Pet's bog start 2010

[petmantis]

A rubbermaid container, with peat moss. Let's see how it goes!

BTW, I'm in zone 5B, near Montreal, Qc, Canada...

Thanks Blokeman for pretty much making the entire thing.

PICS from April 23, 2010

Front view


Side view


Flava var. cuprea that did very poorly last year, showing some promise with this new pitcher


xCourtii



xCatesbaei, Keehns clone in the front, Carl Mazur's in the back (darker pitchers)


Oreophila



Psittacina



Now for my all-time faves, S. purpurea varieties.

subsp. venosa, Hampstead NC


subsp. purpurea, Prince George, BC with flava var. atropurpurea flower


subsp. venosa var. montana


last in the sarr set but certainly not least, subsp purpurea f. heterophylla! (thanks Syble!)




now for a couple temperate dews, it's so cool to watch them break free of the hybernacula

group, with some D. anglica at the very top, I kinda forgot they were there too so they're not in the photo...
clockwise, from 12:00: rotundifolia from Magog, QC? , rotund from Keehns, filiformis var. tracyi, intermedia, filiformis var. filiformis, rotundifolia St Sauveur, QC , and in the middle a somewhat half-dead rotund from HB.


intermedias breaking free!


filiformis var. filiformis starting to grow as well...


rotunds with a glimpse of D. anglica


filiformis var. tracyi appears to be opening as well...


and just for fun, some seedlings:

purp heterophylla and a rubra/oreophila, forgot ID...


half of my stash of of purp seedlings


the most promising of my 20-25 or so seedgrown Dionaea, it retained all its traps during winter, and it's colored up nicely.


and that should be it.

I cannot wait to compare summer and autumn pics against these, last year the pitchers on the atropurpurea, leuco tarnok, dana's delight, and flava var ornata were pretty sweet

thanks for looking!
Matei

[jfowler]

Looking good!

[brokken]

Hey Pet!

I'd be a little concerned about the sturdiness of the container, but as far as your sarracenia collection, they're looking fantastic! I am especially taken by the colors on that courtii. Very nice specimens you got there!

[petmantis]

Thanks Jfowler!

Apr 24, 2010 4:33:49 GMT brokken said:

Hey Pet!

I'd be a little concerned about the sturdiness of the container, but as far as your sarracenia collection, they're looking fantastic! I am especially taken by the colors on that courtii. Very nice specimens you got there!

Very true Brokken! The container is sagging to the side, I guess the peat is a bit on the heavy side, lo I'll certainly need to watch for rains...

[buckcity]

Good looking seedlings too.

[petmantis]

Thanks Buckcity!

[petmantis]

Long time no update

I took all the plants out of the bog container, until I can find a better location for it. Let's refer to this is "Pet's minibog start 2010"

S. flava var. atropurpurea, hopefully it'll show its color by fall.



Darlingtonia, getting a small submerged pump to help with water circulation soon.


More to come

[Devon]

I really love that darlingtonia pic.