Feeding Pitcher Plants

I’d look out for plump flying ants whenever it rains the night before. Fortunately for me, the recent rains brought some. They swarm around the lights outside the house and invariably find their way indoors. So I’d get them – before they get in. I swing my flyswatter around with as much panache as a [...]

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Sarracenia – before and after

 I love ‘before’ and ‘after’ photos. They tell a story and speak volumes of potential and promise. Here are my own before and after shots – well, not of me, but of my plant. This is how it all began… I was with a couple of gardening friends when we saw a few pots of [...]

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Sarracenia Stevensii

…. When a friend gave me a cutting of his Sarracenia Stevensii in June last year, I couldn’t thank him enough. I treasured that cutting and promised myself that I’d do it justice. I potted the single pitcher in LFS and watched it like a motherhen. …… ….. For a long while, nothing happened. While [...]

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Sarracenia Juthatip Soper

I had only just started on CPs for few months and already had some droseras, vfts and three pots of sarracenias. Some would say those are plenty for a newbie but I wanted more. Then a friend asked if I wanted to buy any CPs and gave me a list of the plants available. I [...]

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Sarracenia Leucophylla

  A gardening friend gave me my first two sarracenias – a couple of plump purpureas. They looked happy and when I realized they weren’t dying in my care, I set my sights on the stately sarracenia leucophylla. I loved its structure and the trademark purity of its white-topped pitchers. And I meant to get [...]

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Svelte Sarracenia Stevensii

I’m glad I didn’t buy the first pot of sarracenia I saw. I was sorely tempted, but a huge wave of doubt hit me. It was unfamiliar territory and of course its formidable price tag was a major determining factor. The sarracenia would have gone down the same path as my first rosemary. I would have [...]

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