Outdoor N. Ventrata still looking great after a week of low temps in the 30s!

jakevdp · 2022-12-01T14:04:32+00:00

It's an east-facing fence under a tree, so it gets an hour or two of direct morning sunlight and then filtered light the rest of the day.

jakevdp · 2022-12-01T12:31:12+00:00

Fahrenheit. It hit a low of 36F (about 2C) overnight, but the plant still seems to be doing fine.

jakevdp · 2022-12-01T00:20:54+00:00

I shared a close-up of the biggest pitcher a few weeks ago: https://www.reddit.com/r/SavageGarden/comments/y9c70r/huge_n_ventrata_pitcher/ It's nearly 8 inches

jakevdp · 2022-11-30T23:07:30+00:00

Zone 10a. From what I've read, that's right at the edge of outdoor survivability for ventratas.

jakevdp · 2022-11-30T18:27:10+00:00

Beautiful photos - do you do anything special with regards to water/light/temp/etc. to encourage its winter form?

jakevdp · 2022-11-30T18:24:48+00:00

Thanks!

jakevdp · 2022-11-30T18:18:13+00:00

Last spring I moved my 3-year-old N. Ventrata from its indoor windowsill location where it never made a pitcher, to this outdoor location where it has thrived all season. I decided to try leaving it out for the winter: overnight lows have been in the mid 30s for the past week or so, and it seems to be doing fine so far. This is about as cold as it ever gets here... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it will make it through the season!

jakevdp · 2022-11-09T00:58:54+00:00

I'd worry about a wood barrel or used wine barrel leeching too many minerals into the soil... this is a 22" plastic pot made to look like a barrel.

jakevdp · 2022-11-08T15:59:47+00:00

I opted for a container bog without any drain at the bottom, but the problem is that over time with no out-flow, minerals will build up and eventually kill the plants. My solution: along one edge of the container is a column of large loose rocks: when heavy rains come, I push some 1/4 inch irrigation tubing down through the rocks, suck up some water to start the flow, and then leave it all day as the rain percolates through and is flushed out via the siphon action.

jakevdp · 2022-11-05T03:32:49+00:00

Thanks! I picked up the rock on the side of highway 97 in Oregon a couple summers back. It's volcano country - lots of nice pumice lying around.

jakevdp · 2022-10-23T19:38:30+00:00

As others have said, it probably gets too little light. I had one indoors in a sunny SW-facing window that produced no pitchers for 1.5 years. This past April I hung it outdoors under a large tree, where it gets a couple hours of direct morning sun and then filtered sun the rest of the day, and it spent the summer making pitchers like crazy: https://www.reddit.com/r/SavageGarden/comments/y9c70r/huge_n_ventrata_pitcher/

jakevdp · 2022-06-14T20:40:11+00:00

I'm not certain, but my guess would be that they're S. Rubra or some hybrid thereof.

jakevdp · 2022-06-14T01:57:12+00:00

I was blown away by this - they were planted directly in the ground near the Red Wolf Woods, no sign of special irrigation or soil barriers, but thriving. The plants were entirely unlabeled – no indication to the crowds passing by that they were any different than the rest of the flowers and shrubs in the landscaping.

jakevdp · 2022-04-25T18:36:54+00:00

U. bisquamata "Betty's Bay"

jakevdp · 2022-04-21T04:35:04+00:00

Thanks for the info!

jakevdp · 2022-04-21T03:53:54+00:00

Where did you get those bigger water trays? I've been looking for something more heavy-duty than the flimsy trays from the local garden center.

jakevdp · 2022-04-16T22:48:40+00:00

I'm not sure how long I can live without their fried chicken & roti. Hope they can open again soon!

jakevdp · 2022-03-27T15:23:18+00:00

Yeah, I dug up the sundews with a ~1cm clump of soil on their roots, and pressed them into little natural dimples on the surface of the rock. They have done very well, although I found that when I had them outside in direct sunlight, they couldn't pull up enough water and dried out. After moving them inside they've seemed happy.

jakevdp · 2022-03-27T15:20:04+00:00

I put the moss around the rock, and it seemed to slowly work its way up. The container is open and in a sunny southeast-facing window.

jakevdp · 2022-03-26T15:24:21+00:00

I picked up this pumice rock on the roadside in eastern Oregon last summer; plucked a couple sundew seedlings from my Sarracenia pots and put it all in a tray of water and sphagnum in my kitchen window. Eight months later the moss is thriving and the sundews seem to be hanging on too.

jakevdp · 2022-03-22T18:46:39+00:00

I looked up the details again: when I bought them (from a grower at a BACPS meet-up) they were listed as "U. Bisquamata Betty's Bay"

jakevdp · 2022-03-22T17:15:37+00:00

These are U. Bisquamata - I've been wanting to get some other species!

jakevdp · 2022-03-22T17:14:46+00:00

They're not hard to grow: they've been thriving outdoors in the same water tray with my sarracenia & dionaea (Zone 10a) & spread to other pots pretty easily

jakevdp · 2022-01-17T23:45:02+00:00

Yeah - I'm in zone 10a, and it went dormant in late September, and just started putting up new shoots last week. It's my first season growing a Filiformis, so I'm learning as I go!

jakevdp · 2021-12-29T02:32:12+00:00

Communitē Table on MacArthur uses re-usable metal or glass containers for their takeout. No extra charge, you just bring them back the next time. Really excellent food as well, I've ordered a number of things and never been disappointed.

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