Dividing Darlingtonia Colonies

Over the past several days, we divided our Darlingtonia colonies. We had a bunch in large pots that were getting tight with stolons (offshoots). After unpotting the mother plants, we removed the stolons and placed the mother plants in large square trays. The trays have holes on the bottom to allow complete drainage want top watering. We lined the bottom of the trays with a mix of peat moss and perlite (40/60) and top-dressed the media with live sphagnum moss. We plan to set up an automated drip system to keep the moss moist during the summer months. This type of system should make it easier for us to harvest Darlingtonia without needing to unpot the entire plant.

We used the same method with the plants we plan to sell. We place the plant in the peat-perlite mix and top-dressed it with live sphagnum moss. These plants will be available for purchase in April when we release a new crop of Sarracenia as well. 

Darlingtonia soaking in water after being upotted.

Plants are potted in a mix of peat moss (40%) and perlite (60%).

They are then top-dressed with live sphagnum moss.

We plan to have lots available when we release them in April!

A view of our new colonies of mother plants.