Gaz Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hi, could anybody give me a clue as to what I have here? We bought this plant from a UK garden centre a few years ago (before I really got into CPs). They were selling it as a pond plant. We planted it next to our pond for about 3 years but its condition deteriorated quite badly so this year I dug it up, split it and after potting left it in the greenhouse. Since then it's actually turning into quite a nice plant. Unfortunately the label it came with just says Sarracenia, which I could just about work out for myself. So, any ideas? The second question is what is that gunk that's growing in the corner of one of the pots? I thought it could be some kind of mould, it looks a bit like a layer of wet sugar, is quite hard but it doesn't respond to anti-fungal spray. So far it's only turned up in 1 out of the 4 divisions and doesn't seem to be having any detrimental affect on the plant. Thanks Gaz the biggest division... better view of largest pitcher the gunk stuff more of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted October 1, 2012 Report Share Posted October 1, 2012 Possible leucophylla x rubra The white stuff is just a bit of mould I think. It should be harmless and will probably disappear of its own accord eventually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Hi Gaz If it is new medium from a recent repot, you sometimes get this coming out of the peat, it lasts a few weeks then dissapears and is harmless to the plant. If it doesn't, then scrape it off and treat again with a fugicide. As for the ID you can never be sure with unlabelled shop bought plants, as they can be introgressed with almost anything, but Alexis's guess would get most peoples vote as the closest visible ID I think and it is a common popular hybrid for garden centres. Cheers Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted October 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Hi Guys, Thank you for the possible ID, with nothing better to go on I'm going with Alexis's guess...even though we had the plant for 3 years or more it feels exciting to actually have a name for it, like having a new plant. I feel more relaxed about the mould situation, they were repotted (4 of them) earlier in June this year and the mould appeared a month or 2 ago. I use Moorland Gold compost as the base for most of my peat based substrate and mould does sound like a likely explanation. Many thanks Cheers Gaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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