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  1. Drosera lowriei from Ravensthorpe WA Drosera auriculata from Bathurst, NSW Drosera stolonifera subsp. porrecta Drosera andersoniana Drosera x obovata 'Ivan's Paddle' Drosera cistiflora "alba" from Gifberg, RSA Nepenthes ventricosa x TM (what on earth is "TM"?) Heliamphora heterodoxa x ionasii more photos: http://forbesconrad.com/galleries/cp/clubs...all-nojs-0.html
  2. I knew you'd appreciate the irony.
  3. Late last month I stopped at the notorious bog on California's Mendocino coast on my way to better preserved areas. Between rain showers I only had time for a few photos but thought y'all might enjoy. S. leucophylla: S. purpurea subsp. venosa: More S. leucophylla. The top photo is artificially lit, the second not. I know which I prefer but if you like one better than the other, I would be interested to know which holds your favor. More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byblis/
  4. Cephalotus: Dionaea 'Fused Tooth' Drosera enodes: Dionaea 'B 52': Pinguicula cyclosecta: Pinguicula oblongiloba x moctezumae Drosera macrantha: Drosera bulbosa: More photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byblis/ LACPS website: http://www.geocities.com/lacps/
  5. Jim, I think Ivan usually propagates them on sphagnum. I tend to put D. x obovata cuttings on sphagnum peat, but have floated them in water too. The new plantlets usually develop faster in terrestrial environs.
  6. Thanks, guys. For the record, I've been alerted that the original posting contains an egregious typo: Faye Wray's name is misspelled! Jim, 'Ivan's Paddle' is indeed self-fertile, but just barely. Don't expect to flood the world with seeds.
  7. Lunch? That's DJ and Fae Rae with Ivan's flytrap clone from Hosford, FL More _Dionaea_ from Hosford, FL Ivan requested that I put a photo of his _Darlingtonia_ 'Othello' seedling online to awe Barry and generally disrupt cardiopulmonary activity among fellow phytocarnivorologists. Soon-to-be-registered _Drosera_ 'Ivan's Paddle' All photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/byblis/
  8. _N. x ventrata_, or so I assume. CSUF accession number: 5852. Does anyone know what species/hybrid it is? _N. ventricosa_ CSUF accession number: 5784 _N. "merriliata"_, according to the tag. CSUF accession number: 5865 Some sort of _N. bicalcarata_ hybrid? CSUF accession number: 5759 _N. "x prosperity"_ CSUF accession number: 5848 CSUF accession number: 5754 Ed Read, master of the greenhouses. http://www.flickr.com/photos/byblis/
  9. It could be considered a bit of a stretch, but yes, we did see P. laueana in the wild! I say a stretch because we were unable to reach most plants, and had a marginally close view of only one in bloom. For much of the time we spent at the location it was rather foggy but it did clear up from time to time to reveal the dramatic mountainside habitat of the red Pinguicula. The plants grow high up above and on the vertical road cut. Most plants were too high to be accessed by foot or the magnification of our camera lenses, but a few were growing within reach. Unfortunately, the lone flowering plant nearly within spitting distance eluded accurate photographic capture. Although the Pinguicula were a bit out of reach, the area did avail other interesting features. For an index of all the pics we've uploaded thus far, visit this page.
  10. Before reaching the P. conzattii and P. moranensis locations detailed earlier, Noah and I were lucky enough to hit upon a fairly large population of P. orchidioides growing along the road. Since we were approximately 140 km from the nearest recorded collection for this species, we were rather excited to see it in the wild earlier in our trip than we had planned. Since the weather was either overcast or overcast and foggy both times we visited the site and the sun was either blocked out or on the wrong side of the mountain, photography was more difficult than usual. As a result we have either flat shots taken in natural light, or my poor attempts with a handheld flash. If anyone has any lighting tips, preferentially those that cost and weigh little, I would love to hear them. The flowers present were rather homogenous from clump-to-clump. Color was uniform except for two plants that had much lighter colored flowers than the rest. Arguabably the most prominent feature of the species is its stolon or stolon-like growths, and the plants we saw had a profusion of these organs. These growths produced dense clumps of plants that were, presumably, the vegitative offspring of a single plant. In cultivation, my plant doesn't produce these organs in the manner I normally associate with stolons; it first produces what look like the gemmae of temperate Pinguicula species alongside its winter rosette, then, at the start of the growing season, the gemmae sprout in a highly etiolated fashion, extending away from the parent. Does this coincide with what anyone else has observed?
  11. Here are my lousy pics of Steve's bog: (The bog is to the far right of the second photo)
  12. Here are some pictures from the bog near Mt. Hood where Noah claimed it was too dark to take pictures. As you can see, this site has significantly more grasses crowding out the Drosera rotundifolia and D. anglica than most other bogs. The low light did affect image quality, particularly when I had to use the flash... But the Drosera at this site weren't that exciting anyway, considering that the same bog also hosts sympatric populations of Utricularia intermedia and the uncommon U. ochroleuca.
