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Hey me again I got a question which is ahead of time but I was wondering cause I bought a real beauty (darlingtonia mountain variety ) on ebay its medium sized one with adult pitchers about six inches tall for 25bucks anyways does darlingtonia need cold dormancy or can I just grow it year round outside like my sarracenias or do I provide it artificial dormancy with my flytraps and how much time (just an opinion) should I put my flytraps and if u say yes darlingtonia in artificial dormancy. thanks!
Hi Yulian,
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Darlingtonia should have a dormancy period. In their native Siskiyou mountain habitats they frequently get snow. If you live at a higher elevation in Puerto Rico, like in the coffee growing regions, you might be able to grow them like the Sarracenia. If not, artificial dormancy is a good idea.
Good luck and let us know how it goes. Do lots of top watering with cool water. I'd also recommend keeping them under about 30% shadecloth, or slightly dapple sun near trees. They won't want total shade, however. In the wild they usually grow in full to part sun.
Good Growing!
Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com
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