Diane those are some pretty pitchers and they do look bigger. Mine have a few small ones formed and growing and a bunch of pitchers forming if they all grow big as yours I will have some heravy plants. Your right about outside with all the rain and humidity we have had this spring I am looking for larger pots as mine will soon be too tight in these pots.
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I am looking for larger pots as mine will soon be too tight in these pots.
Just don't go to much bigger than what it is in already .
Thanks Tom!! Are you taking your out this spring?
Mine are put out on warmer days and brought in in the evening right now but within' a week or so they'll stay out under my back patio where they get morning sun only and bright light the reat of the day. My smaller nep has 2 pitchers forming at the moment.
My Venus fly traps and Sarrs have been out full time now for 2 weeks....
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I love your pitcher plant, Diane. It looks wonderful. I think pitcher's are some of the coolest plants out there. I'm thinking about getting one for the garden but I have a suspicion it will have to be in a pot so it can come indoors during the winter. Do they go dormant?
Thanks Penny!! ~~~Jody I have mine in a hanging planter and yes I bring it in for the winter,, outside spring IT would love the Ks Humidity in the spring and summer They like dappled sun or for KS am sun afternoon shade ,, IT doesn't soo much go domant in the winter it just slows down putting off pitchers as long as you mist it dailey with distilled or rain water ( as well as watering it with the same) it would be fine in the house,, It has to have humidity and light IT will better tolerate a change in temp then it would a drastic change in himidity,, Bathrooms or kitchens are a good place for placing in the house during the colder months.
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I just put mine out and boy oh boy has it taken off I have'nt had pitchers on mine for two month and now they are starting to grow.I can't wait to show some pics.I feed mine baby crickets when I have full pitchers or meal worms.They love it.
Update on pitcher plant~~ The first post in this thread shows pitchers developing and here most of them are now!!
close up
This past winter I started a pitcher off of the plant above by cutting the end of a stock growing . I cut down about 3 inches and put it in vermiculite and simply watered with distilled water. In the next post you'll see a comparison of when it started and how it is today!! I believe I'll have at least one pitcher by summers end!! I'm sooo excited as this was simply an experiment and it has proven true that you can start a new one off a cutting!!
Continues next post....
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I was about to give up on my pitcher because I had had it for nearly a year and didn't have any pithers. It has always been outside, hanging under the shady branches of a barbados cherry tree..We had a drought and I didn't water it much. We finally started to get some rain down here about 3 weeks ago and this past weekend, I happened to look under the cherry tree and the nepenthes had pitchers!
Here's a shot:
Patience paid off.
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Triss I'm sooo glad you took it out side!!! Just make sure the soil stays wet!! I just read that if you dilute liq orchid fertilizer and mist your pitcher plant with it everyday for a week it will bring on new pitchers!! BUT In my case it think it has helped we've gotten soooo much rain here and the soil is constanly wet, I used superthrive once on it when I first took it out it's supposed to be 1/4 teaspoon per gallon of water but I used 1/4 tsp for gallon and 1/2 water, and look at it now!!....
They are the biggest pitchers this plant has ever put out!! I should have measured ~~ I'm saying some of them are about 8" in length!
Rite2u Yep pitchers love rain! and love being kept wet!! Good to see you have pitchers growing there!!!!
Lynne ~~~~ How is your pitcher plant doing????
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Sometimes it takes an adjustment period Mine wasn't happy the first couple of weeks it was out there then suddenly it started putting off baby pitchers!
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Wow Diane your pitcher plant is looking so good and cannot believe you started one too but knowing you it did not really surprise me? You once put your mind to it and you do it girl! Great job your whole garden is beautiful you can tell you give you plants plenty of tlc!Rita
Hi. Yes...I now have more than a dozen pitchers...thanks to the rainy June we had here...I put spaghnum moss in the pot to retain moisture and they seemed to really like that...I'll post a picture... Rite
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These were shot this morning: There are more than a dozen pitchers on the plant, which hangs in a pot in the branches of a Barbadoes Cherry tree. There are a trail of ants that go down the branches and into the sweet depths of the pitchers.
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Hey Wrennie there are pitcher plants that grow in NY and CT got to NRDC or Connecticut Botanical Society web sites they both show Sarracenia purpurea that do well there. There are also some of these plants that grow well in Canada according to what I have read.