  13. Here are some pictures of a typical Pinguicula macroceras subsp. nortensis site Noah and I visited earlier this month in Del Norte Co., California. The first pictures are of nearly vertical walls of serpentine rock with lithophytic Pinguicula. The last few pictures were taken a short distance down the road where the plants grow in seeps in somewhat unstable serpentine gravel. I include the first picture only because it illustrates how water is slowly dripping on and around the plants.
  14. Hi Sean, I was hoping those clues (and others) would be noticed a bit sooner! Thanks for the correct ID for D. pygmaea. As you can tell, I don't know much about pygmies, and local field guides omit that section of the genus... Here are more recent pictures form Albion:
  15. Here are some pictures taken earlier this week that I thought some of you might enjoy.
  16. A very belated thanks for the info. A picture of one of the flowers was published in a local newspaper. http://mas.scripps.com/VCS/2005/06/09/lpcarnplants10c_e.jpg http://www.venturacountystar.com/vcs/home_...3843991,00.html
  17. Did I mention that I took these pictures in January? It has taken a while to get them online. Sean, Please excuse my ignorance. How are you able to tell that the sundews are Drosera peltata var. foliosa rather than D. peltata merely by viewing my fuzzy pics of basal rosettes? I thought examination of seed testa was needed to make such a determination.
  18. I'm not sure why plants were first introduced. A few prominent Bay area CP enthusiasts began scattering seeds, IIRC, in the late '70s or early '80s. D'Amato wrote a glowing description of the location for the CPN in the late '80s or early '90s.
  19. Here are some pictures I took on a trip to the infamous Mendocino County, California pigmy forest containing introduced CP. Sorry the pics aren't the best quality; I should've brought a tripod. For more, point you browser to http://cppic.placegoblin.com/album40 (and instead of selecting the thumbnails to enlarge the images, click on the hyperlink below each image indicating the largest file size. The host imposes poor jpeg compression.).
  20. One of my U. nelumbifolia is currently in bloom and I would like it to produce seed. I've heard that the species does self, but don't know if it auto-pollinates or if requires any special techniques. I would very much appreciate any relevant advice. Any similar recommendations for U. alpina pollination would be great as well. Thanks, Forbes
  21. I sell a few different petiolaris-complex species as well as D. regia. I prefer to sell them at CP society meetings but have shipped more than a few. Feel free to contact me for prices. Basic requirements for petiolaris species are high heat and bright light. D. paradoxa is by far the easiest of the bunch. Acquiring some experience with this species before moving on to the rest of the complex is recommended. D. regia doesn't need as much heat but grows best with a lot of light and can consume a lot of room. Both can be grown indoors under fluorescent lights with moderate effort. Growing either outdoors here in S. California is significantly more taxing. Both can be kept in trays with water. In the winter they may need to dry somewhat depending on your conditions.
  22. Aaron, You should have a PM from me. You're welcome for the redundant info. ;) Next time I make it to a BACPS meeting, I'll try to bring some D. x beleziana. That could be sooner rather than later, as I may be moving to the Placerville area. For the record, that Sphagnum isn't just top dressing. Spec, Yes, I was up for Fernando's fantastic presentation and had some plants along. I should have gotten over to say "hi" but was sidetracked by a pack of plant-starved Northern Californians.
  23. Spec, I grow a few, not many really, and certainly not those species. It looks like BobZ would like to see them as well.
  24. Aaron, Down here in So. Cal., we get about the same winter minimum. Temperate and many tropical Drosera do great outside as well as Sarracenia, Dionaea, Darlingtonia, Cepholotus, many Utricularia species and Drosophyllum. I've only been growing most of the above plants outdoors for a year or less, but know others down here who have had them outside long-term with great results. I haven't tried temperate Pinguicula outside, but my plants have no problem going dormant indoors at any time of the year. Temperate Drosera grown indoors do the same. Ivan Snyder has even flowered D. uniflora multiple times under lights without temperature trickery. There are many excellent CP growers in N. CA. I believe Phil Faulisi and Don Elkins are closet to Monterey. I can put you in contact with them if you like. The Bay Area CP society is also an immense resource. See http://www.bacps.org/. John Green grew some nice Sarracenia outdoors in Salt Lake City, btw. See http://www.cc.utah.edu/~jsg16/cp.htm. Here's a bad pic of a D. x beleziana I've had outside for two years:
  25. Hi Fernando, It was good to meet you up North. Thanks again for the presentation. The Albion bog was fun, although slightly sickening. I suppose the little “experiment” there could have been conducted and removed in a benign fashion if only slow-spreading species had been introduced; all the D. capensis, U. subulata and other weeds have probably made the installment permanent. Sad to see, particularly on Nature Conservancy land. Although everything was dormant except a nice patch or D. peltata (or some similar species), it still was interesting to see the soils and get a feel for the hydrology at the location. The various podzols were particularly nice. I would have sent some pics, but my host hasn't been allowing uploads. Best, Forbes
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