I'm not sure what the problem is, but I just had to ask WHERE DID YOU GET THAT??? That is one gorgeous hunk of sarracenia!

also, are you sure it is pure S purp?

I bought it here in Europe at a dutch online shop. I bought it as a Sarracenia purpurea 'Barbapapa'. From what I read on ebay about this Sarr. it doesn't lose many pitchers in winter ,that might explain why it looks like it does.

and it says :Sarracenia x purpurea hybrid barbapapa

If I have the time tomorrow(it's 11.30 pm here)I'll make a picture of what the plant looks like now.

Barbapapa :) -brings back childhood memories.

If you don't mind clarifying, are the old pitchers falling over and the new pitchers growing upright or did the pitchers that flopped over stand back up again? The natural habit of the prostrate Sarras and many of their hybrids is for the new pitchers to start growing at an upright angle and then become more prostrate as the pitchers age. If the pitchers flopped over and stood back up, it could be like a loss of turgidity due to dehydration. Perhaps they weren't getting enough water or the humidity was substantially lower compared to where they were previously growing. If you bought the plant bare rooted it may have been caused by transplant shock.

Wow! That is one gorgeous plant! How big is it? The Sarracenia x purpurea 'barbapapa' was developed by a grower in Europe and so the plant is available over there. As far as I know, it is a complex hybird of S. purpureas and some other species, not much information on them. Hey, take good care of it, when it sprout pups. Maybe you would be willing to trade them.

Anyways, Sarracenias leaves are usually upright when the leaf are anchored close to the growing tip. But as it grows, the rhizome thickens and the area where the leaf is anchored on the rhizome expands and also gets pushed aside by new leaves sprouting. So it causes the old leaves to lean closer to the ground, almost like the scales of an artichoke, so they 'open' up. That's normal, don't worry about it. All Sarracenias do that.

But nice plant!

Happy growing!

The plant I bought WAS bare rooted so that might be it. I checked daily to make sure it was always standing in plenty of water so it didn't happen because it was running out of it.
As for size when it was flopped open like that it was about 10 inches wide, now the pitchers are standing up again it isn't as wide anymore.
The plant now looks like this:
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I love the way it looks so full, I guess if I don't kill it this winter it might look even better next year.

VERY nice plant! I love Purps! Mine spend the winter in the fridge.