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Post by denverone on Mar 11, 2009 2:52:32 GMT
That helps out alot anyways know I just have to wait for the weather to cooperate here in Iowa. Get days in the 50 and 60's then days like today where it is snowing and in the lower teens.
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Post by Fred P on Mar 12, 2009 7:06:44 GMT
Hey Brokken,
What happened to your second flower bud on your 'AS'??
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Post by brokken on Mar 12, 2009 8:24:47 GMT
Hey Brokken, What happened to your second flower bud on your 'AS'?? I cut it off. In as interesting as the flowers are, I would like the division to put as much energy into those glorious pitchers -of which there are none at this time!. One is enough to pollinate some crosses that I'm planning.
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Post by brokken on Mar 29, 2009 16:39:05 GMT
Here are some impressions of Sarracenia from the 2009 season. I will have individual bog garden pics later on: Developing leaves on Sarracenia leucophylla and 'Dana's Delight': Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa flower: Sarracenia 'Adrian Slack'. No pitchers yet, but here's it's mixed heritage flower: Sarracenia flava var. ornata showing early veining: Sarracenia x moorei - born hungry: All my bogs in single file. I recently moved, so I hope they'll like their new home: Sarracenia rosea in flower. This was also my first open flower of the season: More S x moorei. This time, their flowers: You just gotta love those antennae:
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Post by brokken on Apr 6, 2009 19:45:55 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 6, 2009 19:48:44 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 6, 2009 19:49:32 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 6, 2009 20:05:57 GMT
Closeups of pitchers: S. moorei: S x 'Judith Hindle'
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Post by brokken on Apr 6, 2009 20:22:27 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 15, 2009 14:59:56 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 15, 2009 15:01:00 GMT
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Post by brokken on Apr 15, 2009 15:02:22 GMT
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taz6122
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Post by taz6122 on Apr 15, 2009 22:32:03 GMT
Great looking plants. When I look at them It makes me want to move back to CA.
Just out of curiosity what is the vine looking things that coil around some of your plants?
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Post by brokken on Apr 16, 2009 14:43:56 GMT
Great looking plants. When I look at them It makes me want to move back to CA. Just out of curiosity what is the vine looking things that coil around some of your plants? They are ornamental wood twists that you can get at Michaels and Jo-Anns. They help stabilize the pitchers and prevent them from breaking and folding. I got the idea from Bill Weaver of BACPS who has a collection that puts mine to shame; he was using them prior to me. Ocassionally we get freak wind storms in the area - like Santa Anas Jr. - very dry and very strong and they tend to make the pitchers fold. We had one such wind storm two days ago. Fortunately I only had one casualty - one flava pitcher. Without them my plants would tend to topple over more.
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taz6122
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Post by taz6122 on Apr 17, 2009 23:48:16 GMT
I've been planning a bog and we get some pretty bad thunderstorms here which tend to toss things around a bit. Last year we had a doozy. My zucchinis and tomatoes got twisted off at ground level. I need something like those but would not know where to look in my area. Great idea, I'll figure something out.
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