Username Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 Just come back from caravaning, and found that the sarracenia leucophylla that I got through the post, not only is dying off (but apparantly this should happen fo it can grow again) but the brown shrivelled stem's bases have a thin white furry coating on them. I suspect this is fungus. As soon as I find somewhere to put it, I'm moving it away from my other, as yet healthy sarracenia. But, for curing the fungus, what should I do? Spray, fire, what? Or, as it needs to die back, if the roots are ok, just cut the stems off? Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 26, 2007 Report Share Posted August 26, 2007 It's either nothing to worry about, or dead... Any chance of a photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Of the fungus? I can't seem to find it. I scraped much of it of when I first saw it, and have just now replaced the top couple of centimetres of peat, and it seems to be gone. The roots look fine, with some small new growth, but all above the soil is brown and shrivelled, dying off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Of the fungus? Of the entire plant. We may then be able to identify any problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Fine, give me aminute to find my camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) This is the base of the sarracenia leucophylla. The fungus seems to be gone, but that may just be because I scraped it off. Edited August 27, 2007 by Username Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 I'm sorry to say that looks like an ex-Sarracenia. The rhizome has rotted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) Hm... The rhizome did seem dark coloured, and a little peeling, but when I got it, it was like that, so I assumed it was normal. But there was small green growth around the roots, and one person said that normally when you get plants through the post, the bit above the soil has to die off first so it can grow again. Edited August 27, 2007 by Username Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 ...the bit above the soil has to die off first so it can grow again. Some plants may lose some growth, but I'm afraid that's not true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=Joel=- Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 If you give it a slight squeeze you can feel if its hard, which means a healthy plant. Or if its squishy then its a goner. If its a bit of both, you may be able to save it by cutting away all the brown rhizome away but its chances will still be slim im afraid. Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Shall I post a picture of the rhizome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 So, after cutting away all soft parts, this is what's left. Surviveable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-=Joel=- Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 (edited) If it is hard when when squeeze it, you have a chance. If it is healthy a plant can come back with even 0.5cms of rhizome. Just keep you fingers crossed and give it a little squeeze every few days to see if its still infected. Might also be worth to keep it slightly drier than normal but make sure the media is still damp. Joel Edited August 27, 2007 by -=Joel=- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Thanks. It seems all hard now. Don't take that out of context. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aidan Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 The interior of a live, healthy rhizome is white. I can't see any white tissue in your photo. Even if roots appear healthy, the rhizome may well be entirely dead and Sarracenia do not regrow from roots. Keep cutting the rhizome back until you hit white tissue. Then cut it back a bit more. If you never find a hard, white area (and it doesn't look as though you will), the plant is stone dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 Dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sheila Posted August 27, 2007 Report Share Posted August 27, 2007 I would contact the person who sold it to you if it didn't look healthy when it arrived. It is not normal for pitcher plants to die off or look particularly unhealthy after posting. Some Drosera may look a bit sorry for themselves and recover, but I would not expect it of a Sarracenia. The majority of the pitchers on the plant should be alive and healthy as well as the rhizome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 Ok. It was jimothy that sold it to me. I'll find him on here, and send him a pm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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