Spring Pics

[dashman]

Spring, the most wonderful time of the year IMO! Here are a few pics of what spring is like around here...

I hope you enjoy them.

Pink Venus working on a flower stalk.
EDIT: oops. This isn't pink venus. It is Big Mouth.

Group Shot. S. rubra ssp. alabamensis in the front.

A flytrap shop purchase. S. leucophylla "alba top" x flava var rubricorpora

Top view

Another flytrap shop purchase. S. leucophylla "alba top" x flava var ornata

Top view

Something sucking on my S. 'Reptilian Rose'

S. 'John Smith'

S. 'Judith Hindle'

D. filiformis

S. 'Craig Rudman' flower and pitcher.

S. 'White Knight' flower.

 

[zlookup]

Nice. Still waiting on my sarrs to break dormancy ... =/

 

[dashman]

Alot of this growth is from within the last two weeks. We have had a string of warm, sunny days. I don't keep track, but it seems they are ahead of schedule for my area.

 

[lizasaur]

Oooh, lovely!

 

[Nevermore]

very nice!

 

[jimscott]

Looking good!

 

[PolishJeff]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

 

[joossa]

Very nice to see others' Sarrs are waking up. Your flowers are very nice, especially that last one. The dry winds are desiccating the petals of my flowers and they aren't lasting very long.

 

[dashman]

Thanks all.

@joossa Mine last a week or two I think. What I have to watch out for are winds. With all of the fronts coming through this time of year we can see some pretty turbulent weather.

I have lost one flower already due to high winds. It was a S. flava that I self pollenated so I wasn't too upset.

 

[dashman]

Update: Got a few more beauties opening up...

The one and only (that I am aware of) utric in my collection. Possibly U. subulata as suggested by fellow TF members. This is the only fully developed flower I have ever seen in my pots. Most are undeveloped. There is a term for it, but I can't remember what it is.

Next if one of my favorite sarracenia. It's not of flowering size yet, but I can tell it is going to be a beauty.
S. flava var atropurpurea

Lastly, another great sarracenia. It reminds me of a frilled lizard for some reason.
S. 'Craig Rudman' I think Craig Rudman is a S. xCatesbaei backcross, which if my memory serves from college genetics that means it is S. (flava x purpurea) x (flava x purpurea) or maybe S. flava x (flava x purpurea)??. Interesting looking regardless. It has hints of both rugelli and rubricorpora IMO. Perhaps those were the flava parents? I think the exact cross is secret.

 

[dashman]

Red Pirahna

Two more beauties in full swing now.
S. flava var rubricorpora (Larger) and S. flava var rubricorpora Liberty Co., FL (smaller)