Marcia Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 This is probably a silly question with an obvious answer but i thought i'd ask anyway :) Why do i see some VFT's growing in an upright position and then some sort of slouch over the side of the pot their in? Are they different VFT's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike King Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Hi Marcia, It is always a question of genetics. I prefer the more vertical forms, but you do see in garden centres more of the rosetted types as they are selected for easier stacking on Danish trollies.. They are all the same species, just different growing habits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Ah right. I have a rosetted one which was from a garden centre. I've never seen a vertical one in person Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoLongFairWell Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Here's a couple of examples of two of my plants. First is a garden centre variety that's luckily gone a little upright and the second is my Spider which is way more upright than last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Salter Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 What garden centre did you get it from Marcia? We found a load in the wyevale garden centre at the retail park and unfortunately had to take away a very large Sarracenia hybrid, others there were dried out completely. They have some nice Nepenthes there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popespliff Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Its not always a case of genetics as the envirionment plays an equally important part . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcia Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 What garden centre did you get it from Marcia? We found a load in the wyevale garden centre at the retail park and unfortunately had to take away a very large Sarracenia hybrid, others there were dried out completely. They have some nice Nepenthes there too. I got mine from Homebase. The traps are a nice deep red colour but not vertical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 I don't have the variety that the above hobbyists can illustrate, but all things being equal (environment), some cultivars grow more uprightly than others: There's a combination of 'nature' & 'nurture' going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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