Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities

[fredg]

I think it's the mild weather we're having Brian, it's confusing for the plants. The Dionaea are mostly holding onto their greenery, the only one I'd describe as dormant is Bohenian Garnet. Here's B52 which is still producing very large pitchers in December.

[fredg]

A late seasonal message

[Roma]

 

[partisangardener]

Very impressing your blog. Drosophyllum never stopped flowering through the winter with me. Maybe the first flowers will open a bit early. But it flowers several times a season if kept well, so no problem.

[partisangardener]

One of my Drosophyllum pots needed a bigger pot. It was sown December 2014 flowered a lot last year and had plenty seeds. So I decided to take the risk to repott it.

My most spectacular plants are still in their old flower pot.

If someone is interested here is the picture session of the whole potting process to be seen
https://forum.carnivoren.org/forums/topic/43055-neuer-topf-für-große-drosophyllum/

While I was potting I discovered some thickening in a lot of their roots. Maybe a sighn for mycorrhiza asociation.

[fredg]

Bitte halten Sie mich darüber informiert, wie die Wiedertopfpflanze reagiert, Axel

Now it's that time of year again

[fredg]

The 10th of December and this is what I find in the top greenhouse.

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Most plants will be going to sleep and this chappy decides it's a great time to send up an inflorescence. It's a very nice thought but I don't think it will be successful.

Well I'm please to say that I was completely wrong. The plant and inflorescemce came through the (mild) winter very well.
It was a little like watching paint dry but we're finally getting there.
The middle flower today



When this one is over there are three replacements on the top.

[fredg]

An update on the Heliamphora flowers.

 

There's nothing quite like a little bit of colour to brighten the day.

[David Nicholson]

Very pretty Fred.

[fredg]

This year's photos of Cypripedium guttatum.

The aphids are there for scale ( like heck they are, they're now ex aphids  )





They're not bad photos of aphids though 

[fredg]

I had to go to that country up north of me for a few days  and this greeted me on my return.

                 

[fredg]

I forgot to mention that MrsG finally discovered who was eating the bread and sultanas she left out for the birds to feed on first thing in the morning.

 

[ashley]

I had to go to that country up north of me for a few days  and this greeted me on my return.

Very nice Fred.  Is that your H. heterodoxa x minor?
Has it flowered before, and if so have you tried for seed?

[fredg]

Yes, that's the ex-neglected H. heterodoxa x minor.
I've been growing and flowering Heliamphora since the late 80s, Ashley, I've never bothered with seed from any of them.

[ashley]

Well if ever you have seed going begging Fred, I'd be delighted to try some