don't fill with water. The type of pitcherplant that does is called a Nepenthes. But, there is one species of Sarracenia that does fill with water. This sarracenia is called Sarracenia Purpurea.
Other Sarracenia have lids that go over the opening of the pitcher to prevent rainwater from entering, while S. Purpurea has a vertical upturned lid (as seen on yours). So, in your case, yes you can fill the pitchers. It'll benefit the plant. Don't put a ton of water though because then the pitcher will fall over.
You don't need to feed it, they can be just fine without bugs. It'll catch some eventually. You can feed it if you want.
Hope this helped some :)
Do you know what type of sarracenia it is? To me it looks to be some form of hybrid with purpurea in it.
So basically most Sarracenia don't fill with water. The type of pitcherplant that does is called a Nepenthes. But, there is one species of Sarracenia that does fill with water. This sarracenia is called Sarracenia Purpurea.
Other Sarracenia have lids that go over the opening of the pitcher to prevent rainwater from entering, while S. Purpurea has a vertical upturned lid (as seen on yours). So, in your case, yes you can fill the pitchers. It'll benefit the plant. Don't put a ton of water though because then the pitcher will fall over.
You don't need to feed it, they can be just fine without bugs. It'll catch some eventually. You can feed it if you want.
Hope this helped some :)
@VersatileWorm, that's cool that they're native to where he is from 😁 I can't guarantee that it'll eat the bugs, and chances are that it's not gonna attract tons of bugs from outside. If you're looking for a plant to eat a lot of bugs the best carnivorous plant to get would be a Sundew. The cape sundew is the easiest, and it catches so so so many gnats & other flying bugs! Another good one is called a pinguicula.
Sarracenia normally catch larger bugs -- atleast from what I've seen.
Sarracenia normally catch larger bugs -- atleast from what I've seen.