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Questions and Answers: 2014

Question: We have a small pot with pitcher plants that we purchased at a Lowe's store in North Carolina. We kept …

  • Question

    We have a small pot with pitcher plants that we purchased at a Lowe's store in North Carolina. We kept them alive indoors through the winter. Recently a totally unusual to us, plant came up in the same pot. It is not a pitcher plant and we have never seen anything like it. Apparently there was a seed or spore or something in the soil that the pitcher plants came in. It has a mildly "stinky" fragrance, but one has to get very close to notice it. It is not a strong fragrance. Here it is: tha

    Answer

    jhoughton, do you have an image you can post of the plant? Without this, it is nearly impossible to help you with your question. If you are having difficulty posting one, you may email one to me at gobotany@newenglandwild.org.