upright growing vfts

[zappafan]

Does anyone grow any vfts with a strong "most of the time" upright growing habit? Can anyone post pics?

 

[Alvin Meister]

SW Giant grows upright after the first few low lying spring leaves.

 

[vft guy in SJ]

My Green Dragons all have upright growing traps. They revert to ground hugging traps come dormancy time. Here are a couple pics...

This one is July 2003...

This one is same plant in October 2003

Cheers
Steve

 

[BobZ]

Phil Golding has a plant that he calls "Creeping Death" that has long thin upright petioles.

Later in the season, they droop over the pot
http://www.ourcpsite.com/creeper.html
And then in winter dormancy, produce short "normal" leaves.

 

[pond boy]

Bobz,that looks like var. filiforma to me.

 

[zappafan]

I have "Creeping Death". Pondboy, I think you're right, it looks like that to me as well. Alvin, I am so jealous of you, still trying to get a true SWG.

 

[uglypho]

The UK has a whole bunch of VFTs out of reach to us Americans. It's a miner nuisance.

 

[zappafan]

Hey uglypho, I'm in talks with an excellent grower to import SWG and many more of the appealing ones, if possible. It may or may not happen, next spring. I have wanted several since I discovered them :South West Giant; Dirk Ventham's Giant(G16); Rosy Red, Big Traps;MegaTraps;1979 clone,etc.

 

[zappafan]

sorry double post

 

[uglypho]

Hi zappafan, hope you aquire such clones. You probably be the only person in the US to have such clones.

Oh ya, just to tell ya, the Dirk Ventham's Giant is known as the G14 in Graham's collection while the G16 is a rosetted plants with huge red traps once known as "Slack's Giant."
I really hope you aquire those plants btw.

Does this mystery person's name start with an "M'.

 

[zappafan]

Thanks uglypho for correcting me. I didn't have my notes handy. No the mystery man's name does not start with "M". Maybe you have some news for me ?

 

[uglypho]

Hhhmmm, a late topic but I just aquired VFT clone "Spider" that grows erect all yeat with very long petioles and large traps. Mines still suppose to be a baby.