Chimaera Posted January 21, 2019 Report Share Posted January 21, 2019 I am a sucker for the 'half price half dead' section at the garden centre and have acquired a couple of quite nice Sarracenia from that section of my local Homebase (including a huge one reduced from £35 to £2.50- one grow point was rescuable but that is doing well). The problem is putting names to them. Does anyone know which wholesalers tend to supply cheap bulk CPs in this country so I can check the ID? Many seem to be from Carniflora, the bright plastic label with a fly on it being a give away, and the plants match well to the website. Others do not match, including a couple of S. leucophylla based forms that are clearly not true species. These seem to match varieties on the Araflora website (S. x leucophylla "Big Daddy". S. x leucophylla "Royal Redwhite" (the latter is the giant one I rescued; both have a curious 'pinched' lid like that of S. catesbaei which I assume in in their ancestry) as well as what looks like Dionaea "jumbo"). Is Araflora (or a supplier linked to them) a likely source? I know if I bought only from reputable sources i would not have this problem, and most of my collection is from proper growers, but I am a cheapskate and can't resist it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picavorus Posted January 29, 2019 Report Share Posted January 29, 2019 I’m always attracted to the plants ‘sick bay’ as well in gardens centres. I just refer to them as hybrids, as you can’t guarantee that they are what you think, especially if you trade divisions of them in the future. There are many cultivars which look very similar to each other, or seed grown plants that are almost identical to a particular cultivar, which they definitely aren’t. Always better to be safe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted January 30, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 I thought tracking them down would be pretty much impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killian Posted January 30, 2019 Report Share Posted January 30, 2019 (edited) _ Edited March 13, 2021 by Killian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimaera Posted January 31, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Thanks a lot, that is really helpfull Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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