Cobras: Take 2

[hcarlton]

Haven't had seeds on hand any time recently, but after failure several years ago with my last seedling batch, we're trying again with something a little more established:
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Something exciting arrived recently...
Darlingtonia 'Othello' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia 'Othello' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia 'Othello' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the typical form is making big, beautiful pitchers...
Darlingtonia californica californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[Gadz]

Eek! Good angle on the traps

 

[hcarlton]

The classic cobra has been taking off; 'Othello' isn't far behind now but not quite any mature traps on it just yet
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

'Othello' is being slow (though it is growing, from 2 points no less), but the standard is quite large now
Darlingtonia californica var. californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Can't call 'Othello' slow anymore; the main growth point isn't doing anything but two others have taken over and it's sent out a stolon.
Darlingtonia 'Othello' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia 'Othello' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Sadly, as seems to be a common fate 'Othello' decided to slowly rot out at the start of winter. Not even any of the offshoots deigned to live.
The typical plant however, is chugging along as always, and also has multiple little offshoots crowding the edges of the pot now
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Reaching the point where I'll move this plant out of the greenhouse to try and trigger it to fall asleep for a few months....
Darlingtonia by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Which will be a slightly more troublesome endeavor since I now have all of these spilling out the sides
Darlingtonia by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[adnedarn]

Good luck! It looks pretty good, hopefully it sleeps well.

 

[DragonsEye]

Nice plants there, Hawken!

 

[hcarlton]

While the plant halts its growth, I took one of the dead pitchers and looked inside...
D. californica interior by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. californica interior by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. californica interior by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Since the Sarracenia were waking up, decided might as well also wake up and repot this thing...the new pot should provide much more space for the offshoots to fill now
D. californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Been struggling with the cobras again though I still have all my accessions...mosses with too-high tannins and winter temps that never got properly cold enough in the garage are probably contributing to the current fungal struggle (because I assume that's what's blotching them up).
Darlingtonia californica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr