Post by alabamens!s on Mar 22, 2017 9:45:44 GMT -5
Our first destination was the famed Splinter Hill Bog. As this forum knows, there was a controlled burn at this site recently. Unfortunately, there were two other visitors to the site who didn't have the inside scoop, poor guys seemed a little disappointed.
Anyway, most of the plants were pretty crispy.
Some flowers made it
Others did not
There were a few pitchers coming up
And plenty of drosera
I met a greybeard who gave me directions to the Forever Wild bog just down the road. This site hadn't been burned recently (though blackened pine trunks in some area show the evidence of past burns). There were a few gorgeous leuco pitchers at this site.
Specimen A:
Specimen B:
There were also lots of psittacina, they were somewhat hidden beneath the pine needles so I had to be careful not to step on them. Here are a few after I cleared a little clutter
And the ubiquitous drosera
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The next destination was Weeks Bay.
Lots of nice flowers here
New pitcher growth was coming along too
And some early bird pitchers too, with a lot of diversity. Here's a red leuco
This one wasn't quite a var. alba perhaps, but pretty dadgum white
My favorite was this pink-lipped beauty. A wasp stung me on the ass when I bent to get this shot, so you damn well better appreciate it!
The typical coloration makes for handsome plants too of course
Even the oddballs
It wasn't all leucophylla though. I spotted this yellow flower, alata perhaps?
And this guy struck me as having a hybrid sort of look to him, one of my favorites though
We'll end with a few habitat shots and a self-portrait. Thanks for viewing.
Anyway, most of the plants were pretty crispy.
Some flowers made it
Others did not
There were a few pitchers coming up
And plenty of drosera
I met a greybeard who gave me directions to the Forever Wild bog just down the road. This site hadn't been burned recently (though blackened pine trunks in some area show the evidence of past burns). There were a few gorgeous leuco pitchers at this site.
Specimen A:
Specimen B:
There were also lots of psittacina, they were somewhat hidden beneath the pine needles so I had to be careful not to step on them. Here are a few after I cleared a little clutter
And the ubiquitous drosera
-
The next destination was Weeks Bay.
Lots of nice flowers here
New pitcher growth was coming along too
And some early bird pitchers too, with a lot of diversity. Here's a red leuco
This one wasn't quite a var. alba perhaps, but pretty dadgum white
My favorite was this pink-lipped beauty. A wasp stung me on the ass when I bent to get this shot, so you damn well better appreciate it!
The typical coloration makes for handsome plants too of course
Even the oddballs
It wasn't all leucophylla though. I spotted this yellow flower, alata perhaps?
And this guy struck me as having a hybrid sort of look to him, one of my favorites though
We'll end with a few habitat shots and a self-portrait. Thanks for viewing.
Here are images of plant progress on 03/16/2023