2014

Jan 2014 Today

This past Saturday we had one of our most interesting meetings to date. Mat Opel was kind enough to host our June meeting at the UCONN greenhouses which he oversees and maintains. Here are some pitiful pics of a small part of their collection. Greeting you right at the door of the Life Sciences...

2014 FIFA World cup - Brasil by dals009, on Flickr Any fan here? What are your predictions? For myself, i think germany will take all this :)

I'm paying forward a giveaway the Pyro did years ago. I expect the winners to do the same when the time comes. Plants have leaves about 2.5-3.5 inches long and are well rooted. They should fit in a small flat rate box but I may determine it safer to use a larger box so shipping will be $5.35 to...

1. Only ONE (1) PITCHER per member may be entered in any particular month. 2. All pictures must be taken in the month of entry into the contest. 3. All entries must be clearly identified. 4. Entries are restricted to cultivated plants. 5. Contestants may post as many times and as many pictures...

1. Only ONE (1) Plant per member may be entered in any particular month. This means one Nep vine, one Sarr Rhizome, one pygmy dew etc. 2. All pictures must be taken in the month of entry into the contest. 3. All entries must be clearly identified. 4. Entries are restricted to cultivated plants...

I have 6 of these plants to give away. They need to be divided badly. Can easily make 10 or so plants is they were split. Each if these are seedlings from seeds obtained from the icps seed bank. I have too many to deal with them myself. So the plan is for me to give them away to six lucky...

Lest we forget... I had two uncles who were part of the invasion force at Normandy. One came home, one didn't. Pvt. John McKnight Served with the 741st Tank Battalion For D-Day, the battalion was attached to the 1st Infantry Division to support the 16th Infantry Regimental Combat Team...

Spring has sprung and the bog awakens. Right side: [/url]Bog waking up spring 2014 by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG] Left side: [/url]Bog waking up 2014 by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]S. catesbaei by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]S. Leah Wilkerson by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]S...

I spotted these Darlingtonia sprouts peeking up amongst a clump of VFT in the bog. It seems one of the bog cobras is sending out some stolons and decided this looked like a good place to sprout, haha. [/url]Cobra out of place 2014 by Djoni C, on Flickr[/IMG] [/url]Cobra out of place by Djoni...

Hello, this is my first post here. I have received these Heliamphora on 21st April 2014, as I made a terrarium for them on that night. They look so healthy when I received, with bunch of roots and pitchers. Which I soak them with Trichoderma for 2 hrs 30 mins before potting. Here, I will post...

Last weekend I was enjoying the beautiful weather by preparing a nice BBQ dinner for the family. We had just sat down at the table (out on the deck) when my youngest son pointed out a “spider carrying another spider” (as he put it) on one of the deck posts. It turned out to be a juvenile...

EBay customers must reset passwords after major hack May 21, 2014: 2:53 PM ET Hackers quietly broke into eBay two months ago and stole a database full of user information, the online auction site revealed Wednesday.

1. Only ONE (1) PITCHER per member may be entered in any particular month. 2. All pictures must be taken in the month of entry into the contest. 3. All entries must be clearly identified. 4. Entries are restricted to cultivated plants. 5. Contestants may post as many times and as many pictures...

1. Only ONE (1) Plant per member may be entered in any particular month. This means one Nep vine, one Sarr Rhizome, one pygmy dew etc. 2. All pictures must be taken in the month of entry into the contest. 3. All entries must be clearly identified. 4. Entries are restricted to cultivated plants...

Dear Friends of Meadowview: Spring is an exciting time at Meadowview and I have some big news for you! Please take a look at our spring 2014 newsletter at http://issuu.com/wjenski/docs/meadowview_newsletter2014spring_iss and read the story about the support we are getting to purchase the...

The overly abundant (and invasive) Brown Anole - Anolis sagrei: A.sagrei and A.carolinensis sharing a perch: The less abundant but still common Anolis carolinensis: 5 Lined Skinks: Squirrel Tree Frogs: A Green Tree Frog: A Southern Toad: A Chorus Frog of some kind, not...

Some bromeliads from my uncles yard in Orlando: Some Vandas he had hanging from a palm: A Coreopsis or something similar growing on the side of the road in the Glades: Tillandsias in the Glades: More Glades pics: A Savannah habitat where I found the Pinguicula and...

I just got back from Florida and even though time was limited, I still had the opportunity to visit a couple of CP habitats. Big Cypress Swamp: Pinguicula lutea: Pinguicula caerulea: Utricularia cornuta (possibly U.juncea ?): Utricularia foliosa in Lake Dora, Central...

The Sarracenia Forum has decided to design and sell a t-shirt to help raise money to donate to the NASC. 100% of the profits will go to the NASC. I know many of you participated in the 2014 NASC Benefit Auction and it would be wonderful if you continued your support by buying a limited edition...