Sarracenia "Starry Night" x 'Hummers Hammerhead'

Posted on September 6, 2010 | 10 comments

Another one of the crosses I did a couple years ago, finally putting up some defining pitchers.  Sarracenia “Starry Night” (link is a photo to the parent plant) is a very nicely colored Sarracenia excellens (leucophylla/minor hybrid), and Sarracenia ‘Hummer’s Hammerhead, looks like it has… well… a hammer head! 🙂

These are freshly opened pitchers, as the season progresses I hope that more color shows.  Two different seedling pitchers photographed below. The latter is starting to show some pinkish hues. Hmmm… what to call it? A “Starry Hammerhead?” LOL 😉

Sarracenia "Starry Night" x 'Hummers Hammerhead'

[Photo: Sarracenia “Starry Night” x ‘Hummers Hammerhead’]

Sarracenia "Starry Night" x 'Hummers Hammerhead'

[Photo: Sarracenia “Starry Night” x ‘Hummers Hammerhead’]

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Wide Thing

Posted on September 5, 2010 | 2 comments

A few years ago, my friend Karen Oudean gave me a Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” with a seed pod with a few seeds in it. Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” is Sarracenia rubra ssp. alabamensis x psittacina, and sorry… I don’t have a photo of Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” on hand, but you can always use Bob Ziemer’s Carnivorous Plant Photo Finder to view photos of what the parent plant looks like.

Anyway, I took the pod, extracted seed, put the seed through 3 weeks of damp cold stratification in the fridge.  After that, I threw em’ down on some planting media and watched em grow. About 2 years later, I came up with all sorts of different looking plants, however the one below really caught my attention ‘cuz that hood is friggin’ wide.

The thing with growing Sarracenia from seed, you never know what you’re going to get… and in this case, some flying saucer type UFO lookin’ hood came out. LOL 😉

Sarracenia "Doodle Bug" Open Pollinated[Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” – open pollinated seedling, 2 years old]

Sarracenia "Doodle Bug" Open Pollinated[Sarracenia “Doodle Bug” – open pollinated seedling, 2 years old]

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The Carnivorous Plantation

Posted on September 4, 2010 | 9 comments

Howdy everyone!  Hope you’re enjoying your weekend!  Now, how about a little weekend getaway, shall we?

All photos in this video were all taken by Bob Hanrahan at his Carnivorous Plantation in Alabama.  Now pull up a seat (the video is about 22 minutes long), grab some popcorn, and enjoy the movie! 😉


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Mr. Hanrahan — a very sincere and special thanks to you for sharing this; it is an honor and a delight to have “virtually visited” The Carnivorous Plantation by way of these photos. For now, I must vicariously live through them until I visit in person one day soon. Thank you Bob!

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Hipstamatic Mosaic Fun!

Posted on September 3, 2010 | 1 comment

Shootin’ around today with ye good ole iPhone and the Hipstamatic App.  I couldn’t really decide which I liked best so I just threw it all down as a mosaic… yay for random Sarracenia Hipstamatic mosaic fun goodness!  I hope everyone has a great Labor Day weekend! Yay for 3 day weekends too!


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Digestion

Posted on September 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

So, after the meal gets drawn in to the pitcher by the sights, smells, and savory serum spawned from the fierce foliage , it ends up looking kinda like this. Check out all those bugs swimming in a rich latte of enzymes that the plant uses to break em’ down for some nutritious absorption. Nice!

digestion

[In the tube…]

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Yumm-o!

Posted on September 1, 2010 | 1 comment

A couple of days ago whilst I was meandering about the garden, I spotted some lunch makin’ its way to the plant. Needless to say, after a few moments of sippin’ that luscious plant liqueur – there was a slip n’ slide, a few faint buzzes and… well… lunch was then served. Yumm-o!

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dinner [Sarracenia “John Rizzi” x ‘Judith Hindle’ w/ lunch.]

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Removal

Posted on August 31, 2010 | Leave a comment

What?… September already?! So the past weekend I was just cleaning out the Sarracenias. You know, getting rid of all the old nasty pitchers that have browned up and dried up, or have fallen over?  I try to keep it clean when I can in the grow area, otherwise, well… things start to look gross, you know? This photo is a tribute to the pitchers that once were pristine and clean. and now, they just nasty.  I do have somewhat of a limited grow space space so removal of the old pitchers and proper hygiene helps immensely.  This also allows the plants a little more air and light for the new pitchers that are coming up for the fall.  Then when they go dormant, I slice ’em all down again! Ahh… the constant cycle of seasons…

fallen[In Remembrance]

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