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Post by jamesp on Apr 11, 2013 18:44:22 GMT -5
Back about Jan 20 just after trimming  A couple of days ago.They bloom first,then put up their foliage  These are the early bloomers.This yellow bloomer is Sarracenia Alata and found in S.Alabama to S.Louisiana.  This is a red hybrid of S.Purpurea.The same variety Juggleguy clicked a pic off on the shore of Lake Michigan.It has spread as a nuiscance all over the Swiss Alps,an unlikely habitat.Naturally occuring in west Florida.   This is a naturally occurring double bloom of S.Luecophylla  |
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Post by Donnie's Rocky Treasures on Apr 11, 2013 18:56:13 GMT -5
Wow! Those are so dang cool!!! Do you raise them for sale or as a hobby?
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Post by jamesp on Apr 11, 2013 19:06:58 GMT -5
Both Donnie.They represent about 10 percent of my sales.For 20 years.They cross breed where their territories overlap.About all in SE US.Maybe 100 hybrids between man and nature.
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Post by droseraguy on Apr 11, 2013 19:24:11 GMT -5
Looking good !
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Post by helens on Apr 13, 2013 18:57:22 GMT -5
Those are gorgeous!!!
How long do the blooms last? Is it a short period of time?
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Post by jamesp on Apr 13, 2013 19:58:46 GMT -5
The pink part falls off quick.The rest of the bloom stays all season.The yellow 4 petals that hang lowest-same thing-they will fall quick.In the center of the bloom is a ball about 3/4 inch that will have about 50-100 seeds about the size of sesame seeds.They germinate easy.Part of the bloom serves as an umbrella to keep seed ball dry apparently.
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Post by helens on Apr 14, 2013 1:38:38 GMT -5
How cool is that:)? I have gotten carnivorous plants before... and I killed them all because I can't remember to water things. Water plants are THE BEST:)!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 7:41:16 GMT -5
The water helps,especially in the oven of Florida.Water gardens are perfect for those of us that can't remember or hate watering.The carnivorous plants do well in those floating islands.May have to build more water garden space for such.
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Post by Sabre52 on Apr 14, 2013 8:35:48 GMT -5
Very cool plants! Some of those look otherworldly, like something from a sci-fi film.....Mel
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Post by beefjello on Apr 14, 2013 9:27:46 GMT -5
Those are beautiful Jim! I see in that last pic the spiders are in competition with the plants for dinner.
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 9:31:34 GMT -5
The spiders and plants get along well.Honor amongst killers:>They are both lay and waiters...
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 10:41:15 GMT -5
![]() [/img]This is one of the more robust pitcher plants(S.Luechophylla).A large territory has allowed it to cross with other varieties giving them a white top too.And the white top gives it deadlier than ever advantage-on bright moonlit nights.They fill up on moonlit nites due to their brightness since insects are attracted to light at night.I have to close the green house doors during sell season on bright moon nights or the pitchers will all be laying on the floor weighted down full of moths and ruining the plant for a sell.Sort of a Jenny Craig situation.Last year photo.  The yellow pitcher to the left with a red ring around it's throat is S.Flava.Found in W.Florida,S.Georgia,S.Alabama.I found it almost 4 feet tall in the massive Okeefenokee swamp of S.Georgia-full of bug and frog skeletons.The tall skinny pitchers behind the Flavas are S.Alatas as described above w/the early yellow blooms.S.Flava and S.Alata cross polinate in my beds consantly creating a plant we call Allotaflava hoho.S.Luechophylla's white tops on the right.The chunky one up front is uh...low growing S.Purpurea(pink bloom above) and a cross between 2 tall ones i can't remember.So it is half tall.I is slow to reproduce-a shame.Crosses share their features clearly and like DNA you can tell who has been fooling around with who:>Photo is from last year  |
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 10:55:17 GMT -5
This white topped pitcher(S.Luechophylla) has a distinct advantage-a white top.On moonlit nights it fills up with moths-attracted to the reflection of the moon.I have to close the green house doors on moonlit nights to keep these gluttons from filling up and laying on the floor rendering them unsellable.A Jenny Craig sort of treatment. They are prolific and overlap a lot of varieties sharing their white tops and veins with others.They will cross with S.Flava,S.Alata and probably others creating S.Moorei mixes.The most famous being S.Moorei var. Lea Wilkerson-a giant.These were purchased from Ag-Starts and not collected from the wild.A highly illegal practice.Photos from last year. |
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Post by snuffy on Apr 14, 2013 11:06:07 GMT -5
Now,those are real fine!beautiful
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 11:23:52 GMT -5
Deadly too,Snuffy:>
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Post by snuffy on Apr 14, 2013 11:28:36 GMT -5
Don't trip and fall in them!!
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Post by jamesp on Apr 14, 2013 11:40:57 GMT -5
They have made me vomit when trimming the dead foliage by the hundreds in Febraury.Smell of rotten flesh is horrible.They are full of acidic syrup and dissolving bug flesh.Worse than road kill.They smell at any point in the digestion process if you cut their belly open.
They will over eat if you put a spot light on them at night.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 15, 2013 18:19:38 GMT -5
dang. I have always wanted carnivorous plants. Beautiful pics whattaya get for those moonflowers; S. leucophylla?
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Post by jamesp on Apr 15, 2013 20:39:51 GMT -5
$108 per flat in 4 inch $15 for 6 inch Wholesale min order 200 units(just kidding)
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Post by Toad on Apr 15, 2013 21:02:17 GMT -5
Love them. Don't think they'd do too well in Cleveland...
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