North American Pitcher plants or sarracenia are supposed to be dormant this time of year if you don't put them in dormancy they will become week and die in the summer your wasting a plant that is quickly becoming extinct because of lack of wetlands and bogs being destroyed for roads and highways
@malcolmlhj14 Wild species of Sarracenia require a dormancy period to live and thrive in their natural habitats. To avoid any adverse impact on wild populations, our Greenhouses feature cultivars of Sarracenia selected to tolerate greenhouse conditions – they still go through a dormancy period – just not during Jan., Feb. or March. These accessions are 3 years old, so clearly they respond well to the care we provide.
@malcolmlhj14 The Garden's carnivorous plant collection is used to exemplify the wonders of the plant world, especially for children. The use of cultivars to relieve the collection pressures on wild species has been successfully demonstrated by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and their work with orchids. The Kew efforts have proven that cheaply produced cultivars of rare plants effectively eliminate the financial rewards of plant thieves who steal plants out of the wild.
@malcolmlhj14 For more about Sarracenia and the conservation efforts surrounding the wild species, please visit the Center for Plant Conservation supported collections at the Atlanta Botanic Garden where the majority of Pitcher Plant species can be grown outdoors. CBG’s conservation efforts are oriented to the rare and endangered species of the Tallgrass Prairies and upper Midwest whose plants are more suited to this climate.
North American Pitcher plants or sarracenia are supposed to be dormant this time of year if you don't put them in dormancy they will become week and die in the summer your wasting a plant that is quickly becoming extinct because of lack of wetlands and bogs being destroyed for roads and highways
malcolmlhj14 1 month ago
@malcolmlhj14 Wild species of Sarracenia require a dormancy period to live and thrive in their natural habitats. To avoid any adverse impact on wild populations, our Greenhouses feature cultivars of Sarracenia selected to tolerate greenhouse conditions – they still go through a dormancy period – just not during Jan., Feb. or March. These accessions are 3 years old, so clearly they respond well to the care we provide.
chicagobotanicgarden 1 month ago
@malcolmlhj14 The Garden's carnivorous plant collection is used to exemplify the wonders of the plant world, especially for children. The use of cultivars to relieve the collection pressures on wild species has been successfully demonstrated by the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and their work with orchids. The Kew efforts have proven that cheaply produced cultivars of rare plants effectively eliminate the financial rewards of plant thieves who steal plants out of the wild.
chicagobotanicgarden 1 month ago
@malcolmlhj14 For more about Sarracenia and the conservation efforts surrounding the wild species, please visit the Center for Plant Conservation supported collections at the Atlanta Botanic Garden where the majority of Pitcher Plant species can be grown outdoors. CBG’s conservation efforts are oriented to the rare and endangered species of the Tallgrass Prairies and upper Midwest whose plants are more suited to this climate.
chicagobotanicgarden 1 month ago