Sarracenia Dormancy Questions

As Lloyd said, ICPS and Barry Rice's FAQ both indicate that dormancy is optional for S. rosea, I grew a few from seed and am trying them out in my plant tank to see if it holds true. I think the difficult thing with the SE US species (such as flytraps ect.) needing or not needing dormancy is the question of what exactly qualifies as a sufficient dormancy period. It's possible that plants that were grown "without dormancy" were still experiencing environmental conditions that triggered a dormant period (a cool windowsill in the northeast may present similar conditons to a panhandle winter). My plant tank is hot (25c+) all year round and only has a two hour deviation in photoperiod (14 summer/12 winter), so I suspect the plant may still decline in the long term, but there's only one way to find out.
 
Peatmoss said:
As Lloyd said, ICPS and Barry Rice's FAQ both indicate that dormancy is optional for S. rosea, I grew a few from seed and am trying them out in my plant tank to see if it holds true. I think the difficult thing with the SE US species (such as flytraps ect.) needing or not needing dormancy is the question of what exactly qualifies as a sufficient dormancy period. It's possible that plants that were grown "without dormancy" were still experiencing environmental conditions that triggered a dormant period (a cool windowsill in the northeast may present similar conditons to a panhandle winter). My plant tank is hot (25c+) all year round and only has a two hour deviation in photoperiod (14 summer/12 winter), so I suspect the plant may still decline in the long term, but there's only one way to find out.
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Does it not need dormancy in order to bloom?
 
The University of Georgia has been growing their Sarrs for nearly 30 years in their tropical greenhouse room. The temps never drop in any serious manner. They do receive ambient photo-period shifts though. That seems to do it for them. I suspect that's a major cue and it might be possible to maintain them in a home environment with only decreased photo-period. But I've not tried.
 
Apoplast said:
The University of Georgia has been growing their Sarrs for nearly 30 years in their tropical greenhouse room. The temps never drop in any serious manner. They do receive ambient photo-period shifts though. That seems to do it for them. I suspect that's a major cue and it might be possible to maintain them in a home environment with only decreased photo-period. But I've not tried.
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Very interesting! Do you know what type of sarracenias they keep that way?
 
daniella3d said:
Do you know what type of sarracenias they keep that way?
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They have something like 25-30 plants. Some pretty rare stuff. But, in terms of the big question mark in my mind - I don't know if they keep northern populations of S. purpurea. I'll try to remember to ask next time I talk to the curator there.
 
Hello, I have a beautiful S. Leucophylla x purpurea (I think, see photo). 1. It needs to be repotted because I can see 3 growth points. When should I do it? Does it matter? 2. Will this overwinter for me in Alberta? What an I supposed to do? I don't want to lose it. My house is too warm I'm sure, garage too cold. Thank you in advance for the advice.
 

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Good looking plant.
Best to over winter in the garage, coldframe, even the basement. Alberta can gets to cold for to long for most Sarracenia.
 
Some people are experimenting with Sarr's and VFT's without dormancy.
The fridge is also an idea if you have space. Might be hard to keep the garage at over 1°C.
 
YOu can't put it directly in the fridge though, let it come into dormancy outside then you can put it in the fridge.
 
I never divided my sarracenias in the fall so not sure about that one. I usually prefer to split them in spring or during an active growing phase. Maybe someone else could answer that one. I would be afraid that if I do it right before it goes into dormancy, that it could not recover from the wound and would maybe rot. If you do it now, it might set the plant back a bit, but it would have time to heal before going into dormancy. Maybe I am wrong about that, not sure. I do prefer to divide my plants in spring, just before they start growing. I you don't have the choice, you could do it right away.
 
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