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Matt wrote:Great looking Heliamphora and Cephalotus

Thank you Matt!

I also got the email earlier that my other Heliamphora has shipped, so now I have to patiently wait, and wait, and wait...

Great pictures

chevyguy8893 wrote:so now I have to patiently wait, and wait, and wait...

Waiting is the worst, isn't it!?

Who do you buy plants from these days Matt.

I think waiting helps me anticipate, and possibly be more happy/surprised when the plant arrives.

David F wrote:Who do you buy plants from these days Matt.

It's been a long time since I've purchased any plants personally from anyone in the US. I still order plants from the EU a couple times a year. SEWinans and I went in on an order together in September from CZPlants. I think that was the last time I bought plants.

David F wrote:I think waiting helps me anticipate, and possibly be more happy/surprised when the plant arrives.

This is true for me as well!

Matt wrote:Waiting is the worst, isn't it!?

Haha, it is the worst, but the wait has always been worth it in the end .

Thankfully the other Heliamphora arrived on my day off. The second addition is an adult Heliamphora minor that has some juvenile growth as well. Overall it looks like a healthy plant as well. Also, I added a picture of the newly opened pitcher on the H. heterodoxa x nutans. Both plants will be repotted at a later time.

Heliamphora minor by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Heliamphora minor by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Heliamphora minor by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Newly opened H. heterodoxa x nutans pitcher by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

These are some random photos I took while taking care of them all. Many of the Sarracenia have new pitchers open, and also have new ones growing. The FTS Heliamphora minor is starting to grow larger pitchers and seems to be doing fine in the LFSM with a top layer of live moss. I'll just have to keep the moss under control so it doesn't over take the plant.

S. leucophylla red/white x S. leucophylla "Avalon Beach" by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. leucophylla red/white x S. leucophylla "Avalon Beach" by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. okee giant x S. "blood moon" by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. purpurea OP hybrid by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. flava by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. "Jerry Addington hybrid" by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

S. psittacina by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Meadowview red sphagnum moss by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Heliamphora minor by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Looking real nice! I do like that leuco 'Avalon beach'.

katya_dog1 wrote:Looking real nice! I do like that leuco 'Avalon beach'.

It is a nice looking plant thus far. I look forward to seeing what the plant looks like when it is mature . I forgot to mention, that is the newest pitcher that has been grown and also the biggest. Being a leuco, I'm sure it will look good one way or another .

chevyguy8893 wrote: Being a leuco, I'm sure it will look good one way or another .

That is exactly the piece of wisdom that I can put in my signature. Can I put a quote of it in my signature?

I do not mind that at all . Gotta get those that aren't addicted to Sarracenia to jump on board, and after seeing a leuco I'm sure they would.

Especially the wild ones... Wild leucos, especially at the rheder garden look really good in the fall and a few look at their best in the spring.

While checking on the Drosera seedlings I snapped a few pictures. They may be tiny now, but hopefully they won't be like that for long.

Drosera brevifolia from Kountze, TX, it would have had four carnivorous leaves, but the one I tested a tiny amount of food on died .
Drosera brevifolia by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

A lone, diminutive Drosera burmannii from Humpty doo, Australia. I really hope that more of these seeds germinate since the first time around I did not have any germination.
Drosera burmannii by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Drosera intermedia, these germinated surprisingly fast for seeds that are a few years old.
Drosera intermedia by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Unloading some random photos

New H. minor pitcher emerging
DSC_0628. by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Nectar accumulating on the H. heterodoxa x nutans
DSC_0622 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Utricularia warburgii
DSC_0631 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

DSC_0633.. by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

DSC_0645. by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

VFT that was a hitchhiker in a large amount of Sphagnum that I got last month. I am trying out growing it in 2/3rds dried LFSM with 1/3rd live Sphagnum.
DSC_0662. by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Dormant typical and the remnants of an unlucky spider.
DSC_0676 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Dormant B52
IMG_6253 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

Nectar covering the flavas along the edges (there is also some building up on the underside of the operculum on the left pitcher).
DSC_0590 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

New pitcher on the open pollinated S. purpurea.
DSC_0596. by chevyguy8893, on Flickr

A better photo of the S. leucophylla "red/white" x S. leucophylla "Avalon Beach" pitcher
DSC_0602 by chevyguy8893, on Flickr