Fresh eating plants...............

[OldMarine]

By the way, that should read 'Flesh eating plants'. Has anyone here grown any Cobra lilly or any other carniverous plants around or in your pond?

I have read some information about C. plants in a floating pot in a pond. Simulating the marsh enviroment the C. plants do well in the summer time in or near a pond.

I would definately like to try a floating pot of cobra lilly in my pond this next spring. I water the irish moss and wooley thyme around my pond with deluted fish emulsion, and it attrachs flies which would be great for the Cobra lilly. I have several cascadia frogs in my back yard also, and they hang close to the pond because of the flies and the pond.

[thomasn]

those will do well for you. I couldn't do cobra lilies because I was afraid it was too hot here. I had a couple sarracenias though. I've never tried floating them in a pond, I just had a tray.

[OldMarine]

I read some information at another forum, and saw some outstanding pictures on how to float most any bog plant by using a foam ring from a craft store.

[Guyonthecanal]

I've kept some sarracenias, Spiranthes, and Calopogon orchids in a mini-bog by my pond. I'm not sure floating these in the pond would work as they like very acidic soil and very low nutrient levels. The pH of the pond may be a problem for them. There may be other marginal type plants for which this sounds like a great idea. If you get a link how to make them let us know!
Thanks

[bluebelly]

Only use pitcher plants around earthen ponds and in fish room. Indoors they rid me of my white fly and gnat problems.

[OldMarine]

Yesterday my wife and I stopped at an unusual nursary in the north end of Tacoma called 'Jungle Fever Exotics'. They have been there for many years, and despite the many online write ups and articles on Jungle Fever Exotics they still do not have a website. Right now, most eveything they have is quite dorment and there isn't much to see. In the spring and summer months they have everything from strange and unusual tropical plants to unsual cactus of all kinds.

What I was curious about seeing was if they had any carnivorous plants. They did have several sarracenias purpuria that had been setting out in the open weather all winter long nad they were doing just fine. Bare in mind, about a month ago we had temperatutres that were down in the teens for several nights in a row. I didn't get a chance to talk to the owner of Jungle Fever Exotics, but my thought is just how hardy are these sarracenia type plants? I suppose that I have more research to do on these plants. I have three different types sitting in my kitchen window waiting for spring to arrive.

Happy ponding,

Rich :Fish_tank::confuse1:

[Guyonthecanal]

Well. I 'm in New Jersey in zone 6b tp 7a and so far my two different varieties have made it through 2 winters with minimum temperatures about 0-10 oF with no problems. It really depends on the variety. I would think if you check the rated zone on the web before you get you should be fine with them outside. ( I got mine at Plant Delights Nursery online).

Interestingly there are also hardy venus fly traps (Dionaea?) although the squirrels got mine before I got a chance to see if they made it through the first winter.

[thomasn]

http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq7300.html