Cobra Lily Seeds

Ease to Grow: Moderate to difficultDormancy: RequiredNative Range: Serpentine streams of Western coastal CA and ORZones: 6-9 (5-10) Darlingtonia californica or the Cobra Lily is in a class by itself among North American pitcher plants. It's tall, twisting lime-green tubes form a bulbous hood with numerous large windows. An appendage resembling a forked tongue hangs from the opening on the underside of the hood. Generally a lime-green, it develops a red tint in full sun. The hoods are richly laced with large white areoles (windows). Its twisting traps are the most complex of all pitcher plants. Darlingtonia is clump forming, and with underground stolons, develop a nice colony in time. It grows in serpentine gravel soils along cold, fast running mountain streams in zones 6-9. Darlingtonia struggles in cultivation where its roots are not kept wet and cool (50s°F). Despite this challenge, the Cobra Lily is a curious, and much sought-after specimen. Flowers are yellow and bell-shaped, resem