Visit the carnivorous plant nurserie Carniflora

[fischermans]

Hello
In April i visited the carnivorous nurserie Carniflora.Sorry very late but here are the pics.
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the landscape
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the nurserie
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alone in the field
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Gert looks happy
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Hope you like them.
Regards Alexander

[marcel]

Hi Alexander, nice pictures.
It was a day of great fun, thanks for posting

[paulbarden]

Impressive! Thanks for sharing your photos Alexander.

[mattb]

I am sooooooo jealous!! someday...
awesome pictures!!!thnx for sharing, Matt

[Not a Number]

Very impressive. My friend DJ had attended the ICPS conference in Leiden and one of the field trips was to Carniflora. I have seen his photos too.

[jdallas]

I'm really surprised to see less common species ( at least less common in the U.S.) being mass produced. I saw D. paradoxa and a Heliamphora species. Where do Carniflora plants get distributed to? These look like they are being produced for the mass market for "throw-away" grocery store plants.

Jeff

[marcel]

jeff Carniflora supplies to the flower auction Aalsmeer (mostly anyway). From there it goes to gardencentre's all over Europe.
There are also 3 somewhat smaller nurseries like this in The Netherlands.
So enough plants, it's just a pain in the behind to get them into The States so why bother if you can make your living in Europe with open borders, 1 CITES zone, etc...

[Aidan]

If you see carnivorous plants in a European garden centre it's a fair bet that they come from Carniflora. The range is limited though sometimes interesting and the same plants will be seen wherever you go.

Interestingly, you will never see any particularly tall plants. Why not? Because they don't fit what are known in the trade as "Dutch trollies", which are the standard method of packing for distribution.

[Richard Davion]

(1) What-'Happened'-to:"CRESCO"!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

(2) So-They're 'Got'-R-Few FLYTRAPs-Then so-to-Speak!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

(3) Some-of-Those-Fellows Look-like They're Got-R-Case-of:"Too-MUCH-Choice 'Not'-Enough TIME" so-to-Speak!!! >(*~*)< / >(*U^)<

(4) Did-'I" 'Miss' The-RED-Capes so-to-Speak!! >(*~*)<

[marcel]

Cresco is one of the other nurseries I mentioned, about half the species and 25% of the growing surface.

Most flytraps are regulars, sometimes they have a cultivar too. Every open day there are a few guys hunting mutants