Aborted flower?

[Capensis]

I'm going to have to guess my S. leucophylla made an aborted flower.

Thoughts?

 

[Grey Moss]

I had an aborted flower too. Did you change the conditions while it was growing?
This aborted the flowers on my flava.

 

[Capensis]

No, I don't think so. I repotted it into my mini-bog maybe...one or two motnhs ago? That might be the reason, but now it's dormant. The good thing, though, is that I'll probably have flowers next spring.

 

[Brokken]

Sarracenia will sometimes put out flowers in the fall. Generally these flowers are on very short stalks - close to the ground. The recommendation I got from an expert grower is that these flowers - if uncut - may result in botyris infecting and killing your plant.

 

[Capensis]

I see...I'll try to tomorrow morning, if I have enough time.

 

[xvart]

Have your temps been going up and down recently?

xvart.

 

[Capensis]

That's a little hard to say. I guess it's been going up and down with some cold fronts, but other than that, it's been a bit warm.

 

[Brokken]

Sarracenia flava flower put out at the end of October. Notice the short neck. They are fairly common among my tall sarras. You can let them flower, but - and I've heard this second hand - after they drop their petals, trim off immediately.

 

[Capensis]

I cut it off before I left. I doubt it was going to flower, it seemed a little damaged, as you can see in the picture.