lorisarvendu Posted June 29 Report Share Posted June 29 I have several planters in my garden where I keep hardy CPs all year round. or about ten years now. I've got sarras in all of them bar one. That one has just sundews and moss (and it's always fun searching through for the first sundew of the year). Now I've had these for about 10-15 years now, but last October I saw this. Some kind of dwarf sarra. It was gone by November so since it's in full sunlight, that's as big as it grows. Sure enough it's there again this year. I don't know what variety it is, and I can't find any mention of it online, or anything remotely like it. Lots of dwarf nepenthes and cephalotus but no sarracenia. The other thing I can't fathom is where it came from. I have a mixture of other sarra varieties and although they're probably about 3-4 feet away they're all tall. It's possible it's been there for years and I've never really noticed, what with them being small and almost camoflaged. How could I have got them? I suppose it's possible it came in with one of the sundews (which I bought online), but either way it's come from a seed from another plant like it. Which brings me back to the first question - what variety is it and where does it originate? Other odd thing. Sarras always put up a huge flower for a couple of weeks before pitchers appear, but I never noticed a large unusual flower in the sundew tub, and if there was one it'd still be there now, and it isn't. Can anyone help identify it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropfrog Posted June 30 Report Share Posted June 30 I would asume they are young seedlings, not dwarfs. Identifying a full size sarr is not easy. Identifying a young seedling, impossible. You need to wait for it to mature before any atempt on Identifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billynomates666 Posted July 1 Report Share Posted July 1 Agreed, it looks very seedling like and as it's outdoors it will take 4 or 5 years to reach a size where it may be able to be identified. As far as where it came from, Sarracenia seed can take years to germinate, but 15 years is very unlikely. It is, as you suggest, more likely to have come in as a seed on a more recent sundew purchase, or is it possible its dropped out of a seedpod while you have been clearing up or moving plants? Cheers Steve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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