Trumpet Pitcherplant ‘Sarracenia Psittacina Giant’

The Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ is one of the American pitcher-plants of the Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ the eastern part of the US and from Canada. The horn-shaped snares of the Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ lie close and almost horizontally on the soil. Under high light intensity the snares turn deep-red in colour. When an insect is trapped in the snare, it is misled in its search for a way out. For in these snares light is transmitted through so-called ‘windows’ and when insects try to crawl out through those ‘windows’ instead of the way out they end up still deeper into the snare. A web of hairs keeps the insects from moving, whereupon finally they are digested by the plant. If the Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ in the wild is temporary flooded by heavy rainfall, it will even catch tadpoles and water insects. The flowers of this Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ are red and have a very special structure. Araflora has the right potting media for the cultivation of this exclusive Sarracenia psittacina ‘XL’ for sale.