White-Topped Pitcherplant (Sarracenia leucophylla) | Carnivorous Plants
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Our quest to feature every pitcher plant species native to the U.S. continues! In this episode, we highlight one of the most beautiful carnivorous plant species -- the White-Topped Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia leucophylla).
While fascinating all by itself, wait until you see what we found inside!
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I absolutely adore the videos of these carnivorous plants on your channel! I hope you intend to create more of them.
Thanks so much for the feedback. Glad to hear they are not getting repetitive. 🙂
@@WildWanderShow Definitely not repetitive! I love seeing them and hearing all about them, and your passion for what you are doing is inspiring.
Three years ago, visited the Darlingtonia Wayside in Oregon to view the famous _Darlingtonia californica,_ or cobra lily. These plants growing in their natural habitat were the tallest cobra lilies I have ever seen! In nurseries, these plants rarely grow two feet tall, but those growing in that Wayside bog were easily over three feet long!
Last year I visited the Sundew Trail & the Big Thicket National Preserve Pitcher Plant Trail at Warren Texas to view the spotlight of the show, the pale pitcher plants or _Sarracenia alata._ What mesmerized me was the variety of colors among the plants: copper colors pitchers, yellow pitchers with striking veins, or completely red pitchers, the lids were usually normal for the species, but there were the red ones, which had the lids extending further out & drooping.
There were many _Drosera capillaris_ growing around the pitchers, & one lone cluster of _Pinguicula pumila._ I also had the honor to pick up a hitchhiker, the last thing I wanted. I got bitten by the lone star tick. Fortunately, nothing came out of that!
I've been to those same places! They are American treasures. There's nothing like seeking out wild, species-rich places and the adventures that come along with that. Keep up the exploring!
@@peterkleinhenz I will!
Thanks! I'm planning with my family, to visit Green Swamp in North Carolina, of course, I'll be stopping at Texas to view the Solar Eclipse on April 8th next year.
A habitat, within a habitat, within a habitat. Nature is nuts.
Wouldn’t the nutrients be broke down into smaller forms after the fires? Resulting in more nutrients in a simpler form for plants to use?
I have a pond I root my plants in, has plants growing in it, but I use the flowing water to feed my carnivorous plants constantly. I use sphagnum moss for the wicking effect. To me the carnivorous plants do like the excess nutrients on their roots, but only it’s those minerals are already broke down.
However if you use a store bought fertilizer you will kill your carno plant
Technically speaking, you're probably right although I'm not sure how long the underlying moss would hold those nutrients for a given plant. The way fires really benefit these plants is by increasing the amount of light the plants receive, which boosts their color which, in turn, boosts their attractiveness to certain insects.
And you're spot-on about the fertilizer. These plants are adapted to low nutrients...too much will kill them!
@@peterkleinhenz science experiment time. Bc of this conversation I think I’m going to test watered down milorganite and black strap molasses in the same way. Both watered down should, based on my understanding, allow the plant to survive and grow just fine.
I currently use a bowl to hold the sphagnum that has one quarter size small hole in the bottom. I highly doubt the current situation is losing nutrients in a pond that becomes consume by hair algae when not on algaecide. The hair algae specifically loves the high iron in my tap water. Carnivorous plant is unaffected by the algaecide.
I believe that carnivorous plants don’t have the same capability to break down solid substrates like many other plants, resulting in a view by most that these don’t need the fertilizes, more so after plants die. I personally think those nutes need to be more simplified for this type of plant
Both products I mentioned above have been cooked by fire. Still a solid, but also it’s been burned to a more simple form that doesn’t burn most plants(I always mix with water to bleed the stuff).
@@ChrisChurch161 Please let me know the result!
Ominous Music** Wtf?
A program is used to create the subtitles, so sometime it can be a little...off.
Poor wasp........
I know :-/ At least the plant got a meal!