In the middle of a bog in the New Forest...2...

[Deer Stalker]

For those who remember my thread showing the Pitcher Plant in the New Forest last year....

In amongst the Cross-leaved Heather, Bog Myrtle, Bog Asphodels & Sundews is this little monster.....









There are five plants on one Sphagnum hummock. These plants have been established some years now.
Sorry for the dodgy photos...took them quickly this evening.

[ron1863]

Nice shots, I've only ever seen the venus fly trap at the garden centres, do they grow in Scotland??

[aeshna5]

Looks very at home there. I always thought they couldn't tolerate temperatures much below zero, so must be hardier than I thought. I've seen Pitchers, Sarracenia spp, a few times naturalised.

[Tiggrx]

I saw one in the New Forest about 15 years ago, would be interesting to know if it is the same plant/descendent of same plant or if someone regularly plants them

[tigger]

These aren't native are they? I have trouble keeping one alive on my kitchen windowsill in winter.... how on earth do these survive. Very weird!

[RobSutton]

Originally Posted by Deer Stalker

For those who remember my thread showing the Pitcher Plant in the New Forest last year....

In amongst the Cross-leaved Heather, Bog Myrtle, Bog Asphodels & Sundews is this little monster.....









There are five plants on one Sphagnum hummock. These plants have been established some years now.
Sorry for the dodgy photos...took them quickly this evening.

Thanks for posting these, absolutely fascinating, and the photos are pretty good too.

[Wild-Woman]

Very interesting. As already said, I wouldn't have thought they'd survive. How or more likely who would have transported them there? Someone experimenting perhaps?

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Very interesting. As already said, I wouldn't have thought they'd survive. How or more likely who would have transported them there? Someone experimenting perhaps?

No Doubt about it Jules. No idea who though, maybe even the same people who planted the Pitcher plants?

[Deer Stalker]

Originally Posted by Tiggrx

I saw one in the New Forest about 15 years ago, would be interesting to know if it is the same plant/descendent of same plant or if someone regularly plants them

PM coming your way matey.

[tigger]

Was it you Deer Stalker???? The mystery deepens!