Guest rco911 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 My Darlingtonia got pretty dark this year. Younger plants with pitchers under 20cm will at times get red (or very red) pitchers. Older pitchers will also turn dark red. This year a few of my younger plants turned out very dark. This is a photo of a pitcher that formed this year - just wanted to share with everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chatterer Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow! That is intense! So, tell me, is it healthy and everything? I never knew they could turn that color. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wow! That is intense! So, tell me, is it healthy and everything? I never knew they could turn that color. Hi Chatterer, yes, it is very healthy, and has some new growth for the next season already. They got dark last year, but they REALLY got dark this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesredtraps Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I think that looks really interesting, more pictures please.Where do you keep your plants,where are you from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FredG Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Where do you keep your plants,where are you from? 37*38'N 122*29'W I make that Pacifica, just south west of San Francisco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Fred - You are correct! :-) Im on the coast so its very mild over here, a great place to grow Darlingtonias! I'll try to take some more photos this weekend, here is a closer shot of the pitcher... Some of the pitchers are dark, some still have traces of green (the smaller pitcher underneath is an older pitcher from last season, for some reason that one didn't turn so dark, but it is still redish.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 If you type those coordinates into Google Earth, you end up in Kansas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FredG Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) If you type those coordinates into Google Earth, you end up in Kansas! You're wearing the ruby slippers again aren't you Andy. ( Say hi to Toto for me) I forgot to say...... rco....... that's great colour Edited January 31, 2008 by FredG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 (edited) If you type those coordinates into Google Earth, you end up in Kansas! WOAH!! i gotta try that when I get home tonight! Kansas's location is: Longitude: 94° 38'W to 102° 1' 34"W Latitude: 37°N to 40°N I am at: 122°29'W 37°38'N If i was at 102°29'W , 37°38'N - then i would be in Kansas, but thats 20° off... :-) Only a few miles! Fred - Thanks! :-) Edited January 31, 2008 by rco911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FredG Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 If you type those coordinates into Google Earth, you end up in Kansas! Andy, it's not reading the coordinates. It's reading it as an address 122 W 29th St N, Wichita, KS 67204, USA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I am at:122°29'W 37°38'N If I type that in, I get a better result! By the way rco911, I like the colour of your Darling, too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan P Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 wow, beatiful, one of the best Darlingtonia I have seen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amar Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I would love to see that darling with more light, can you make it happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I would love to see that darling with more light, can you make it happen? It was taken during the afternoon, I'll snap a photo of it this weekend - by the time I get home from work its already dark out side :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Really incredible colouration. Never seen a plant that was so dark. I´m excited to see more pictures of your plants. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 I love your Darlingtonia! Thanks for sharing. Gill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 truly fantastic. OMG! thats just magnificent. WOW! please tell us your coniditons in detail. Any more pics of whole plant would be great. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speciesNUT Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 One magnificent plant!! You will have to use it in a breeding program. It is one of a kind but hopefully it will breed true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 (edited) Thanks all! I finally had a chance to go out and take some photos. Sorry for the dealy, spring has sprung here, and I've been busy dividing and re-potting my plants (including this one!) Here are a couple more photos with more light and the whole plant, as requested. A few hoods are dark red, and some are borderline black. Another friend of mine says that a few of her Darlingtonia's in her nursery also got this dark. Barry Rice did mention to me that he has seen plants very dark in the wild, but those were younger plants, the older plants had less red to them. I guess I will just have to wait and see. For now, I am just enjoying their show of color while it lasts, but will be keeping an eye on it... And from another angle: Varev: I grew these outdoors for the past growing seasons. It is only this year that I am changing this. Last year they were in an enclosure surrounded with chickenwire and some plexiglass to keep raccoons out. I have lost some of my plants to raccoons!! They would get indirect bright sun, and a little bit of shade, since the beams of the enclosure would cast shadows throughout the day. The years before I moved to Pacifica, I left them outside on the patio year round while I lived in San Francisco. THIS YEAR: I moved them into my greenhouse and kept them on the floor for the winter, as it is cooler down there. I moved all my plants up to the tables recently as the outdoor weather is getting warmer. Spring is here! I keep my greenhouse vented, and temps range from 50F at night to 80F during the daytime. (Just a little warmer that outdoors) -- I would keep them outdoors - but I am sick of raccoons, and am tired of looking thru chicken wire. Edited February 10, 2008 by rco911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vraev Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Thanks for replying. OMG! those plants are incredible. you should seriously register this plant as a cultivar. I mean look at it....its the equivalent of the eden black ceph. FANTASTIC. :) sorry to hear about the raccoons. I know what you mean. Last summer when I was living in a subleted house, the vegetable garden in the backyard was dessimated by racoons. I realise the damage that they are capable of. But another question. Do you have more cobras?? I mean different plants. Have you seen if the color on them is the same in these exact conditions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted February 10, 2008 Report Share Posted February 10, 2008 Hi Varev! I had one other one-- it was greener than these in the same conditions. The hood of that one had some red, but not solid like these. It died due to the racoons or something. It was thrown off my benches, and looked pretty torn up after a day baking in the sun - well, i had fried darlingtonias. I guess the coons were after the bugs inside or something. I tried to rescue that one, but could not... The ones you see the coon's didn't touch. (Thank goodness!) I do have another smaller one that was given to me from another friend of mine, (kind of like a rescue, it was looking very sick at her place) -- its in another pot. The base of the other plant is green, and the new growth emerging is still looking like a regular cobra. As far as registering -- I don't know. They are still young, and their color may be just because of that. I've seen photos of plants in the wild with solid red pitchers, to very dark red... but as they got older, they lost the strong color. We'll just have to wait and see! It would be nice to see a tall 2 or 3 foot pitcher thats solid black!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diva Posted February 11, 2008 Report Share Posted February 11, 2008 (edited) i'm forever disapointed when promising red looking young plants go green with age but i've never seen any darlingtonia that dark, truely stunning thanks for sharing. lets hope that plant becomes more widespread in cultivation (get a big gun for the raccoons!LOL) i'd pay more for one of those than i've ever spent on a plant. is it as vigorous as the average cobra? Edited February 11, 2008 by diva Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adams Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 My Darlingtonia got pretty dark this year. Younger plants with pitchers under 20cm will at times get red (or very red) pitchers. Older pitchers will also turn dark red. This year a few of my younger plants turned out very dark. This is a photo of a pitcher that formed this year - just wanted to share with everyone could i have some seeds of that plant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogier Posted February 12, 2008 Report Share Posted February 12, 2008 Truly a beautiful Darlingtonia! Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rco911 Posted February 13, 2008 Report Share Posted February 13, 2008 Rogier - Thanks! Diva - seems like a regular cobra. I've divided it a few times already. One division last year didn't make it for some weird reason, but the other division is doing fine. There are stolons underneath that sphagnum for both plants, but I'll wait till next season before I do anything with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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