D. cistiflora "companion"

[bud]

This plant came dormant from a well known retailer. I have fed it a few times with rehydrated fish food flakes and each time it puts on a nice show and growth. I should probably feed it more, just didn't want to overdue it to start. Usually too much care results in the highest mortality for my plants!

I am wondering what those little tufts to the left of this picture are? They look nice now, but would it be a good idea to weed them out?

[marcel]

Common weed, just pull it out before it reproduces.

[ICPS-bob]

It is a weed that can become a big pest. Pull it out and get rid of it!

[bud]

Thanks guys! I'm getting it out now.

[jdallas]

I believe it's called Irish Moss (not really a moss, however) and is used as a ground cover in yards and landscaping. I'll second what everyone else said and get rid of it. It is like spreads like a cancer in a greenhouse.

Jeff

[coline]

I may differ from you guys as I also got some with a plant shipped here once, and it grows very nice and is a good addition in color to a sarracenia garden or nepenthes, if regular moss does not grow in your place, this plant will, and it is really easy to take out whenever you do not like it more.
It prevents bigger pests (as Ferns are to CP pots) to arrive and grow.

[hcarlton]

Ferns are not quite what I'd call pests, they're even good companions in some cases to Nepenthes. Irish moss, however, is a carpet plant and will take over the pot surface. While not a direct detriment to large plants like Sarracenia, it is still a headache when repotting and cleaning, smaller plants like sundews can get choked out, and the flower heads tend to turn into an unsightly mess in short order.