Post by pinhead on Apr 11, 2015 23:13:54 GMT -5
I know my old friend David Wong posted pictures of his visits to Hawaiian Botanicals (link here)in 2007 and 2014 but I thought I would post some current ones. I was out their way getting some parts for my DIY laminar flow hood and popped in to see what was new. I ended up taking home four different varieties of Mexican Pings and one Utricularia to try to get into tissue culture.
First of all, Jack and Jeannie would like to clear the air about cutting back on the carnivorous plant part of the business. They were very busy in the fall with plants they obtained from the Urban Bog and are now busy with shipments of other plants they are selling on their website. The confusion may have arose with the fact that they are not putting in an order to Borneo Exotics this year. They have a very healthy collection of CP's - some for sale, some not, perhaps some for sale in the future (including a couple of genera that a lot of people are clamoring for). They have so many flytraps, they are actually having a sale on them.
Flytraps
More flytraps
Even more flytraps
These ones are ready for sale
A corner of one of the greenhouses with a bunch of multifidas
More Sundews and some Sarracenia hybrids
I didn't take pictures of the Sarracenia greenhouse, but I did get a shot of these purpureas outside. I thought I had one of the few examples of the Sarracenia purpurea native to British Columbia. These are found in two spots around Fort St John in northern BC - one colony the same latitude as Juneau Alaska. I know the history of these plants. They were collected in the 1990's outside the ecological reserve by Randy Lamb who was at SFU. The originals were passed onto a few a few people in the Vancouver area. I have one plant that has not done much for years. Jack and Jeannie's are thriving. This is one of a few flats they have.
Nepenthes
Nepenthes
and finally few from their private collection
Unfortunately, the hamata from their private collection did not have a pitcher. And no, they are not propagating it for future sales.
PS. Here's David's old picture of the hamata