Sarracenia in Switzerland 1993

Up to 100 years now are some populations of Sarracenia purpurea meanwhile established in Switzerland. The Swiss CP-expert Ruedi Fürst guides us to some secret places. There we find also Drosera rotundifolia, D. x obovata, and Utricularia minor.

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Education

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• Sarracenia
• purpurea
• Utricularia
• Pinguicula
• Switzerland
• carnivorous plants
• Karnivoren

[Piranhaboy01]

where did the first purpurea come from? i'm betting Newfoundland as it's the closest place in North America to Europe and our bogs are covered in S. purpurea - even dwarf and all-green varieties. they grow in Sphagnum bogs where the lower leaves are grown over, hence, they are not as high as the ones in Switzerland.

[shartmeyer]

@Piranhaboy01 About 100 years ago a Swiss lady went for several years to the USA and was so amazed by the plants that she brought some specimens and planted them into the bog in approx. 1000 m altitude, where they found obviously very fitting conditions and thrived very well. But I don't know where she got the plants from.

[Piranhaboy01]

@shartmeyer oh, i see. they may actually have their origins from the US. there's one huge difference between these Swiss transplants and typical Sarracenia in wetlands. the Sphagnum continually grows up over the plant, burying it's lower leaves here in North America whereas those in the video are growing in something closer to marsh conditions where the ground is not rising over time... hence the height and mass of old leaves. they don't grow like that here.

[STFUbelgium]

Beautiful clusters!

[Saphirasfly]

Speaker listens like Oettinger XD

[xXCradleofFilth666Xx]

siggy man your lucky, the stands in that video are nuts even if not native, they look great!

Prima!