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Ants.... they trap ants..... I might need one of those. Would they do well here in NY? How cool of a winter can they stand?
Wrennie they will do well in NY and there are a wide variety, most can take as low as 45 degrees and some winter over the ones you have seen here can tolerate down to 55 at night. But we all bring ours in during the winter months and take out when it is steady 55 Degrees at night, morning sun afternoon shade or dappled sun all day , they want to be kept moist at all time with rain water or distilled water only and no fertizers maybe occasionally very deluted superthrive. Lynne has her's outside right now but keeps her in the bathroom during the winter,, they thrive on humidty they can take a change of temps far better then a change in humidty. In the Winter I keep mine in the kitchen for the humidity factor I do a lot of baking and making soups and washing dishes and my plant sits above the kitchen sink and it does well all winter because it is also in a south filtered window
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Thought I'd share my pitcher plant today. It's yet another very cloudy, drizzly day, but it is loving the humidity, as Diane has mentioned. It's doing so much better now that the temperature has cooled down a bit and there's been plenty of rainwater for it!
New pitchers finally growing to a size that you can see!
IT looks Very Happy Lynne!!!!!!!! I see the pitchers developing Keep it moist( soil) and it will really put on pitchers for you!! I'm delighted to see it!! Thanks for posting!!!!!!!
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Oh, what you can't see, Diane, is that there are 2 tiny leaf tips poking out from the soil - I am sooooo excited about that! I'll try and take a picture of that tomorrow, though it's hard to get close-ups with my camera.
Ohhhhhhh and also When these pitchers NOW developing die off and you cut off the pitcher NO more pitcher will grow from that stem so you can cut off a start as long as you want or short( as longs as there is 2-3 Full sets of leaves ) and stick it back into the pot it grew from and next year it will put off pitchers again! and you'll have a fuller pot of pitchers OR start another pot !
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Hmmmmm - do you mean that this mother plant will not put out any more pitchers after these? I didn't know that! I might cut the top off and stick it back in the pot, as this one is growing out of one side of the pot and that would help fill it in some more then.
I'm not sure, though, why the new leaves on top of this stem wouldn't put out pitchers?
Once one stem puts off pitchers Unless you cut it( Like getting a start)it won't put off any more, All new growth eventually will put off a pitcher. What ever you cut and start will, as well as where you cut it from will grow new leaves and again will put off pitchers from the new leaves.. so you can continuely have pitchers by creating new growth(s).
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Yesss it does Lynne! She is very happy ! IF you want to start another on just cut off a piece and put it in vermiculite and distilled water and it will root , the PIc I posted in Gardner's chat in Night Pictures was a baby I had started like that and it now has 4 pitchers on it ,, discovered another one today!
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My plant has been growing really nicely in its outdoor spot this summer, but hasn't put out any pitchers yet. I was starting to get a bit disappointed, but when I looked at the date from last year when the pitchers were fully grown it was a month away from now, so I guess I need to be more patient.
I wanted to show Diane how much it's grown in a year. I've actually taken a cutting during the winter and it finally has roots, so I need to pot that up sometime soon.
WOWWWW That looks great Lynne GOOD Job She is so healthy!! Don't forget the superthrive,, or use a egg wash which is 6 egg shells and one gallon of warm water and the sun for 7 days,
break up shells place on a cookie sheet ,, in preheated oven @ 315 degrees for approx 10 minutes,, only allow the shells to get a light light brown,, Place the shells in an empty gallon milk jug ,fill with warm water place the lid on and set the out in the sun for one full week,, * don't worry the water won't smell* and water your pitcher,
House plants love it as their first nourishment drink of the spring, and Pitcher plants love it too,, give to pitcher plants every three months if possible especially in the spring,, and beginning of summer,, and when you repot( repotting should only occur in the spring,, as they don't like their roots disturbed or sudden changes in humidity,,,,,, they prefer at least 70% humidity in the house so if you have a sunny window in the bathroom or kitchen,, those rooms are the best house location,, IF you don't have a choice but to place else where,, then mist daily with Distilled water only and well as using distilled water for watering the plant,, Pitcher plants require reverse osmosis in their watering needs, * just a note for those interested in starting growing pitcher plants,* :wink:
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it;s very difficult to start from seed I don't even know of seeds for this particular pitcher plants,, although there are many carnivores plants that do give off seeds, I've always started from a cutting,, rooted in distilled water or vermiculite, Yes it eats insects,, insects go in the pitcher and as it trys to crawl back out the neck of the pitcher has fine sticky hairs the insect gets stuck in, the more it struggles the more stuck it gets and, it loves crickets,,( ),, Oh Btw Lynne next time you have pitchers on your plant go to petsmart and get medium sized crickets and feed the pitchers,, it will promote more pitchers,,,,, come onnnnnnnnn you can do it,, :haha Cricket I have started many pitchers with cuttings,, I sent this one to Lynne and a couple of other members here,, and they have succeeded in growing them,, Lynne has since started a cutting of her own,
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One shouldn't touch the insides of pitchers anyway because of the oils on your skin,, isn't good for the pitchers, Don't know why,, just what I read on several info sites, when I was studying care for them.
