A few shots from around The Asylum. Enjoy!
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Sarracenia alata and flava section, buds rising.
Sarracenia rosea “Big Mama” x flava v. ornata
Cross by Phil Faulisi
Seeds sown last year of S. ‘Leah Wilkerson’ x minor var. okefenokeensis. Seedlings growing quickly.
New pitchers of Sarracenia flava var. cuprea
Sarracenia leucophylla ‘Tarnok’ bud forming.
I’ll attempt to do crosses yet again with this plant… stay tuned!
Of course, can’t forget the up-cycled doggy bank with her first bloom! Check her out back in October…
Sarracenia leucophylla “Purple Lips” x flava v. ornata
Sarracenia areolata x ‘Dana’s Delight’ flowers
Yes, I know it looks messy. These are young plants I am still growing out. Again, you can see the long and stretched foliage.
The Nepenthes are doing well and loving their dome!
It doesn’t look like much, but I’m growing out some sphagnum moss. I basically took a pot of sphagnum and just tore it up and am growing them in trays.
Here’s the anthocyanin free section. You can see the older leaves browning up. I’m looking forward to watching this table grow out next year!
Can’t wait to see these new greenhouses packed!
Here’s the little greenhouse frame to the left. I plan on making this a Nepenthes house, as well as maybe a place for cuttings or other things that would appreciate higher humidity. Maybe throw some Heliamphora up in there too. It’s so great to have this micro climate inside The Asylum. Nepenthes will be another genus that I’ll be exploring in the not so distant future! (Yeah, there goes my savings…) I’m glad that I have space to grow them now at least. The one thing that still needs to be worked on here is that sprinkler system. You can see the PVC pipes on the table, but those are linked to another water system that’s pretty high in PPM, and not on the standard city water that’s clean. This system is automated and fully programmable as well, which is a very nice plus for me!
Before I can do any covering here, I must clean up those weeds! To the right, you can see some of the weeds that have been growing under the benches. Gotta clean that outta here! Not just because I like to have stuff clean, but it’s for good growing hygiene. Those weeds are mos ‘def fugly and make my growing experience fugly-fied! They have the potential to harbor pests and diseases. In fact, there was still some whitefly on a few of those weeds! Dahlia and I spent a good part of the other day pulling these things. And HELL NO I don’t want to use Round Up cuz that stuff will jack your lungs – especially inhaling that stuff in enclosed spaces. After we pulled as much of those weeds out, I went back in and sprayed an organic weed killer used inside and along the footprint of this greenhouse. For weed control, I’ve also heard that vinegar works wonders, so that’s something that I’ll play around with in the future. I’ll have to continually keep the weeds in check, but it will be worth it to get this all under control. Oh, weeding is just one of the joys of gardening. Good times. After we get this cleaned up, I’ll start to trim the plastic and get that up and over the house!
Inside the greenhouse that is inside the greenhouse! A huge bonus for me to have this space! Again, I had to rip off all this old plastic. Under the sun, this stuff will only last a season at most – it breaks down and gets crackly. I removed all of this and am waiting for some greenhouse plastic for a proper covering. This should be arriving in the next few weeks. Future Nepenthes house!
Me vs. weeds. Damn weeds put up a good fight, but we got these out!
Weed removal. This was a huge priorty to remove because weeds will harbor pests. In my case – there were whiteflies were up in that mix. Straight up nasty.
The first tray in! YEAH!
Some artwork by the kiddoez on a nearby chalkboard. This provided a creative outlet from the hard labor.
Inspecting my babies.
My son Josiah and my niece Arielle helping with the move. 
Dude. What a workout.
Arielle loves plants. I can see her having her own blog and tv show on plants! Pretty rad how she always wants to help me out in the garden/greenhouse.
Teamwork! Moving succulents…
Arielle admires the Drosophyllum lusitanicum…
It’s a jungle!
The Asylum getting full of plants…
All the plants finally moved into this half of the green house. I’ll move the Sarracenia after I get the water tables set up on the other half of the house.
There’s still plenty of work to do. Here’s the skeleton of the greenhouse inside the greenhouse. Future Nepenthes house!
