[Linuxman's photos 2019]

Just to get this year's photos started, here are my first flowers of the year.

Flavas:

Alatas:

[Hi]

Hi Gary and welcome to the forum. Ask away. You know you have one of the best nurseries at Fair Oak near Eastleigh?

[Sarracenia flowers]

By all means let them flower, especially if you've not seen the flowers before. If you don't want your plants to waste energy making seed then cut the flowers after petal fall, which is what I'll be doing with most of mine.

[Hi from Norfolk]

Hi Red welcome to the forum.

[Saying Hi]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[Plantsman's new greenhouse]

Looking nice. Plenty of room for even more plants!

[Hi Everyone]

Hi Justin, welcome to the forum.

[Help needed with label]

Looks like SFA04 to me. So, Sarracenia flava var. atropurpurea of some kind. Nothing on his website I can see.

[Sarracenia resource]

47 minutes ago, Platty said:

Excellent thank you. That is quite an extensive list. Next question is. I assume the numbers are donated to the clones available in cultivation. What do the letters stand for?

Grower's initials usually. See the bottom of the deconfusifier introduction page.

[Greenhouse build]

Very nice. Looks like there's just room for another one beside it

[Sarracenia resource]

These 2 sites may be of use to you:

the original Don Schnell article on Sarracenia flava varieties, and Barry Rice's CP FAQ (well the sarracenia part, anyway).

[Have I killed my seeds?]

Remember sarracenia seeds need the cold weather for stratification. Like ada I plant my sarracenia seeds at New Year in a cold greenhouse and don't expect anything for 3 or 4 months.

[When to buy plants]

On 1/24/2019 at 4:49 PM, Fly trap said:

Do you reckon it would be safer to purchase them now if they are bare root plants?

I think HC carnivorous plants, Hampshire and P-J plants (other nurseries are available) all sell potted plants, so you'd be safe with any of these. There's no advantage to bare rooted plants, except maybe cost of postage, but there shouldn't be a problem with them. I'll be getting some in the post soon, the Italian postal system willing!

Should make clear that I'm mainly talking about sarracenia here. I wouldn't buy drosera, for instance, at this time of year unless the plant was already potted.

[When to buy plants]

If your pinguicula is of the tropical kind then don't put it outside in a g/h. Keep it warm on a windowsill indoors.

Sarracenia can be repotted this time of year with no harm but as already been said you'll not see much growth for a month or 2. If they're coming from reputable sellers they'll already be acclimatised to the cold weather so can go straight into the g/h once potted.

[hi from Madrid]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[BLACK Sarracenia]

I believe insektenfang plants were (maybe still) grown in poly-tunnels and I always found their colour claims optimistic , so not sure you'll get the darkness you're looking for.

[Splitting and repotting unknown hybrid]

Give them a good soaking and then let the pots drain off so the compost is damp. Standing in a few mm of water won't hurt this time of year. Either leave the pitchers on or cut them off - there'll be new ones in the spring anyhow..

[Top 3 Sarracenia minor clones]

13 hours ago, Blocky71 said:

The Antho free minor is a pretty plant but not a particularly strong grower in my conditions . M22 MK

If Dede already has this clone then give me a shout @linuxman when you have a division , cheers Blocky 

I'll let you know when I put my list out.

[Top 3 Sarracenia minor clones]

15 hours ago, dede718 said:

Hi linux thanks for answer

This is my last purchase, M18 

For the moment I have these clones

Sarracenia minor
S.M01 minor  -- var. okefenokeensis
S.M02 minor  -- var. okefenokeensis, Okefenokee Giant, North East. (M16,MK) 
S.M03 minor  -- var. okefenokeensis, Giant ex. Weilbrenner, extremely tall and robust plant. (Klein) 
S.M04 minor  -- var. okefenokeensis, Okefenokee - north, GA (=S6L) M24A (M.Srba)
S.M05 minor  -- var. okefenokeensis, Okefenokee Giant, Clone reputed to reach 4ft, Alastair Culham, Reading University, (M18 MK)  

But I want to grow up my minor list

And that's not so easy to find subject of even informations on the clones, compare to more common plants by quantity in the collection

Fred

A lot of S. minor listed here of course (with some photos).

[Top 3 Sarracenia minor clones]

M18 MK for height certainly and a fast grower. I should have a division available soon.

[Hi there! I'm New Here!]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[Hi Hi]

Hi Alex, and welcome to the forum. There are already a few members in Sheffield.

[Western Australia 2018]

Thanks for posting Christian - interesting photos. Was it really 2011 last time you went? Wow, how time flies! - I remember that series of photos very well.This encourages me to go looking for CPs next time I'm in Oz.

[Brexit???]

You can see details set out by the government here. The immediate problem would be if we leave with a "No-deal". It says "the UK would be treated as a third country and would lose access to the EU plant passport regime" and "the UK would become a third country, and would need to meet EU third country import requirements to export controlled plants and plant products to the EU". However, for imports they say this: "To deliver a smooth transition when we leave the EU, in a ‘no deal’ scenario the Government has decided that the majority of plants and plant products are low-risk and should continue to enter the UK from the EU freely, as they do now." So, we're alright Just need EU countries to be reasonable now.

[Very small Flavas over winter survival]

I just leave my seedlings in an unheated greenhouse over winter and most survive. The things Karsty suggests will help them grow faster, but you really only want strong plants so don't molly-coddle them too much - let nature take its course and eliminate the weakest.