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This was just a part of his collection in 2006. There was another room just for Heliamphora and a huge covered area outside for Sarracenia. He used to do an open day every year, sadly I never got the chance to go.

Here's a nice hybrid 'Tarn' he named for his late wife

Derek Clavell-Bate he gave up growing CPs in 2012

Thanks for the info. The pdf below says the (average/typical/) UK heating capacity for that model is 2.65kW, giving a range of 1.49 to 4.57, which probably covers most of the time in all but the largest greenhouses, and in any case I'm sure it would always need a backup heater anyway https://www.air-heatpumps.com/pdf/MSZ-FH_Inverter_Heat_Pump.pdf How did you calculate ROI? A number of years ago I calculated I spend around £300/year on electricity to run a 12 x 8 greenhouse, heated to around 14oC If I saved half that, as a conservative guess (assuming the heat pump does not cover all heating needs, and there are other things using electricity), the payback on this would be something like 6 years

What is the noise level like - I had read they could be noticeable, going on intrusive? Interested in the details - what's the make & model, and was it a DIY job to fit? Thanks, Dave

I'll second that - mine is also in a nepenthes greenhouse, so around 14oC minimum It also dies back completely in winter and I keep it just moist, certainly not regularly watered, but not totally dry either (I never keep it in a tray, and it is in the same LFS/bark mix I use for the nepenthes) It has flowered each spring for the last 2 years

Wow.... just, wow

Up to £140 already, with 4d to go As you say, definitely genuine and I am sure very good quality plants

Interesting sales technique - three superb plants in their own right. I expect this price will go very high, but I wonder if the combined price might not have gone higher if they were sold individually What's also interesting to me is how well these (and other) quality clones hold their price - Adrian Slack was discovered 30 years ago and named 16 years ago but still gets premium prices.

The flowers have the same buttery yellow colour as the pitchers. A contrast to the other more lime yellow flava flowers

It's back! and it would appear the owner is aware of this thread, as it is now described as being 'no any ordinary Flava Rugelli' http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sarracenia-Pitcher-Plant-Green-Hornet-VERY-RARE-Brooks-Garcia-Cutivar-/222093191244?hash=item33b5c9284c:g:ja8AAOSwujFXGBvK And it's still £160, though I have to confess the photos do it justice this time and I would give it greenhouse room, still nowhere near worth that amount

Am I missing something? I can't see how this is significantly more impressive than an average flava rugelii Barely worth a name, let alone £160

I was under the impression this mattered for VFTs? I find though that dividing adult sarras it all drops off anyway, and I like for most plants to keep one nice solid division, with room for growth, where I can see and appreciate it in my limited space, but that certainly does mean trays of unwanted divisions under the bench I don't want but am not motivated to sell and feel terrible about throwing out.

Most of my older plants vine, flower and have basals but just seem to lose vigour progressively and either die or may as well have died. I'm massively impressed your plants lasted as long as they have. Younger plants I had went nowhere, but repotting and raising winter temperatures to 14oC has worked wonders. Whether they are naturally weedy 'live fast die young' I don't know. Maybe in cultivation there is an increasing chance of endemic disease of one kind or another. It's extreme, but maybe chucking the lot, sterilising the greenhouse and starting again with a brace of simple favourites might bring back the joy I have resigned myself to enjoying them in their youth, and having a trickle of seedlings to keep things interesting for next year. All the best, Dave

Ugly thing, I think, but also very interesting. I suppose it must be a polyploid mutation

At Mike King's 2013

As such a unique scent I suppose it's inevitable it comes as a surprise for that short period each year. My flavas are all in full bloom now: it will all be over in another week or so

This may be common and dull to some, but the smell and sight of my 25 year old 'Maxima' are just as welcome every year