Question
Hello, I was wondering how long it generally takes for pitchers on N. sanguinea
to fully develop and "open" for business. I've been watching one new pitcher
on my plant for about a month now, and the lid on this pitcher doesn't seem to
have fully detached yet from the base. Any comments/thoughts?

Answer
Hi Thomas,

Roughly a month is about how long it takes a pitcher to develop and open.  Like so many things concerning plants though, this depends much on your growing conditions.  Also pitchers don't always develop uniformly.  It very common for a  plant that has undergone transiton to produce some malformed pitchers before producing normal ones.  I had a large N. sanguinea growing in a sunny, west facing bedroom window that produced no pitchers at first when placed there.   (It was put there in the winter.)  In the mid spring it produced a few odd lidless pitchers, then by midsummer it was making large robust pitchers.

In short, it sounds like your plant is doing fine.  Just give it time.


Good Growing!

Jeff Dallas
Sarracenia Northwest
http://www.cobraplant.com