Alcibiades Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 My sarracenia is going red on its pitchers which are growing; is this normal? Last year pitchers were totally green; this year they are going red in areas like a person with a heat rash. Tried uploading photo but it didn’t work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picol Posted May 6, 2018 Report Share Posted May 6, 2018 Hi, maybe is just an accumulation of anthocyanins, the responsible substance of the red pigmentation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Pitchers on a lot of species turn red in full sun. If the old pitchers are from autumn or when it was in a garden centre they will probably be green through lack of light. Hard to advise on any heat rash effect without seeing a photo though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 It looks like it’s just anthocyanins; it actually looks quite nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 It’s now my cover photo; it’s just anthocyanin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted May 7, 2018 Report Share Posted May 7, 2018 Where is it living? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alcibiades Posted May 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2018 Usually the balcony or a windowsill but it spent three days in a relative’s back garden recently whilst I was there, and thus it got a whole day’s sun on each day it was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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