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Fast growing with large yellow flowers in mid-summer. Under the compost surface there is a tangle of stems and bladders.
My pictures show a distinct peak in flowering during August which isn't so evident in the greenhouse in the latter half of summer. I have grown it for so long that I don't have records of where I got it from originally. In that time it has grown easily and vigorously in the Sarracenia water troughs, needing thinning out from time to time. Under cold glass it has not suffered in winter but I have only just started to experiment with growing it in a tub outside. Plants of the World online says: "The native range of this species is Brazil to NE. Argentina. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome." Carlton Carnivores say: "This South American species is rather unique in simultaneously developing two distinctly different types of leaves, one set an elongate ovular ground-hugging type that will blanket the soil, and the other (often produced along the edges of the pot here, interestingly), a tall, grass-like blade up to 6" or more tall. Exposure to strong seasonal changes supposedly should trigger development of stalks that sport several moderately sized, lemon-yellow flowers." |
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