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Sarracenia Velvet Pitcher Plants
The large showy flowers are bright crimson to maroon, and mildly fragrant. They often bend upward after pollination. With proper care, Sarracenia Velvet generally blooms from March to April before the pitchers fully develop.
Insects, attracted by the colorful pitchers and nectar around the lip, will fall into the large hollow pitcher tubes and find it impossible to climb back out due to fine downward pointing hairs.
full sun
You can water very heavily, so the bottom third, or even half of the pot stands in the excess water. The native home for these plants are bogs or marshes which are constantly damp and wet. Sarracenia tend to have a thirst and this combined with the hopefully sunny spot (see above) you're trying to grow it in will mean regular watering is a must.