No it's not difficult to ship and not any more costly then any other starter plant,, it is better to ship a cutting after it's been rooted tho,, pitchers are very sensitive to trauma,, and you wouldn't want to lose a cutting ( it will turn black) due to shock on top of being dark packaging for a few days
I tell you one thing tho,,,,,,, when you have a pitcher plant full of pitchers it's certainly is a conversation piece when company is over, :wink:
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Thanks for the info on the egg shell food, Diane. I'll get on that just as soon as someone in this house eats some eggs. I guess because we all have high cholesterol, we don't eat them very often at all.
I just remembered that I need to show Brian's friend this plant when they all return from the wedding they went to up in Boston, on Monday. When they were in college this friend had an entire room in the house they shared chock full of carnivorous plants!!! He even had a large terrarium (aquarium) full of them - they were all so healthy and he was obsessed with them. Now that he works for the government on Navy ships he can't grow them anymore. (nope, he's not in the Navy)
So sorry Sheri I didn't see your question,, In the Winter I place mine in the kitchen window only because when I do dishes it gets the humidity and it's a constant reminder to mist with distilled water in the mornings, they really need at least 73% humidity or at least they prefer it,, while others would hand in there bathrooms for the humidity factor,, Basically you can hang anywhere as long as you provide it humidity and indirect sun
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diane, they had these at home depot yesterday, but i ran out of $$$ i think one on a hook over my pond would be perfect! will try to get one after the next round of mark downs.
sheri I just pounded a nail in the tree and hooked it into the hole on the back of the pot I think it was supposed to be the drain hole as I believe it was designed to lay flat,, But I put in on the tree instead LOL
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Well you guys this is the last start off my original Pitcher plant from a couple of years ago,, . this is in 4 " pot believe it not it is suppose to freeze here tonight so I had to bring it inside
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Very nice! I never noticed until this picture that the stems of the pitchers come from the tip of the leaves!!! Man all of those parts, leaf ends, stem, and pitchers are strong!!!! Great photo too!
Yep they grow from the tips of the leaves,, when they dry up you just cut them off but those leaves won't put out new pitchers but the other leaves will.
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That looks so healthy and terrific Diane! I wish some of mine would grow some pitchers this year already - they all have the beginnings, but nothing developes from them.
Diane - I don't have any pitcher plants left unfortunately they all bit the dust. I did give them as much love as I could though.
Your cereus is interesting - the main cuttings are still in my bedroom in a NE window and haven't grown a bit since I put them there - I just was able to purchase Superthrive so I am feeding them with each watering. However, last spring the pot got knocked over and 2 small pieces broke off. I potted them up, and had them outside on my front porch all summer and they are back there now - there is a small new leaf on top of one of the cuttings. Hopefully Superthrive will encourage it to grow more this year - I'd love to have a flower some day!
I order me a pitcher plant and should be getting it next week but how do you care for one and will they grow in the house had one before and it die on me/ do you fee them in the winter time indoors and if so do you drop a insect in each pitcher? Thanks
I order me a pitcher plant and should be getting it next week but how do you care for one and will they grow in the house had one before and it die on me/ do you fee them in the winter time indoors and if so do you drop a insect in each pitcher? Thanks
If you mean a NEPENTHES then yes, they grow great indoors. A bright south or west window is perfect. Keep the soil moist at all time using rainwater or distilled water ONLY. NO TAP WATER. I the spring to initiate pitchers water with fertilizer at 1/4 strength.
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