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Sarracenia “Legacy”… in Bloom?!

Posted on October 15, 2013 | 8 comments

Yes, blooms on Sarracenia can happen at times during the fall for reasons that are unknown to me. Often times the flowers during this time of season are on a shorter stalk . One plant that recently sent up a bloom was Sarracenia “Legacy”, a cross done by Brooks Garcia between S. ‘Leah Wilkerson’ and S. ‘Adrian Slack’. I’m not so sure it will bloom in the spring now that it’s bloomed now. Crud. Oh well, fingers crossed! In any event, I wanted to share this photo of the flower now that S. “Legacy” has bloomed… even if it’s kinda off season for this sorta thing.

Sarracenia "Legacy" Sarracenia “Legacy” flower

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Autumn 2011

Posted on September 26, 2011 | 1 comment

Hello Autumn. My favorite season indeed. I love how the sun is starting to get lower on the horizon casting lengthening shadows day by day. It’s kinda summery-ish here in my area – at least maybe for the rest of this week or something. I do notice the mornings are getting that increasingly crisp cool edge on them. I start to immerse myself in pumpkin spice lattes, fireplaces on the cooler nights, and… of course — MORE GARDEN WORK!!! Yep, I’m doing a lot of clean up still removing old pitchers and foliage about the garden. There’s so much to do – and I enjoy doing it!

Yeah, I know its been a few days since I’ve posted … I’ve really been busy cleaning up the mess back here… I’ve also been busy with a few other projects – but it’s always good to get away from the computer/desk and be out in the garden. Back to the garden to get grounded. I actually prefer it out there.

Here’s a few shots of how autumn 2011 is starting off. I’m just randomly snapping about in the garden – not all photos are of Sarracenia, and not all are carnivorous plants… however, all for me are enjoyable to grow!

Fall-1 A few Sarracenia flava clones.

Fall-2 Stick around a bit! Drosera binata spp. dichitoma.

Fall-3 Bromeliad

Fall-4 Tub full of Sarracenia — man this needs some cleaning up.

Fall-5 Drosophyllum lusitanicum.

Fall-6 A few Sarracenia courtii AF x ‘Green Monster’ seedlings.

Fall-7 It’s like a jungle sometimes…

Fall-8 The Spiral Aloe: Aloe polyphylla.

Fall-9 Sarracenia seedlings.

Fall-10 Sarracenia nastiness going on. See all those dead pitchers? F*ckin’ nasty.

Fall-11 Dahlia.

Fall-12 Dahlia.

Fall-13 Greenhouse. Needs a shave/haircut/Katana blade treatment… nasty.

Fall-14 Sarracenia. I really should do something about those weeds…

Fall-15 Sarracenia – going crispy.

Fall-16 Sarracenia flava… going crispy.

Fall-17 Tillandsias.

Fall-18 A red Sarracenia moorei – starting to burn out and go dormant.

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Moonlight Sarracenia

Posted on September 24, 2010 | 3 comments

It’s 1:30 Am – do you know where your Sarracenia are? 1:30 in the morning. Yeah… I was taking photos of Sarracenias in the autumn moonlight at one-friggin-thirty ay-em.

I was also inspired to take these photos after remembering an article in the the March 2010 International Carnivorous Plant Society Newsletter about plants and moonlight. In this article, Peter D’Amato of California Carnivores writes:

“One thing we must remember. Moonlight is sunlight, reflected by our lunar companion. Although night time varies on our earthy according to latitude and seasons, plants live in moonlight as much as the direct rays of the sun. That some carnivorous plants may take advantage of the moon’s silvery glow is not out of the realm of possibilities.”

In line with yesterdays moonlight-y equinox-y autumnal post, here are some photos of Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ in the moonlight. This particular S. leucophylla photographed was a division from my fellow Sarracenia grower brodude, Mike Wang. This division originates from one of the original seed grown plants collected by Barry Meyers Rice before the S. leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ site was destroyed.

Sarracenia at night
[Setup: Camera on tripod set up for 30 second exposure. The way it works – if the shutter is open longer , the more light is let in… the more light, the brighter the image. The moon was just spectacular last night, and gave the leucophyllas an other worldly glow.]