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07-04-2003, 11:32 AM

In article ,
(Alastair) writes:
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| Are there any genuinely hardy southern hemisphere carnivorous
| plants?
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| I'm sure there are, you'd have to see which species lived in the
| cooler regions of S.America/New Zealand....

Yes. That means Stewart Island or the Southern Alps in the latter
case, of course.

| Why should Sarracenia and Darlingtonia be more tender here than
| in the USA? It can't be the dislike of wet!
|
| I've not experienced them being more tender. The plants I bought were
| from a guy in Notts. with a huge bog garden that was flourishing. This
| includes S. alata X flava and S. purpurea as well as Darlingtonia.
| Most of the reports I've read of people failign with Darlingtonia seem
| to point to the cause being the plants weren't kept cool enough...

That makes sense. But I have read in several places that they need
protection, and can't understand why.

| Why are carnivorous plants regarded as necessarily glasshouse
| plants by so many writers? They aren't in Scotland!
|
| Possibly a throwback to the Victorian practice of keeping them in hot
| houses. Perfectly valid in the case of Nepenthes.

Very likely.

| If you're interested in further reading I'd recommend 'The Savage
| Garden' by Peter D'Amato.

Thanks. I will.

Nick.