Re: dryness requirements for various Sarr. species...

From: Prem Subrahmanyam (prems@noblestar.net)
Date: Fri Apr 14 2000 - 14:57:04 PDT


Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:57:04 -0400
From: Prem Subrahmanyam <prems@noblestar.net>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
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Subject: Re: dryness requirements for various Sarr. species...

At 03:55 AM 4/14/2000 -0700, John Green wrote:
>
>> From: "Doug Barrett and Laura Ratti" <dougnlaura@earthlink.net>
>> Hi all. I just completed a backyard bog and would like some
>feedback
>> on what level of "wetness" the different Sarracinia species prefer.
>
>I had the same question a couple months ago. Andrew Marshall was kind
>enough to respond with the following information:
>
>S. leucophylla - drier
>S. flava - drier
>S. alata - intermediate to drier
>S. purpurea ssp. purpurea - wet to intermediate
>S. oreophila - dry
>
>Also, Carl Mazur's web site says that S. minor and S. rubra grow in
>drier areas, while the Okee Giant form of S. minor, S. psittacina and S.
>purpurea ssp. venosa grow in the wetter areas.
>

Many of these species grow natively in my area (northern FL)...here's what
I've observed in the wild:

S. flava - grows from very wet (standing water) to fairly moist...this
is the most ubiquitous Sarr here.
S. leucophylla - same...the population closest to me has them growing
in standing water.
S. minor - can grow a little drier, but the soil must still be consistently
(and considerably) moist. These can tolerate occasional dry spells better
than others, but get "stressed" in these conditions.
S. psittacina - grows a little wetter than minor
S. purpurea - grows a little wetter than minor as well.

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