Hello from the Central Coast of California

[terrestrial_man]

Hi, I am Jerry and live in Santa Maria.
I have some carnivorous plants: Heliamphora minor, Sarrencia purpurea,
Sarrencia psittacina, and Darlingtonia californica plus a Venus Flytrap (I think it is still alive??).
I have a BA in Botany from Humboldt State College, up in Northern California at Arcata. So you can bet that I have been growing all kinds of plants for years!!! My real loves are mosses and lycopodiums and selaginellas, of which I grow different species. I do have a bog and I have a journal on my bog. Here is a link:
http://www.jsionline.freeservers.com/p1bog.html
the bog is still filled with sedges but hopefully this year I can transplant some.
My real interest in carnivorous is in Heliamphora. I am growing my two H. minor plants outside in full sun. I will have to make a journal to show you all. They are doing well!! I did get one of those fantastic H. sarrencoides but that plant is so tiny that I will be dead before it gets big!!! I think it is barely alive in my greenhouse but I really have alot to learn on raising the little seedlings!

 

[Bugweed]

As long as you are terrestrial man and not extraterrestrial man, WELCOME!!!!!!! Feel free to browse wildly, and ask a million or two questions. Some folks here I suspect really know what they're talking about.

 

[jimscott]

Welcome to TF!

 

[Christopher]

Welcome to the forums, Jerry! We're both lucky to live in the great state of CA; we've got great weather to grow lots of goodies!

 

[Clint]

Welcome dude!

 

[xvart]

Welcome to TF! Sounds like you have a nice breadth of experience. I did a quick look at your website and it looks good. I love the description of your encounter with "THE SPHAG!"

xvart.

 

[PlantAKiss]

Welcome to TF!

You sound like a nice planty person just like the rest of us. Join in and have some fun. Love getting new members!

 

[droseraguy]

Come one come all !! Welcome

 

[Not a Number]

Welcome to TF, Jerry.

A botanist will always be welcome here. Although it is a bit of a drive for you, come on down for one of the LACPS meetings. We meet the 3rd Saturday of every other month. The next meeting should be April 21st.

 

[terrestrial_man]

Thanks N.A.N.!
But I have trouble just driving a couple of miles to buy groceries!
Guess that makes me a HomeBoy!!!

Dorthy was right!!! < bet he is not from Kansas!!!

 

[Not a Number]

Whatever. It's a good opportunity to meet other CP enthusiasts. A lot of them are into other plants as well, Tom, the leader of the group is said to have some 3000+ orchids.

It's a great way to expand your CP collection because there is usually stuff on sale, for trade or giveaways. Pingman acquired a great little Cephalotus last time. And Forbes gave away a couple tanks. Now that I have stuff germinating like crazy I wished I grabbed the bigger tank.

I've made arrangements so that the August meeting can be held at the Huntington Botanical Gardens. That should be a real treat.

I think there are a member or two that come down from Santa Barbara - Ventura County for sure, you might be able to hitch a ride with them.