One of my other Hobbies.... warning: Picture Heavy

[SirKristoff]

As i stated in my introduction, one of my other hobbies is Carnivorous Plants... And as such, i thought i would share a few photos of some of my plants. Hope you enjoy!

Will start out with some Temperate ones...

Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa f. heterophylla

Sarracenia x"Isabelle"

Sarracenia xMoorei 'Leah Wilkerson'

Darlingtonia californica

Sarracenia flava

Sarracenia flava var. rugelii

Sarracenia xCatesbaei (purpurea x flava)
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Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa var. montana

Sarracenia 'Doreens Colossus'

Sarracenia xCatesbaei from Sunata, FL.

Sarracenia leucophylla

unknown Sarracenia hybrid

Sarracenia 'Ares'

of course, Dionaea muscipula... The Venus Flytrap

Now some tropicals...

Nepenthes macrophylla

Nepenthes tenuis

Nepenthes lowii x ventricosa Red

Nepenthes x'Splendiana'

Nepenthes sanguinea

Nepenthes truncata x ephippiata

Nepenthes lowii x truncata

Heliamphora 'Tequila'

Cephalotus follicularis... not really a tropical, but not really a temperate plant either

This is only a few of the plants, but i hope you enjoyed seeing them

 

[tribe9]

These photos are very nice! I like the deep reds, very pretty. How work intensive is keeping up with so many?

 

[stanleyc]

Gorgeous, you must have a greenhouse, I envy you.

 

[lollypop]

Fantastic, but what do you feed them? Do they live outside or just visit.

 

[piethein21]

nice
no fly around your house will be safe xD

 

[kerosseno]

Wow, amazing collection. I love them, especially thatSarracenia leucophylla, it looks almost winterish )

 

[Molch]

Fantastic, but what do you feed them?

the in-laws maybe? Some of them look big enough.

they are so exquisite and beautiful. I love how every funnel comes with its own little umbrella/canopy above it. Amazing what mama nature comes up with.

 

[Otterwoman]

Those are beautiful!!

 

[Niels D]

Only a few of your plants? You can "absorb" a whole locust plague with your collection. Wicked!

 

[Alejandro]

Pretty neat! Thanks for sharing.

 

[SirKristoff]

Thanks guys!
These plants are actually quite easy, but their are a few that are not...
I do have a greenhouse, but it is only used for my tropicals from late spring through early fall, as it is not heated... The temperate plants like Sarracenia, Dionaea, and some of my Drosera (not pictured here) are left outdoors year round, going dormant from October through mid march early April.... We have a relatively short growing period in the Pac. NW.

During winter, my tropicals are grown under fluorescent lighting.

 

[Traxolotl]

I love your plants especially the pitchers

 

[michael]

Fantastic. I have a few pitcher plants but they don't begin to compare to yours. Thanks for sharing,

 

[SirKristoff]

Nice, What kind of pitcher plants do you have?

 

[freves]

Very nice. I have a small collection of CP's but again nothing compared to yours. Overall I do well with plants in general but my blackest thumb seems to be with Nepenthes. I do not have a greenhouse and have never had any of them do well long term on a windowsill. I do enjoy my various Sarracenia's and vft's in container gardens however and the best part is I mostly leave them in the garage all winter and barely have to do anything but add water every so often. I often wish that the herps were that easy.
Chip

 

[michael]

The scientific names of plants leave my head quickly. I have a real small miniature nepenthes. A Canadian Saracenia, and a bigger Nepenthes that hangs down. I had a N. belii in my dart frog terrarium for awhile but it did not thrive.

 

[freves]

The most success that I ever had was with one of the really small species (cannot recall the name). I kept it in a fish tank converted to a miniature greenhouse. It actually lived for about a year and put out new pitchers before eventually dying from a scale infestation. BTW Michael that sundew that I bought from Black Jungle at that last MARS show has done so well that it has spread to two of my container gardens.
Chip

 

[frenzyfan]

Wow that's awesome have you ever showed your plants like at a fair or somewhere?

 

[Bambu]

Congratulations! your plants are beautiful, that envy hehe :happy: