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Leucophylla sends out two sets of pitchers. 1 set in the spring and another set in the fall which are the bigger of the two. The larger of the two will catch more insects as they are larger, but overall, leuco's catch more insects then most pitcher plants. The more it eats, the more it stores...

Try P. Primulflora. It's fairly easy, likes being wet and will bud from the leaf tips and spread.

Here's what I do. You buy dried sphagnum at Lowes. Wet it, place in a pot, plant your plants, then put the pot in a container holding standing water. Keep outside all year if you can, if not, bring in in the winter and place on windowsill. They will catch their own food outside. Just make sure...

I Live in Central Florida. I have P. Caerulea, Lutea, Pumila, Planifolia, Primulflora and Ionantha. I grow them in sphagnum in standing water and keep them outside all year and they all do well.

I can understand them being that big. When I was stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC, there was a lake on the post where Flava's grew into the water in a lakeside sphagnum bog. You literally had to wade out almost 3 feet to get to them and if you pulled one up, the rhizomes were massive and very heavy...

My tallest was a 36 inch pitcher from a Flava from North Florida. Since then it has calmed down to about 28 inch pitchers overall. My next tallest is a Flava I have from Virginia with pitchers at around 25 inches and a regular Minor I have from North Florida at around 18 to 20 inches (which...

I water my collection from our well everyday when it doesn't rain and have for years. My Sarrs, Drosera's and Pings all do well. I live in Florida and my well water comes up from 182 feet down.

Manny, just got your message about coming up this way. I hope you didn't already come. If you didn't let me know when your coming. I have a nice site to take you and your friends up in St. Johns County. Full of Minor and pings as well as sundews. Let me know, thanks, Tony.

Here's a few of my plants in Flower and pitcher. Hope you like them. Virginia Flava Another view of Virginia Flava Alata Flava from North Florida Leuco from Pensacola, FL A whole tray of Sarracenia's, Ping's and Drosera's

I honestly don't know. It started out as a normal size, got hit by a bad frost, appeared to die back and instead, went crazy and grew larger. I want to see if it carries over this summer unto next year. It's funny because I've had carulea's that got bit by bad frost and when they come back, the...

A giant P. Carulea in my collection. It's 5 and a quarter inches across. The giant next to regular size Carulea's.

All of the Sarracenia's have been grown successfully outdoors in places like Pennsylvania, New York and even New England. The key to success is how one takes care of the plants during winter. Cutting off the old foliage in the fall and covering the rhizomes with mulch, then a ground cover is...

My tallest pitcher is one I've posted here before. Belongs to a Sarracenia Flava Rugleii at just over 36 inches. I also have some Leuco's that are coming up at around 30 inches.

Having many cultivars of leuco as well as natural forms, let me tell you that leuco can be finiky. I have a leuco that for the first 7 years, never sent up a pitcher of flowered even though I kept it outdoors, it had full sun and good water. All it did was send up phyllodia and spread like a...

Thanks for pointing the pool out as I didn't see it, hehe( my old eyes ). Still that Ivy looks suspicious, hehe. As for populations disappearing, I've been dealing with sarracenia's since the early 70's. I can tell you of populations I knew of across NC, SC and Georgia that were once extant and...