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Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2014 17:24:53 GMT -5
bad@ss!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 3, 2014 17:53:23 GMT -5
Yep, Jean is correct. lest you have a bayou outback. A true wet foot plant. They grow where constant springs keep the ground constantly saturated. water table fluctuations
due to over pumping aquifers has had a profound effect on drying their habitat. They are found on hills and slopes due to hills having rock exposures within the hill. Rock exposures
often have cracks that yield ground water.
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Post by Pat on Jun 4, 2014 22:04:54 GMT -5
Well, would you look at that!  photo by Pat6489, on Flickr The red throat developed about 24 hours after it opened up. I understand that Rosy won't be eating bugs for several weeks, so I suspect that means that the attracting aroma has not developed yet. Anybody know? Fun to watch. Does the pitcher need the flower (dead now) to produce the aroma? I don't see any signs of a flower on any of the other plants. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 5, 2014 4:21:53 GMT -5
No need for bloom Pat. Rosy will have to mature a bit to get the musk going on. It think the smell is greatly enhanced
as bugs enter and begin their slow rotting process. I am not allowed around the Ms. after doing the winter trim.
Trimming the dead foliage requires cutting the old pitchers of at the dead bug level. I use a weed eater on the
outside stock plants and get a nice coating of rotten gug buts slung all over me.
It is truly the smell of rotting flesh.
They do better in producing pitchers if the blooms are cut off. Less energy given off to produce the bloom and more to the pitchers.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 5, 2014 11:03:26 GMT -5
She names her plants. That is awesome.
Pat - nice rosy!! haha Yours looks better than mine. Mine were burnt is a week of VERY hot and VERY dry weather.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 5, 2014 12:34:41 GMT -5
Trimming the dead foliage requires cutting the old pitchers of at the dead bug level. I use a weed eater on the outside stock plants and get a nice coating of rotten gug buts slung all over me. Ewwwww... Can you describe that smell James? "rotten gug buts?" 
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Post by jamesp on Jun 5, 2014 12:40:48 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 5, 2014 12:51:34 GMT -5
I had wondered what gug buts smelled like, now I know. Slimy bug innards marinating in festering little vats of digestive juices, releasing swamp gas. Can you tell the difference when you get it on yourself? (Sorry, couldn't resist  ) Are you sure rosy doesn't have a bruised neck? Looks like someone tried to choke her out, lol. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2014 0:52:41 GMT -5
I had wondered what gug buts smelled like, now I know. Slimy bug innards marinating in festering little vats of digestive juices, releasing swamp gas. Can you tell the difference when you get it on yourself? (Sorry, couldn't resist ) Are you sure rosy doesn't have a bruised neck? Looks like someone tried to choke her out, lol. I don't seem to see any younger hard bodies hovering around, no matter what scent i use. Must be that my closest neighbor is 1/2 mile away. yea, that's it. ha |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2014 1:03:33 GMT -5
These sarracenias are in decline. They have been in the same pots for 7 years. They need to be divided and planted in fresh soil. Will probably tear 1/2 of them down and plant some for resale and replant that half of stock pots. Then do the other half the year after.  |
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Post by Pat on Jun 7, 2014 9:52:33 GMT -5
rockpickerforever said: Are you sure rosy doesn't have a bruised neck? Looks like someone tried to choke her out, lol. Could be, or that someone gave her a biiiigg smooch!
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Post by beefjello on Jun 7, 2014 10:18:03 GMT -5
Terrific job Pat!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 7, 2014 11:17:30 GMT -5
rockpickerforever said: Are you sure rosy doesn't have a bruised neck? Looks like someone tried to choke her out, lol. Could be, or that someone gave her a biiiigg smooch! That again is the heat Pat. Hard to grow a desert cactus in the Alaskan winter. Those pitchers do have feet down in the soil and run around at night. No telling what could have happened to poor Rosy whilst terrorizing the bugs of the evening.  |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 7, 2014 14:30:47 GMT -5
rockpickerforever said: Are you sure rosy doesn't have a bruised neck? Looks like someone tried to choke her out, lol. Could be, or that someone gave her a biiiigg smooch! A pitcher plant hickey, lol! Yeah, no telling what those plants are up to under cover of night. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Jun 12, 2014 13:13:52 GMT -5
Okay, this is a euphorbia, not a sarracenia. However, I stumbled across a way to collect the sarracenia seed easily when (and if) the time comes.
See the branch hanging down to the left side of the plant? 
Packrat that I am, I had saved this from a friend's wedding. I think you can pick these up pretty inexpensively (probably by the case) from bridal shops, or online. You then fill them with rice, birdseed, whatever, and give them out to the guests in attendance to pelt the newlyweds with as they run the gauntlet to their limo trailing tin cans. You could make them yourself but this is too easy. Just tie it over the flower/developing seed head. 
Seeds in lower right corner. 
Here's more seed heads developing, on the other side of the plant. Will tie some of these up when ready. I've had this particular plant for over 20 years, and this is only the second time it has ever set seed. Don't want to pass up the opportunity. 
And, lastly, here's a baby that came up on it's own, with no help from me several years ago. 
Simple, no? And if you are going to hand pollinate your sarracenia, you could tie a bridal-bomb sack on after doing so, to prevent cross pollination. |
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2014 19:21:23 GMT -5
I have seen woman's hosiery used. The bag makes great sense. shape is easy. Wow, seed only twice in 20 years. Congrats Mom !!
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Post by Pat on Jun 12, 2014 19:25:33 GMT -5
Not to get off topic.... A friend uses discarded nylons / knee highs to filter the oil in his big saw.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2014 20:29:05 GMT -5
Not to get off topic.... A friend uses discarded nylons / knee highs to filter the oil in his big saw. Great idea. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2014 21:40:09 GMT -5
what euphorbia is that? Maybe we can research and find the pollinator for that species. Could be a moth and we don't have that moth. Jean, you can be a moth next time it flowers!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2014 22:39:33 GMT -5
what euphorbia is that? Maybe we can research and find the pollinator for that species. Could be a moth and we don't have that moth. Jean, you can be a moth next time it flowers!  |
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