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Wire Man

Sphagnum Guru
I live close to Meadowview, so why not go back to visit on breaks? That's exactly what I did.

We recently received two very, very large Nepenthes x mixtas. WHen I say large I mean massive.

Beast by Wire Man, on Flickr

A spotted Nepenthes ampullaria that Mike donated.

QA133068 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133069 by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the lowers of the largest Nepenthes x mixta.

QA133070 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133071 by Wire Man, on Flickr

And onee of the uppers.

QA133073 by Wire Man, on Flickr

An intermediate

QA133074 by Wire Man, on Flickr

A freshly opened pitcher.

QA133076 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Another upper.

QA133077 by Wire Man, on Flickr

A new N. truncata pitcher that opened after my internship was over. It's massive.

QA133078 by Wire Man, on Flickr

And the numerous flowers of the largest N. x mixta.

Lofty Flowers by Wire Man, on Flickr

New pitchers on Nepenthes northiana

QA133081 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133082 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Nepenthes rafflesiana

QA133083 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The upper pitchers of the other N. x mixta. I have cuttings of this one. Hopefully they root soon.

QA133084 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133085 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133086 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Drosera binata var. dichotoma, and lots of it.

QA133087 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Deadly Forks by Wire Man, on Flickr

I don't remember what Sarracenia hybrid this is, but I love it!

Intense by Wire Man, on Flickr

Intense by Wire Man, on Flickr

I'll let you drool over these for a while. Liberty County Florida leucos.

QA133094 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QA133096 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Liberty Bells by Wire Man, on Flickr

Doomed bees.

Useless Struggle by Wire Man, on Flickr

More S. leucos.

QA133103 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia "Matoaka"

Matoaka by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. "Ruby Throat"

Rubies by Wire Man, on Flickr

Rubies by Wire Man, on Flickr

Absolutely massive S. alata pitchers.

Texas Trumpets by Wire Man, on Flickr

More leucos.

Bee Trap by Wire Man, on Flickr

White Towers by Wire Man, on Flickr

Checking the back shelf of Nepenthes.

Observing by Wire Man, on Flickr

Observing by Wire Man, on Flickr

Observing by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the clusters on N. alata.

N. alata Cluster by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia "Georgia Fall Line Sand Hill" in its full glory.

Ancestral by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ancestral by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the more colorful forms of S. alata

Spectacular S. alata by Wire Man, on Flickr
 
Very cool! :-O
 
Awesome! I've got to get down there next summer.
 
N. 'mixta' is now on my want list :p It's a beautiful plant. I especially love the uppers. Those S. leuco's are amazing! Too bad I couldn't see them look that nice while I was on my internship. You're making me miss the place!
 
Beautiful pitchers; thanks for sharing!!!
 
Which is why you should come back next summer, Richard. There's talk of us getting paid. You AC guys definitely have to come visit. I think Pappy will be satisfied with the dews, especially once I beef up the tropical collection. N. smilesii is doing wonderfully in the greenhouse, getting plenty of light and turning a nice red. The pitcher inflation rate has double in speed. The leucos are drool worthy this time of year.

Richard, we did take some cuttings of one of the N. x mixtas if you want one, once they root. Just a warning, they grow very quickly and big. It looks like most of the cuttings you took worked quite well with the ventricosa and sanguinea.
 
Great shots of some beautiful plants. Thanks for sharing.
 
  • #10
What a northiana! Any idea how old that guy ( or girl?) is??
 
  • #12
Those are some beautiful pitchers, i bet it was an awesome experience
 
  • #13
What a northiana! Any idea how old that guy ( or girl?) is??

It's maybe about 5-10 years old. We haven't had it that terribly long.

We added some under-bench lights for the Neps on the bottom shelf, so they should be growing very rapidly right about..... now. I highly recommend applying for the internship if you haven't. You'll have a whole new appreciation for the plants afterwards.

There will be more photos coming in a few days.
 
  • #14
More photos!!!

Indeed, more leucos.

QA173162 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Lanterns by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. alata

Fall alatas by Wire Man, on Flickr

Hybrid and Meal by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of our smaller hybrids.

Little Hybrid by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. jonesii, a different form from the one that everyone was drooling over during the summer.

S. jonesii in Autumn by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red leucos.

Hot Pink by Wire Man, on Flickr

Another colorful alata.

Colorful Texans by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea from Wisconsin. I'll be using this for my purp vein mapping project.

Wisconsin purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr
 
  • #15
Nice shots!

Some of the nicest alata's I've seen...
 
  • #16
Agreed. I actually like S. alata after seeing some of these rarer population specimens. The typical ones are so boring, but Phil has some massive and colorful specimens that I mistook as hybrids when I first saw them.
 
  • #17
I didn't have enough battery power to photograph the Sarracenias, but I got a lot of nice shots of the greenhouse progress last week!

These seeds were sown back in mid-June....... Who says fertilization is bad?

Explosion by Wire Man, on Flickr

Vigor by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea from Ontario mixed with another purp.

Mixed by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now for some S. leuco "burgundy" x "Powhatan" seedlings.

QB283609 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QB283610 by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of them has done exceptionally as well. These will be in the catalog soon.

Tower by Wire Man, on Flickr

A gift from Bill School, Pinguicula ionantha.

Rare Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

P. ionantha by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now for the Neps. One of our N. veitchii

Pink and Stripy by Wire Man, on Flickr

Pink by Wire Man, on Flickr

The other one....

Hot Lips by Wire Man, on Flickr

which is in flower.

Male Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

My D. capensis has come along nicely in the greenhouse, and is ready to flower again.

Tiny Terrarium by Wire Man, on Flickr

The cephs are responding to the new lights nicely.

Cephs by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. smilesii has increased in size since being moved to the greenhouse. I love this one.

N. smilesii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. smilesii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. x mixta snuck in a new lower.

Sneaky by Wire Man, on Flickr

And then my battery died.
 
  • #18
Very nice! What kind of ferts were used for the seedlings?
 
  • #19
Osmocote or root feeding, and a 1/4 diluted orchid fertilizer in a spray bottle for foliage feedings. As you can see it works quite well. I only use the spray fertilizer on my seedlings and they grow slightly slower. Osmocote works wonders.
 
  • #20
Lots of beautiful nepenthes and sarracenia!!
 
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