Grow Carnivorous Plants!

Bumblebees are abundant around the nursery when Sarracenia flowers are in bloom. Hopefully we’ll have lots of carnivorous plant seeds this year!

Carnivorous plants are in bloom! I filmed this video in the early evening. The lighting was simply perfect to capture the delicate colors among the Sarracenia. Only a small handful of Sarracenia had open pitchers at the time, but many displayed a gorgeous array of flowers. There are a few footage of sundews and Darlingtonia. The video, however, showcases Sarracenia flowers.

This is where we answer your questions to help you grow better carnivorous plants. Some folks often mistaken the Dragon Arum or Voodoo Lilly as a carnivorous plant. Although it has a flower that smells like a week-old rotting slab of meat on a hot summer day and attracts tons of flies, it really isn’t carnivorous at all.

I didn’t see the actual closure, but I happened to pass by this flytrap when the fly was still alive. The music in the background was a radio commercial happening at the same time. I didn’t realize how comical the music was until I watched the video.  It’s an odd carnivorous plant comedy/tragedy.

The flytrap is the dente variety, which has shorter teeth than the typical flytrap. Because of the shorter teeth, some prey can escape if they’re quick enough. This prey just wasn’t quick enough, so it’s head got caught. This is a common occurrence with the dente variety. You don’t see this with typical flytraps because their longer teeth keep their prey in place.

This is where we answer your questions to help you grow better carnivorous plants.  Will cutting off all the pitchers on a Sarracenia greatly affect its health?