{"id":6142,"date":"2014-02-18T12:16:25","date_gmt":"2014-02-18T20:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/?p=6142"},"modified":"2014-02-18T12:16:25","modified_gmt":"2014-02-18T20:16:25","slug":"buds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/archive\/2014\/02\/buds\/","title":{"rendered":"Buds!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Awww yeah! Signs of life are appearing everywhere! The transition from the cool winter to warmer days has begun. Flower buds are a most welcome sight; the creative juices get flowing at the possibility of some great crosses. Here are a few spherical beauties getting ready to explode into those magnificent blooms that I so look forward to seeing each year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia moorei &quot;Brooks Hybrid&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/v4s.yimg.com\/sj\/2887\/12584647324_348caa3d8c_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia moorei &#8220;Brooks Hybrid&#8221; &#8211; the first flower to crack open for 2014!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia flava &quot;Powhatan&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7340\/12584194745_4b8b4b4183_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia flava &#8220;Powhatan&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia flava &quot;Powhatan&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3703\/12584309793_e12e78e464_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia flava &#8220;Powhatan&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia flava var. rugelii\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3772\/12584650854_bff4ced032_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\nSarracenia flava var. rugelii<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia oreophila\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2812\/12584652584_0aa9eace1c_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia oreophila<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia 'Black Widow'\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3748\/12584198695_fa6619e877_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia &#8216;Black Widow&#8217;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia purpurea ssp venosa red black-1\" src=\"http:\/\/v4s.yimg.com\/sk\/3724\/12584201465_d9b0d4a685_c.jpg\" width=\"533\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">*Ahem* Grow a pair&#8230;<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #444444;\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa black\/red<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla\" src=\"http:\/\/v4s.yimg.com\/sm\/5471\/12584333363_953fec8521_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia rosea &#8211; veinless form<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarrcenia &quot;Smurf&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3665\/12584673594_b7669c4ed3_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia purpurea &#8220;Smurf&#8221; &#8211; I wonder <a href=\"http:\/\/thepitcherplantproject.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/19\/smurfs-six-petals\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #888888;\">if it will have 6 petals again this year<\/span><\/a>?<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Sarracenia hybrid by RCO911, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rco911\/12584206245\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia hybrid\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7411\/12584206245_656b767367_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia hybrid by Jerry Addington<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sarracenia &quot;Green Dragon&quot;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7457\/12584325843_bb6eefe8ff_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><br \/>\nSarracenia &#8220;Green Dragon&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3787\/12584327903_5b7d9b75e6_c.jpg\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" \/><em><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Sarracenia (leucophylla x flava) x leucophylla<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awww yeah! Signs of life are appearing everywhere! The transition from the cool winter to warmer days has begun. Flower buds are a most welcome sight; the creative juices get flowing at the possibility of some great crosses. 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