Water Gardening: Germinating bog plants, 1 by bogman

bogman wrote:
Hey E!

I had forgotten what S. oreophila looked like (A little brain dead today), so I looked it up here: http://www.2bnthewild.com/plants/H464.htm Does it not strike you funny that the picture posted below that was sold to me by Botanique as S. flava looks amazingly like S. oreophila?? Pitchers, flowers everything about the two look identical. Guess I'll have to contact Rob and Butch and see what they have to say.

The Sarracenia seed can be sown (spread on) pure peat, or peat and sand. moisten well with rain water and then seal the pot in a plastic bag in the fridge for 2-3 months (7 days is NOT enough cold). When you take them out it will take about a month for them to germinate. The Droseras should be just the same (they reseed like crazy on open peat in my bog). VFT's, can't help ya there. I've never had good luck with them from seed.

Hopefully your seed is also fresh, seed that has been dried (like Thompson and Morgan do) is pretty much worthless. They all have a higher water content than most seed and excessive drying can be detrimental.