Ever since I put the Nepenthes out for the warmer weather outside, they've been producing lots of new pitchers. Here are some pictures...
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By now, all of my carnivorous plants that grow only during the warmer months have emerged from dormancy. The tuberous Drosera have retreated to their subterranean lairs.
To my surprise, my Drosera macrophylla has flowered this tuberous Drosera growing season. The plant is on the small side compared with what Peter D'Amato in The Savage Garden stated as the approximate diameter of Drosera macrophylla (4-6 inches), yet I was greeted with 5 white flowers this January.
The tuberous Drosera have emerged from the subterranean homes they've stayed in for the past several months!
Back in September, I cut some Drosera tracyi leaves that had fallen over and put them into test tubes filled with distilled water (on 9/8/19). I kept these under lights indoors. The cuttings seemed really eager to grow; they started shooting out roots while they were still in the test tube after only about a month. On 10/12/19 I planted them into peat. Here is what they look like about 5 weeks later:
This June, my family visited Atlanta Botanical Gardens. This post is Part 1 and will cover Sarracenia, Drosera, Dionaea, and Pinguicula. Basically, the outdoor CP collection at Atlanta Botanical Gardens.
A variety of carnivorous plants stretch and send out their flowers with the arrival of spring...
As the temperature warms up and the days get longer, temperate plants are waking up from their winter slumber. Sarracenia flava, as usual, was the first to begin sending up a flower stalk (in early Feb). A flower bloomed just last week...
I just added some tuberous Drosera to my collection! My collection now includes a D. macrophylla and a D. ramellosa "Pink flower" from California Carnivores. The fan-leaved ramellosa is particularly attractive, and the rosetted tuberous sundews' inflorescence are more interesting compared to the flower stalk structure of something like D. capensis. Photos of plants below:
I took a D. binata leaf cutting the day I received the plant. I was surprised to find that two weeks later, several plantlets had already appeared from the leaf! Below is a photo of some binata plantlets potted up. Hopefully they'll grow well. Currently they are covered by sandwich wrap under compact fluorescent bulbs next to my P sethos.
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