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Post by Flytrap on Jun 12, 2006 14:23:21 GMT -5
Here are some photos of some sarrs and one darlingtonia flower I shot this weekend. Most of the plants are growing in my bog, except the red throated s. flava, who is still potted up. Sib - some of the sarr rhizomes I sent over to you originated from some of these plants (I didn't know which varieties they were as they were not in pitcher at the time, and the labels had long been lost). My favourite is the S flava cv. 'copper top' - a nice bronzy copper lid over a healthy green tube. I also have this aberrant s. flava flower, which is shown below that shows a "loop" on each of it's petals (ie. instead of a single pendant petal, it looks like a bite had been taken out of each petal, forming a "w' shape). Quite pretty. I have a close up of it along with the whole flower set amongst some wild (self-cross pollinated) s x catesbaei (flava x rubra). I think my collection of rubras will go into full bloom next week, along with my leucophyllas. So more pics are in store. 'copper top': dimpled flower: dimpled flower close up: normal s flava flower: s purpurea flower: d californica flower: s flava mixed greens and veined forms: s flava 'veined' s flava 'red throat' Now that I can see which plants are which...I will label them, so I can avoid the embarassment of figuring out which plant is which in the spring. If any of you are interested in trading some cuttings, PM me.
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Post by brian on Jun 12, 2006 14:54:39 GMT -5
Beautiful shots! What zone are you in?
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Post by dom1234 on Jun 12, 2006 21:53:04 GMT -5
Wow, can we have a general view please? (and one from the darlingtonia)
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Post by mabudon on Jun 13, 2006 6:32:41 GMT -5
very pretty, FT- I second the desire for a couple more pics to show the "Scope" (even thought you've posted other pics of your setup, current ones are always nice) I MUST get some pics of my stuff....
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Post by Flytrap on Jun 19, 2006 15:22:57 GMT -5
Thanks all for your kind words. As requested, here are some overall views of my bog and part of the upper pond. We had a nice papa's day weekend, and I shot a few angles of my bog. Essentially, my bog collects water from the overflow of my pond (which is on three levels). So everytime a heavy rainfall occurs, the extra capacity water slides down into my bog. I had to replant sphagnum moss on top of the peat this year as the local birds created havoc with the bog when they went into heavy nest building mode. I've had my bog in this location for over 11 years, and I hope to expand it in a couple of years. My darlingtonia is not grown in this bog as they never survived in it for more than a few years. I'll scrounge up some old photos of the young bog back in 1995 when I had a large mess of darlingtonia in it. They all died during one very hot and dry summer. So the darlingtonia I have today grow in a large rubbermaid tub. However, I'm thinking of creating a new outdoor darlingtonia bog that backs onto a south fence, thus preventing the hot afternoon summer sunshine onto it's surface. The bog also used to have Nep alata grown in the crevices during some of the previous summers and cephalotus too. I'm thinking of trying it again this year ...but have been too absorbed in fixing up my Nep house (the background building in the photos). The last photo shows a close up of the local Drosera rotundifolia happily growing in my bog. They're descendants from plants I threw in the bog years ago.
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Post by zac on Jun 19, 2006 17:53:54 GMT -5
Beautiful pictures, and quite a formidable collection!!!
Thx for sharing, Zac
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Post by Flytrap on Jun 19, 2006 19:02:58 GMT -5
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Post by Flytrap on Feb 28, 2007 2:01:04 GMT -5
2007 update:Some recent shots of my bog in the winter. Much of the planted area here contains sarracenia flava, purpurea, alata, rubra, oreophylla and xchelsonii; drosera rotundifolia, anglica, binata, capensis, capillaris and intermedia. The rotundifolia and anglica has survived out here for over a decade, but I don't expect the capillaris and intermedia to survive, but binata and capensis has survived our winters in the past: Just love that snow! Most of our snow has melted... only a lot of frozen ground and tree debris everywhere. The raccoons, stellar jays and red headed woodpeckers have also been around and making a mess.
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Post by vraev on Feb 28, 2007 3:21:34 GMT -5
woah! can't wait to see that area transform back into a CP santuary Flytrap. Good luck!
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 28, 2007 8:09:47 GMT -5
I don't know what strain of D. intermedia you have, but the populations up around Killarney, Ontario have seen temps of -60 C and survived.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by tom on Feb 28, 2007 9:44:53 GMT -5
-60 C including the chilling factor?
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Post by Rick Hillier on Feb 28, 2007 10:41:40 GMT -5
Nope... that was without a wind chill. We were up at a friend's cottage on Tyson Lake when it got that cold at night for several in a row. This was in the month of February.
I'm told by people from Western Ontario (Kenora) that those temps are downright tropical compared to their lows.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by lloyd on Feb 28, 2007 11:23:18 GMT -5
I don't think I would survive those temperatures.
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