Splinter Hill Bog, September 2016
Jan 17, 2017 17:16:22 GMT -5
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Post by calen on Jan 17, 2017 17:16:22 GMT -5
There are a few different SH threads on here now, but I for one never get tired of seeing the place! That day we had quite the itinerary (look out for some of our other stops in threads to come). We knew SH would be good, but we had no idea it would be THIS good. Trey had visited in June (thread: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/3278/baldwin-al-splinter-hill-bog ) and the site was looking a little thick since the last burn was in spring 2014 (thread on that visit here: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/2809/splinter-hill-bog-june-2014 ), so we expected a "decent" crop even though grass thatch and low shrubs would probably reduce pitcher production a little. I mean, come on, its Splinter Hill, how bad could it be? We roll in super late - we would be lucky to make it to the "cotton field" before sundown so we had to hurry. As we trotted along we noticed that everything had been burned recently. What? Did they burn in July or August? Did they burn the whole place?? Sure enough, everywhere we walked the understory had been cleared out by the flames. We weren't certain that the main bog area had also gotten burned, but we were also starting to realize that we had seriously f***ed up not leaving more daylight for this site (in 2014 Trey and I also stumbled upon a perfect - perfect! Splinter Hill with only minutes of light left. Bah!!). Sure enough, the main field was had been summer burned and the plants were just unreal. The last sunbeams left the field literally 2 minutes after we arrived, and we were left scrambling around in the growing twilight trying to take in what we could before it became totally dark. Oh Splinter Hill, you elusive beauty!
The "cotton field" at last light:
Wading into the awesome:
Stunning clones everywhere
S. leucophylla is pretty in pink
Wish we'd had more time to search for var. albas, but we did find this one spectacular clone before nightfall closed in.
Until next time
The "cotton field" at last light:
Wading into the awesome:
Stunning clones everywhere
S. leucophylla is pretty in pink
Wish we'd had more time to search for var. albas, but we did find this one spectacular clone before nightfall closed in.
Until next time