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First flower of the year, S.leucophyllia "alba top"

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Had about 15 flowers so far this year... Was able to grab a few shots

Sarracenia purpurea subsp. venosa
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Sarracenia flava var. cuprea
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randomly my tacca chantrieri has begun to open
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I'm getting more buds as spring rolls along.

The first flower of the season is from my S. x catesbaei:

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S. x catesbaei flower #2 from the same plant as above:

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S. x wrigleyana have some very nice flowers. I can't wait for them to bloom again this year:

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S. oreophila "Alabama" tub:

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S. 'Tarnok' coming along nicely:

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Sarracenia flava var. ornata about to open up:
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S. "Black and Red" has lost color due to dormancy is the garage:

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Sarracenia purpurea ssp. purpurea:

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Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana:

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Fred....:0o:
Very beautiful!
It's a forest of Sarr's, I love it. What a healthy bunch of plants you have!
 
I haven't had time to time individual shots of the flowers but it's been interesting. Given the flip-floppy weather that we've had, some plants started really early while others are only just coming up. In general, the bogs look like this:

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What a great display! Love the work you put into those bogs, very clean looking.
 
Wow all your plants look so nice and green, my plants look a little green and a lot of brown like they are barely hanging in there. But anyways I think I might have a flowering flava:
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Magnificent pictures Fred and Brokken. Really seems that Sarracenia thrive in the California sun.
 
Today, while outside - I counted some flower buds on the following plants - S. x "Ladies in Waiting'(7) - S. leucophylla 'Pale Pitchers' (9) - S. oreo x S.minor (17) - S.alata x willisii (5) - S flava v. flava (37)..yes, 37! S.leuco (green) x S.rubra jonesii (green) (26) - S.(flava x purpurea) x leucophylla (17) S. flava rugelli (9)...among others and they really held up well to a real HARD frost we had here a few days back!
 
Wow... how have I not found these posts until now :drool:

Fred: what is the plant with this flower?

It's to die for :hail:

Brokken: very well organized and just amazing looking. :0o:

Thanks Z - It's an (alata x leuco) x flava rubricorpora.

I have to send you a pic of that flava ornata you sent me last year. Nice looking plant!

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Magnificent pictures Fred and Brokken. Really seems that Sarracenia thrive in the California sun.

Thanks Phil - you can't beat the CA sunshine, that's for sure!!
 
When finally something opened. I'm too lazy to count all the buds...

S. leucophylla - this is supposed to be 'Hurricane Creek White' with the plant originally from John Hummer himself but the pitchers are narrow so it doesn't qualify. I'm wondering if there is some S. rubra ssp alabamensis in it, one of the S. rubra subspecies Hummer favors for his hybrids. Pitchers get around 20-24 inches tall.
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loads of fun holding a tape measure without a lock in one hand, camera in the other on a windy day...
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S. "Dana's Delight" (sic.)
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Starting to get some flowers poking up, the usual early risers, catesbaei, moorei, a seed grown alata x flava OP that is only 3 yrs old. Got some yucky weather on the way though, windy with temps dropping a little below freezing, just the type of weather to kill flower buds. I don't really want to move them back in the garage. I may try to come up with a big tarp or some plastic or something.
 
Got a lot this year:
1 rosea
1 catesbaei
3 oreophila
2 Ritchie Bell
2 flava typical
1 flava ornata
2 flava cupera
4 alabamensis
2 purpurea ssp. venosa
1 rubra
1 Lady Bug
2 leucophylla 'Tarnok'
 
S. purpurea ssp venosa var burkii (aka S. rosea)
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S. rubra ssp alabamensis (S. rubra ssp wherryi??) (S. alabamensis ssp wherryi??). It was given to me as S. rubra ssp. alabamensis. From the color of the flowers and size of the pitcher it could be of the Chatom population
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S.leucophylla
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