May 2012

[meizzwang]

next few pics are S. flava var. rubricorpora near Sumatra, Liberty Co, FL:









S. flava var. rugelii pics-these traps are monsters, but it's hard to tell from the picture:



S. flava Brunswick Co, NC-I suppose this is an ornata-ish type clone? Looks like a cuprea back crossed with flava var. flava to me. This population has some cupreas:


S. oreophila clone #4:



Tub of S. oreophilas growing strong. Many different clones in here. Interestingly, the red throat and super-veined clones all look very boring right now, but their dark red colors will shine in mid to late summer:



S. flava var. cuprea 'Best clone'-definitely by far my favorite cuprea clone-always performs well year after year:



Another shot:



A different clone of S. flava var. cuprea, originally from Lois Ochs. This one is spectacular, and has a beautiful coppery color that lightly paints the body of the trap:



another shot:


Same clone:



One last shot:



S. flava var. ornata f-1 (Prince George Co, VA x Bulloch Co, GA):



S. leucophylla Hurricane Creek White clone E-blindingly white! A year ago, the spring pitchers had some pink in them, but this year,spring pitchers are totally white:



S. leucophylla Hurricane Creek white clone A-look at all that red pigment on the trap! These plants are mysterious-in the fall, the traps on this plant were solid white:



Pic from last fall-there are 6 traps in the front center of the photo-those are all clone A!:


S. jonesii flower:



S. rubra wherryi 'Best clone'-can't begin to explain how wonderfully fragrant these flowers are-smell like raspberries:



S. rubra ssp. rubra Shallotte, Brunswick Co, NC. Such a tiny flower packs an incredible amount of sweet fragrance:


S. rubra ssp. gulfensis from the extinct radiotower site, Okaloosa Co, FL. Notice the lighter colors on the tips of the petals:


S. purpurea ssp. venosa (brunswick red x venosa)-hard to tell in the photo, but the flower stalk on this thing is almost 2 feet long-pretty insane contrast to such a compact, squat plant: Fragrance is mild but sweet:


S. leucophylla Hurricane Creek white flower-love how bright red those petals are:

[swampdonkey]

Ugh, it just seems pointless to post pics after this. We need to take a vote regarding Mike. I vote he's only allowed to post sub par, grainy, and out of focus images!

Oh how I love those rubricorpora....

[meizzwang]

LOL technically, the first photo is out of focus

Aw man, I was hoping that by posting pics, it would encourage others to do the same. C'mon everyone, don't be shy-let's see what's growing in your collections!

[meizzwang]

Per swampdonkey's request, here are some slightly out of focus/grainy pictures

Collection overview taken a few days ago-overall, still looks about the same as april, but with a little more growth:



Another shot that was recently taken:



Upper portion of the collection-there's more hybrids up here, so that's why the pool in the foreground seems a bit more filled in for this time of the year:



S. flava var. rubricorpora near sumatra, liberty Co, FL:



Grainy/out of focus shot of S. leucophylla tub in full bloom, dedicated to swampdonkey ;D:




I actually do grow venus fly traps:

[swampdonkey]

Mike, I was thinking more along the lines of this quality.




How many years do you get out of those pools before needing to be replaced?

[meizzwang]

LOL very funny swampdonkey I'll do my best to take some more pics like that.

yeah, those kiddy pools don't last very long-it really depends on the quality of the plastic. Some only last a year, and I no longer buy those anymore. The ones I have last between 3-4 years. It would be nice to not use these pools, but the property owners shut down the idea of building wooden boxes with pond liner. I suppose they're used to the pools, and even with several pictures and diagrams, I couldn't convince them to change their minds.

[nico]

spectacular Mike! i like it very much!

[meizzwang]

Thanks Nico

Here's some more pics:

S. flava var. ornata and rubricorporas:


S. oreophila:



Another shot:




One last one:






S. flava var. cuprea Lois's clone-this plant is just amazing-can't get over how colorful it is:



Spring pitchers from an S. minor var. okefenokeensis:




S. leuco red x minor giant flowers:



Another shot:




S. jonesii flowers:




S. rubra ssp. rubra near Shallotte, Brunswick Co, NC flowers:

[nico]

flowers! *_*
thanks for sharing Mike!

[swampdonkey]

Very fond of those minor giants... *insert drool*

[cody]

mike, i love the flowers on the leuco red x minor giant and the jonesii. i cut all my flowers off this year, since all my plants were divided.

here's a few pics of the bogs i just planted

[meizzwang]

great setup Cody! Looks like you have some pretty coveted clones in there as well-looking forward to seeing how it looks later this season.

[meizzwang]

Here's a couple more shots of some S. flava var. rubricporporas-it was a cloudy day, but the light was bright, so it seemed like the perfect chance to snap these pictures. This was the first cloudy day in a while!







And here's S. x Adrian Slack-not at its best colors since it was transplanted/divided this year, but still looks pretty decent:


And last but not least, another shot of S. flava var. cuprea from Lois's collection-some contend that since the body has color, it's not a cuprea...who knows:

[meizzwang]

S. flava var. flava near Sneads Ferry, Onslow Co, NC-really love these two shots:






S. purpurea ssp. purpurea f. heterophylla:


Another shot:




S. flava var. maxima:


Closer view:


One last one:




S. montana-almost looks like it's glowing too:

[kiwiearl]

The flava var. maxima really stands out among the other veined pitchers. Kinda glows....