botanical

Hi, I will be at Hilton Head for about 10 days in late June/early July, with my family (including 4 year old). Would like to visit some sarracenia in the wild. Nothing difficult to find, nor long hikes (we can drive). Any botanical gardens worth visiting? Any interesting forests or any...

The botanical garden that I work for was the recipient of a very generous donation last fall. We received a flowering Drosophyllum last fall, and I have recently collected the seed. I have four packets of 10 seeds each to give away in order to pass on some of that generosity. I will...

In a never-ending quest to make more room in my GH for my CP collection, I'm starting to pare down extras and less desirable (to me, at least) non-CP: 1. Gasteria fuscopunctata - a large plant with lots of babies. Originally from the University of South Florida Botanical Garden in Tampa...

(Sorry if this is a repeat for a few people. I copied this post verbatim from another forum) Any thoughts on mounting an Aglaomorpha coronans fern? Perhaps the question would do better on a fern oriented forum, but I figured I'd ask, just in case anyone here has experience, or just an...

Bomarea "Yellow" (B. caldasii or B. superba???) seedling for highland Nepenthes or? This is an amazing Bomarea which grows at the SF Botanical Garden: The umbels are HUGE. I don't know if anyone has settled on a name. I've heard both a variety of B. caldasii, and also B. superba. This is...

I thought it would be fun if people would provide pictures of some of the interesting tropical fruits they are growing. I'll start with three very different examples. What they have in common is that all are cool growers, originally from high elevations in the Andes. I don't have a...

Hopefully it isn't too late to post these guys. I just got an ID recently. Furcraeas are close relatives of Agaves. These plants are apparently hardy to about 25 F, although I don't know anything about this particular clone. Tropicos lists this species as from 2000-3000 m. So I'm betting...

Hello, I have been a member here for a short while, but would like to introduce myself a little further. I have been a professional horticulturist for about 20 years off and on, and currently serve as a horticulturist as Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA. I have been working...

My Passiflora 'Preciosa' desperately needs to be cut back--I plan to do it Sunday. If anyone can get any use out of some of the cuttings, I can send about 10 nodes (or possibly more, depending on interest). 2 nodes is enough to root a new plant, and they root in water. There's a good chance...

Not CPs but still about plants & history. About the Scottish botanist who smuggled tea seeds from China...

Last year our auction raised money for a controlled burn at The Nature Conservancy property in Old Dock NC. Old Dock is an amazing site. Biggest S.minor site in NC. It had some very interesting genetic variations. I contacted TNC to make arrangements for payment of your donations this week. I...

Hello TF, my girlfriend and I are going to be visiting some of her family in Tucson Az soon. I know there are a few people who live in Tucson on the forums. I was wondering if anyone has some suggestions as far as things to do while we're there. Any nature trails? We already know about the...

Some of the folks I work with have finally published their research on the Sarracenia family tree. I have been holding off on sharing details on this research forever and can't contain my excitement any longer! I know almost all of the authors personally (folks from UGA and the Atlanta...

I should start out by warning that this contest will probably take a couple months to resolve itself. The plants are slow growing in my conditions. I bought a Monstera deliciosa albovariegata at a sale 3 or so years ago at a San Francisco Botanical Garden plant sale. It was a nice looking...

A friend recently alerted me to the fact that a small Pseudomiltemia filisepala is being auctioned, and the current bid (with several days to go) is surprisingly high. My response is to give one away. If someone is looking for this plant, but does not win this giveaway, I might be willing to...

Hello all, the New England Carnivorous Plant Society will be holding or 2015 show at a new venue for the 1st time in over 10 Years ! This years show will be held at Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Bolton Massachusetts on September 5th and 6th. We've got plenty of vendor space space available to...

In about 1968, when I was living in Westminster, California. I was an avid organic gardener, In the back yard, I had an organic vegetable garden, not very large (about 10' x 40'), but it contained a large variety of plants. I had two bee hives atop a grape arbor. I also kept a rooster in one...

hello, My name is Jay Austin, and I am addicted to carnivorous plants. I am a professional horticulturist at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden in Richmond, VA where among other things I manage the collection of CP's. We have a nice collection of Sarracenia that was originally installed in the...

Hello, I have some S. alabamensis F1 plants that are very special to me. I received them from a friend at a botanical garden and would eventually like to produce seeds from them. It's important for me to get them through the winter. Since they aren't as commonly cultivated as the other Sarrs...

After speaking with several members here among other growers, I have realized that there are more misconceptions about successfully growing these plants than I had thought. I wrote the care sheet below last year for the NECPS members to use as a guide for their cultivation and I hope that it can...