My Purpurea just flowered

[bifurcatum]

Isnt there is a place call YG at CH? Most of the potted sarra and other cps from CH had choped "YG Quality Plant".

[isaacgoh]

cosmoking said:

isaacgoh said:

I'm sorry that I did not specify more clearly ;D

This purpurea does not spot the pitcherless leaves. Only my leucophila and another hybrid sarra. does. I have trimmed off the leaves because they look ugly. Waiting for the new white pitchers.

You should never chop off the Phyllodia! By doing that, you stop the plant photosynthesising over the Winter, and when it wakes up it will be weaker and not as vigorous as it could have been!

You shouldnt really chop them off after dormacy either, as the plant will still use them for photosynthesis.

Err...we don't have winter here. The leaves are drying at the top end, kinda messy, so I gave them a trim. New leaves seems to be pitchering after I moved the pot into a spot with more sunlight.

[isaacgoh]

bifurcatum said:

Isnt there is a place call YG at CH? Most of the potted sarra and other cps from CH had choped "YG Quality Plant".

Yes, most commercial neps comes from YG, problem is, don't know where this farm is located or whether it is accessible by car. Some farms in Cameron H. have to use those land rovers to access.

[cosmoking]

isaacgoh said:

cosmoking said:

You should never chop off the Phyllodia! By doing that, you stop the plant photosynthesising over the Winter, and when it wakes up it will be weaker and not as vigorous as it could have been!

You shouldnt really chop them off after dormacy either, as the plant will still use them for photosynthesis.

Err...we don't have winter here. The leaves are drying at the top end, kinda messy, so I gave them a trim. New leaves seems to be pitchering after I moved the pot into a spot with more sunlight.

Yes but your plants do. Without their "Winter" rest they get weak and die...which Im sure you're already aware of.

You still should not be cutting the Phyllodia off. They are there for the plant to gather energy from the sun during the Winter and by cutting them off you effectively prevent the plant from doing this. If the brown bits are really bothering you, cut off just the brown tips and leave the rest alone.

[zakhren]

The plant comes from a place that has winter. If you like it or not, if they don't get winter they will die after a few years. It's called winter dormancy. Taking a plant from a place that has winter and putting it in a tropical country doesn't mean they don't need winter. It's like saying if you went to the north pole and it was daylight for 6 months you don't need to sleep. You shouldn't chop off the normal looking leaves. It made them for a reason. And in the shade where it was it was probably going into winter dormancy. That doesn't mean we get winter... It means the plant thinks it's winter and is going to sleep. You kinda just woke it up though, which might be ok this time, but do it too much and it'll die. You should try research which plants need winter dormancy.

And carnivorous plants aren't like normal plants. You should never just give them a trim just because it looks messy. Dormant plants look very messy sometimes, sometimes they look dead but after 3 months they would wake up again.

[isaacgoh]

They have been in dormancy for too long, since I bought them last year! A summer trim is what I reckon they need now to remind them how lovely summer is.

Anyway, thanks for all the lectures and interest in this thread.

[cosmoking]

What you "reckon" the plant needs is not what it necersserily wants. :/ You may not believe me now but you will see for yourself one day.

To wake them up from dormancy in your climate, all you really need to do is to move it to a place that gets a lot more sun.