Thanks. Ok this is a close-up:[b said:Quote[/b] (Not a Number @ Jan. 11 2007,7:34)]The first one is Sarracenia purpurea most likely ssp venosa. The purple pitcher plant is its common name. If the outside of the hoods is smooth/non-hairy it's probably ssp purpurea.
I won't hazard a guess as to which Sarracenia the second one is. If you can get a closer shot of the hood, mouth and throat areas it would probably be helpful. The plant looks like it is dormant.
How many hours of direct sunlight does your windowsill get? Sarracenia need lots of sunlight to be happy and normally do better outdoors. The S. purpurea might do ok on the windowsill.
I'll leave up to the Sarracenia afficionados to ID the second Sarracenia. I bought one this week that looks very similar but I don't have photos yet.[b said:Quote[/b] (Mozie @ Jan. 10 2007,10:11)]I'm not sure if the plant is dormant, I live in South Africa so it's summer here now (average daytime temp +26C or +78F). When I bought the plant it was rather neglected and some of the 'shoots' were dying off fron the hood down. It's in better shape now after some TLC.
The windowsill gets about 4 hours direct sunlight, is that too little? My sundews and VFTs love this postion.
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IMHO that is a Judith Hindle that is bad need of more light. I say that because that is exactly what mine looked like when I had no choice but grow it on my windowsill when the outside of my apt was being renovated.