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Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#196332

By Eric -  Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:35 pm
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- Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:35 pm #196332

Saw plantman's review and thought I'd give this place a try too.

I ordered:
1x U. Sandersonii
1x U. Gibba
1x S. Purpurea Venosa Chipola
1x D. Californica
1x D. Filiformis ssp. Filiformis Northern

Spent a total of $26.97 and managed to snag the last Darlingtonia. Can't wait!

Will update with photos when they arrive.

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By Theplantman479 -  Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:50 pm
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- Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:50 pm #196345

I am excited to see how large the D.Californica are.

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By Eric -  Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:58 pm
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- Sat Feb 22, 2014 11:58 pm #196346

I'm looking forward to it too.

Emailed Bruce about it and he told me it was the "Valley Type" that grows at the bottom of the mountain. Very exciting.

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Re: Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#196998

By Eric -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:13 am
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 3:13 am #196998

Box came today.

Here are some notable pictures.
The Darlingtonia was huge for the price. I was expecting something seedling sized.

Instead of one mature Purp, I was sent 3 small ones. I really love the fat, tubby shape of these guys.

As for the rest of the order... The D. Filiformis was still in its dormant bud, I received U. Subulata instead of Sandersonii :/, and the U. Gibba came as a two inch clump.

Can't wait to grow these out!

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By Theplantman479 -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:14 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 1:14 pm #197024

OMG that is crazy for $7.oo. Don't feel bad about the S.Purpureas they are not that far away from maturity.

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Re: Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#197046

By jwbates26 -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:38 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:38 pm #197046

Was the subulata a mix up or was he substituting the order? I'd much rather have sandersonii. Maybe one of these days I'll get a plug of them.

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Re: Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#197047

By Eric -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:45 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 6:45 pm #197047

jwbates26 wrote:Was the subulata a mix up or was he substituting the order? I'd much rather have sandersonii. Maybe one of these days I'll get a plug of them.

I've read online reviews that his Utrics are often mislabeled. I guess I don't mind too much since I (miraculously) managed to kill the Subulata population in my sundew pot..

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By jwbates26 -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:07 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:07 pm #197051

Eric wrote:I've read online reviews that his Utrics are often mislabeled.

Thats interesting. I'd think it would be hard to confuse those two they have completely different leaves on them.

By the way nice grab on the the cobra and those purps have some nice color. I got a purp from Mike Wang that look similar in size. I got it in November(2012) if I remember right. After dormancy it easily doubled or tripled in size that spring and this year it is flowering.

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Re: Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#197052

By Eric -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:22 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:22 pm #197052

jwbates26 wrote: I got a purp from Mike Wang that look similar in size. I got it in November(2012) if I remember right. After dormancy it easily doubled or tripled in size that spring and this year it is flowering.

That's very encouraging. I don't believe I've ever had the pleasure of growing small Sarrs to flowering size before so this should be a fun experience. Now if Spring would just come already so I can put my plants outside.

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By jwbates26 -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:49 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 7:49 pm #197056

Here is a picture of my purp from Mike
Not a good first picture for size comparison but the little scissor under it is 3 or 4 inches long. The middle picture is during the first spring growth and the final picture is of it flowering now.

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Re: Lee's Botanical Gardens Order#197062

By Eric -  Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:41 pm
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- Tue Mar 04, 2014 10:41 pm #197062

It's beautiful! Did you have to do anything special to get it to grow so quickly?

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By jwbates26 -  Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:12 am
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- Wed Mar 05, 2014 12:12 am #197069

Nope. Its in a very loose soil mixture. Peat LFS and perlite. I just left it outside and kept it wet.

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