This sale is for 10 bare/loose rooted flowering size rhyzomes of Sarracenias. These plants have been growing in a 70mm pot size. They will NOT come potted. You need to pot the plants when you receive them. Pictures are a guide only and not the exact plant you will receive, as we have many of them available. Please make sure that you have the correct potting medium and pots to pot them in when you receive them.
This is a mixed bag of un-named Sarracenias. You cannot choose the varieties, we choose a mixture for you. If you want botanically named plants, please choose from our other listings.
We have sphagnum peat moss/perlilte mix available in other listings for you to
purchase and pot your carnivorous plant in. Beware of other sellers
mix, as it is not what we use and recommend.
When you receive your sphagnum peat moss mix, it will be a dry
substance. Put it in a bucket of water and allow it to absorb the
water, until the pale brown peat turns a dark brown color. Do not try
and pot with it while it is dry.
Fill up your green house or bog garden. Grow them on for Christmas presents. Sell them at local markets or school fetes.
PURCHASING DURING MELBOURNE'S WINTER
During the months of May to September, your Sarracenia will be in its dormant
stage, and will NOT have any traps on
it. You WILL receive a dormant rhyzome.
The last 3 photos on this listing show what dormant Sarracenias look
like.
The first is a random Sarracenia unpotted with dormant traps (we do not send
with dormant traps, as these need to be cut off anyway).
The second is a dormant rhyzome AS YOU WILL RECEIVE
IT with the dormant traps cut off.
The third shows what the dormant rhyzome will look like once you pot it.
It wont be long and you will see new growth begin to appear.
Read potting, growing and DORMANCY
information below.
DELIVERY:
All plants are posted by signature on delivery registered mail using
Australia Post. This is so you and I can both be re-assured that the
parcel has been posted and the parcel has been delivered. If you are
not home, you will have to collect and sign for it at the post office.
It will not be left at your door.
COMBINED POSTAGE: We do
multiple purchases with a set price for the first item purchased plus $4
for each additional item that you purchase from us. If this does not
show up in
Checkout, please let me know and I will alter the invoice before you
pay. You need to add all items to a Shopping Cart for the combined postage to work.
AVAILABLE: TRIFFID PARK is an accredited nursery to send to all states of Australia (except Northern Territory). Please DO NOT order this plant if you are in the N.T., as we will not send it.
To
purchase our plants if you are in SA, Tas or WA, you need to purchase a
Plant Health Assurance Certificate with your order. You can find the
listing at the below web addresses, or click on NON PLANT ITEMS in our
online shop.
South Australia: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/145797478237
Tasmania and Western Australia: https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/145797447794
Vic, NSW, ACT and Qld do not require any government certificates and plants can be sent into these states legally without them.
GROWING INFORMATION:
REPOTTING: At Triffid Park we repot in a mixture of 75% Sphagnum Peat Moss and 25% perlite. Wet this mix thoroughly through first before potting your plant into it so that the Sphagnum fibres can absorb the water. The best time to re-pot is in the late winter to early spring when the plants are just starting to grow, however we do repot all year round on cooler days. Use a pot to suit the size of the plant, giving it enough room to grow for the following year, but not too big that it dwarfs the plant.
WATERING: Do not ever let your Carnivorous Plants dry out. During Spring, Summer and Autumn sit them in a saucer of water, changing the water frequently to avoid salt build up. The water should cover the drainage holes of the pot. If your water is good enough to drink straight from the tap, then this is alright to use on your plant. If not you should use either rain, distilled or reverse osmosis water. Give it a couple of days a week without any water in the saucer so that the roots can breathe. In winter do not let the plant dry out but don’t leave it sitting in water all the time.
FERTILIZING: Do not fertilize with flies or insects. The plant needs the thrill of the catch, to stimulate it, to release its digestive juices to break down the insect. We feed with a mixture of Seasol and Powerfeed (Powerfeed is made by the same company as Seasol). To one litre of water, we use 3 ml of Seasol and 3 ml of Powerfeed. DO NOT use any other fertilisers. We use this mix every 6-8 weeks from Spring to Autumn either watered onto the growing medium, or poured into the water tray beneath the pot. Be very wary of high fertiliser concentrations when the temperatures get too high, as this may cause burning on the tips.
LIGHT: Carnivorous Plants require a high level of light. A window sill inside the house that gets morning sun in summer and afternoon sun in winter is an excellent position. Otherwise you can grow them in a terrarium, greenhouse, glasshouse or porch and some growers grow them outside in the full weather.
HUMIDITY: Carnivorous Plants like a reasonable amount of humidity. A terrarium or glasshouse will provide this. But a warm sunny window sill will give you enough heat for the plant to survive.
DORMANCY: Sarracenias require around 6-8 weeks minimum of winter dormancy. In cooler climates this is triggered by temperatures below around 10 degrees celcius and shorter daylight hours. During winter your Sarracenia will naturally go into their dormancy period. They will stop growing and for most varieties, all the traps will die off. Do not worry. This is a natural occurrence and the plant must go through this period in order to stay alive and gain strength to grow their spring traps and flowers. Without this, they will grow weaker each year. Cut off any dead leaves/pitchers at the base of the plant during June/July. Make sure no pitchers are left by the end of July, or the plant will struggle in spring, so even if they look ok, still cut them off, or it will struggle in spring to grow new traps and retain last years traps. While your Sarracenia is dormant, it can cope with overnight frosts, as long as the temperature rises above freezing during the day. Where they grow naturally in America, it can snow on them. During dormancy, the Sarracenia still needs to stand in a small amount of water to prevent the sphagnum peat moss drying out and the root system from shutting down. In spring the plants will send up their new leaves/pitchers.