Sarracenia psittacina Potted Size:Medium Tissue Culture

Sarracenia psittacina Potted Size:Medium Tissue CulturePsittacina is Latin for 'Parrot'. This low, rosetted Sarracenia species was given that name because of its beaked and domed lid. They are very beautiful and often dark red with white fenestration or windows. In the wild, they grow partially submerged or sometimes even floating in the water. They can even catch wayward minnows and pollywogs who swim into submerged traps! This is a late species and doesn't start to grow new pitchers and flowers in

Soil: The plant comes potted in a custom mix of four parts: peat moss to one part perlite

They have huge pitchers with giant

Sarracenia generally are not a good candidate for a terrarium as they need intense light and get quite tall

Mature plants top off at 6-8" tall

If you live in an area with very cold winters

One of the best of the spectabilis

the sun induces flowering

but it will enjoy at least a gallon of water

If you order earlier in the year your plant will arrive with smaller and fewer pitchers

Temperature and Dormancy: Dewy Pines are Mediterranean natives

These are from a single clone in tissue culture from Borneo Exotics

It was selected for its cold hardiness