AboutSarracenia Northwest Expertise Got a carnivorous plant problem? The growers at Sarracenia Northwest can help! Carnivorous plant experts Jeff Dallas and Jacob Farin have helped thousands of growers around the world, and they can help you too. When you submit your question, they will diagnose your situation and offer a solution to help you get your carnivorous plant back on track.
Experience With over 40 years of combined experience, Jeff and Jacob has definitely taken a straight forward approach to growing carnivorous plants. Get the straight facts from the guys who grow and propagate thousands of these plants every year.
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Instead, we help growers by diagnosing a specific plant problem and offering solutions (i.e. Why is my sundew not producing dew?; Is now a good time to divide my Sarracenia?; Why are the traps turning black?; What's a good substitute for perlite?; Why didn't my seeds germinate?; Can you identify this carnivorous plant for me?)
Question Is it something other than aphids? Am I doing something wrong? I have been using Neem II for the last month and a half, and little progress has been shows to eliminate the pest. I just can't get a nice, straight & normal leaf to form on my flava cuprea, which is looking pretty sad for the middle of the summer. Watering with distilled, 50:50 peat moss/perlite, and in full sun. Is it something in the pyrethrin/neem based insecticide, or some other pest? I just cant seem to find Ortho S.I.K. for a systemic in any stores, so are there any other systemic alternatives? The photo shows somewhat insect damage, with the flava's 2 tallest leaves having already been emerging when I recieved it in the mail. This is also a minor case with my leucophylla to the left.
Answer Hi Ted,
Thanks for sending the photo. Your plants look perfectly normal and healthy. I see new growth, colors are good, and I can even see the Venus flytrap flower on the left. I can see a perfectly normal new leaf forming on the flava in the foreground. What does happen this time of year is Sarracenia flava begins to produce phyllodia, non-carnivorous leaves. They look like flat leaves, or partially formed pitchers. S. leucophylla does this mid-summer to be followed by the best leaves in the late summer or early fall. Otherwise, I don't see anything wrong with your plants.
