carolina

Hi everyone! Several years ago I started this project as a means of encouraging national support for the preservation of The Green Swamp in North Carolina, as well as other unbelievably beautiful environments like it. If people knew about the devastation being done to the swamp from a number...

In case you were not aware of our existance, the Carolina Carnivorous Plant Society is having its first meeting in Raleigh, NC on December 1st. Currently we are just a facebook group dedicated to bringing cp growers, enthusiasts, addicts, or anyone even mildly interested people together. We are...

The North Carolina chapter of The Nature Conservancy is doing a project to catalog the VFT's in the Green Swamp. They are raising funds to do this. I believe that its vital to the survival of VFT's. Please donate to this very worthy project...

I go to the NC State Fair every year to eat tasty but terrible fair food and to see the plant displays. This year was pretty cool, nothing particularly special but I figured I would share it with you guys. A venus flytrap-esque salad grabber! IMG_3425 by mcmcnair The ferns that were on display...

Dear friends, Thank you again for your participation in the 2012 NASC benefit auction! As you know, some of the funds raised in this year’s auction were intended to go towards the development of a management plan for Dulany Bog in western North Carolina. We have been in communication with the...

For trade are the following: 1 good sized dionaea typical 1 good sized drosera intermedia carolina giant 1 good sized filiformis var traci(plant is vigorous) 1 small dionaea fused tooth 1 very small dionaea fused tooth 1 very small dionaea pink venus 1 sarracenia rubra 1 sarracenia flava...

I first got into carnivorous plants in middle school when my family built a house on some land in south Georgia during the fall of 2004. I recognized pitcher plants (S. minor) growing in the ditch after seeing S. flava during a field trip to a local Carolina bay. I tried to take care of the...

Hello all! I am looking to setup a network/group in North Carolina and the surrounding area of CP growers/lovers/fans/groupies! Please post here if you are in the area and are interested. I have already created a group on Facebook called Carolina Carnivorous Plant Society so please look it...

Hello all! Just this past week I visited my alma mater, UNC Charlotte, and the North Carolina Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill. Both of these are home to several cultivars registered by Larry Mellichamp (in Charlotte) and Robert Gardner (in Chapel Hill). I have already posted the best photos...

You may not know his name but you probably know of him. S.Readii was named for him. He did a lot of work for cp's. It's a great loss but all of us that loves cps are better off for the life long work he did. I talked to his daughter a few weeks ago, he'll be missed...

My grow list Nepenthes N. ventricosa N. sanguinea ( a red form) N. thorelii x densiflora N. maxima x veitchii (x allardii) N. alata x khasiana N. ventricosa x fusca N. ventricosa x maxima N. spathulata x alata Heliamphora H. heterodoxa Drosera D. adelae D. binata “marston's dragon” D...

Location data provided, if available. Number of seeds in each packet listed out to the side. Got these from Kamil Pasek 2 months ago. They've been kept in the fridge since the day I got them in the mail. 1.) Sarracenia rubra ssp. wherryi (Washington Co. Alabama) (20 seeds) 2.) Sarracenia...

i have a 6' x 8' kit greenhouse , need to find a few pics, its setting at my old home and is useless to me and i dont think im going to be needing it in the near or even far future, if their is some on in the virginia, north carolina area that would like it, i would like to make some kind of...

i have a 6' x 8' kit greenhouse , need to find a few pics, its setting at my old home and is useless to me and i dont think im going to be needing it in the near or even far future, if their is some on in the virginia, north carolina area that would like it, i would like to make some kind of...

Mcmcnair, Wire man, and I went together to the 2012 ICPS conference from North Carolina, then Virginia at Meadowview Biological Research Station and finally arriving to Massachusetts after a 12-hour drive to the conference! Pictures of Meadowview and the conference: My favorite...

Sarrs Adrian Slack x Judith Hindle Alata- 3 Alata x Leucophylla ‘Birds Beak’ dixie lace Flava – 2 Flava var Ornata Flava var Rubricorpora - 5 Gilipini 'big red' Judith hindle Leucophylla Leucophylla hybrid - 7 Leucophylla 'Tarnook' Leucophylla ‘Hurricane Creek White’ Minor...

I just got back from my yearly trip into the Green Swamp in North Carolina. Enjoy ! This is the wetland beside the parking lot. It's filled with Drosera intermedia and Utricularia. <a href="http://s1109.photobucket.com/albums/h434/Nepenthes138/Green%20Swamp/?action=view&current=nc2012012.jpg"...

Nepenthes: Bicalcarata Mirabilis Var Echinostoma Baramensis Winged Grabilis Nigro Grabilis Nigro Gracilis Anamensis Coccinae Ampullaria "Crimson" as I call it. Miranda King Tiger Northiana Sarracenia: Aerolata Alata Catsbae Bog witch Pur x Minor Scarlet Belle Maroon Throat Alata Leucophelia...

Hey all! Looking at my collection, I realize I have a lot of plants that still need to go, and the last giveaway wasn't enough. Up for grabs plants include: D. spatulata Frazer Island, D. intermedia Carolina form, D. adelae, S. alata seedlings, and P. grandiflora. if you're interested, payment...

Hey all! To celebrate the 4th, I am posting a giveaway for all US growers to participate in. For giveaway, I have 2 of each: D. spatulata Frazer Island, D. intermedia Carolina Giant form, and seed grown S. alata, currently showing signs of heavy veining and deep reds/purples in larger plants. I...