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Sarracenia "Scarlet Belle"


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The latest addition to my cp collection, Sarracenia "Scarlet Belle", arrived this morning.

I think I'll let it settle in for a few days before I move it from the 2 inch pot it's in now.

Not very scarlet at the moment, but it is a young plant and has been in a cardboard box for a few days.

S. "Scarlet Belle"

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Regards,

Ian.

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Thanks for the opinions guys.

This is how Terraworld Tropicals described it on eBay, "Sarracenia "Scarlette Belle" is an amazing natural hybrid between S. psittacina and S leucophylla. It is very similar to "Wrigleyana", however the parents are reversed. In this cultivar S. psittacina is the female plant, S. leucophylla is the male plant. A stunning and vigorous plant." Looks like some false advertising going on!

Regards,

Ian.

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Make sure you get a refund!

It's too late for that I'm afraid, I already potted it up into a bigger pot. I'll put it down to experience and buy from reputable nurseries in future!

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The plant arrived on Saturday morning, so only 2 days ago. I'll send the seller a message and see what response I get back.

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I visited "terra world" tropical's a long time back when I used to work near them at biggin hill, Kent.

It was just a manky locked greenhouse in front of a bungalow, there was no answer even though I'd arranged an appointment.

I'd expect a replacement plant for sure, and as a gesture of goodwill to keep the psitticina for your trouble !.

His/ her feedback is good, I think you'll get a reasonable solution.

Good luck

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I got an email today from eBay saying that the seller had refunded the money I paid for the plant and the postage. No mention of wanting the plant returned though, perhaps they don't think it's worth the return postage.

I did ask for a replacement of the correct type, but this wasn't mentioned either, so perhaps all his plants are the same as this one.

This is the second time I've bought a plant from this seller and both times I've had a problem. The first plant, S.Purpurea, didn't arrive, but to be fair they did send a replacement.

Thanks for all the advice, without this forum I'd have been none the wiser and just thought I'd got a really dull scarlet belle!

Best regards,

Ian.

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A free Psitticina isn't a bad result Ian !

I don't know how some growers can tell the difference between most of their plants.

If I lost the labels in my pots I'd be proper lost !.

I dunno if you have an ikea near you but they were selling " sarracenia scarlet belle" very recently.

Good luck

Chris

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Hi Chris,

There's an Ikea in Wednesbury, which isn't to far away from me.

It was a post on this forum about Ikea selling scarlet belle, that got me interested and it was mentioned that a trader on eBay was also selling them. Guess I should have gone to Ikea!

Still, like you say, a free Psitticina for my trouble isn't bad.

All the best,

Ian.

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