Wire Man's Plants

[Crofthulhu]

Mmm MMmmmmm purpurea look so nice.. that stalk is hilarious.

 

[Wire Man]

The purps are looking good! Interesting tan coloration. Mmmm, purple Sphag.

D. venusta is days away from flowering.

 

[Wire Man]

From last week

S. purpurea

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. filiformis and rotundifolia

D. filiformis by Wire Man, on Flickr

Flytraps getting ready to flower

Flytrap Flower Bud by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla

S. leucophylla by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava var. rugelii

S. flava var. rugelii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava var. ornata

S. flava var. ornata by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea, Reedy Creek Bog

Q4186117 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. x naczii getting ready to open.

S. x naczii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. minor

S. minor by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. naga

N. naga by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. capillaris "Long Arm"

D. capillaris "Long Arm" by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. sp. "South Africa"

D. sp. "South Africa" by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. aliciae

D. aliciae by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. burkei

N. burkei by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta flower stalk up close

D. venusta Flower Stalk by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. lavicola

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Lake Poso" ready to pop.

N. maxima "Lake Poso" by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta, still elongating the inflorescence....... And it's making another one....... It hasn't even finished the first!

D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[mksmith]

Really nice Graham.

 

[Wire Man]

Thanks! The lavicola is doing amazingly! The tendrils are starting to get a lot longer, and I'm getting more excited.

 

[Wire Man]

Another update from April.

S. flava var. rugelii

S. flava Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. x naczii

S. x naczii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. x naczii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla

S. leucophylla Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. minor

S. minor by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea "Northern"

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea Veins by Wire Man, on Flickr

Unknown hybrid, doing something weird.

Recurved by Wire Man, on Flickr

A different hybrid, possibly.

Sarracenia Hybrid by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Lake Poso"

N. maxima "Lake Poso" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Lake Poso" by Wire Man, on Flickr

Your lid appendage is showing.

N. maxima "Lake Poso" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Lake Poso" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. lavicola

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

Because we all know how much Travis likes stripes. This is just a teaser of what it will do.

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta flower. This one almost looks like a Japanese painting, composition wise.

D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[corky]

looking great,i am well jealous spring here is a wash out no sun=no growth

 

[Wire Man]

They'll grow, eventually. It's that time of year in England...

 

[Dexenthes]

I really can't wait to see that N. lavicola grow up. Do you fertilize your Nepenthes?

 

[Wire Man]

Yes I do. Once a week foliar spray, once a month pitcher feeding, and coffee every 6 months.

 

[Dexenthes]

Well then tell them to hurry up already!

 

[Wire Man]

I harass them every morning to grow faster. N. lavicola got the hint. It's growing faster than N. maxima, glabrata, burbidgeae, and burkei. And everything I read about it said that it is slow....

BTW, N. lavicola is opening a new pitcher right now, and it's deliciously striped.

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More up-to-date photos.

S. purpurea with a rather unique hood.

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

I don't know what this one is thinking.

What are you even doing? by Wire Man, on Flickr

Flowers

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava var. rugelii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. x naczii, nice and coppery.

S. x naczii by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. minor, opening the one way motel for ants.

S. minor by Wire Man, on Flickr

I suggest viewing this one in full. The flower stalk that never ends....

Inflorescence from Hell by Wire Man, on Flickr

P. cyclosecta

P. cyclosecta by Wire Man, on Flickr

U. multifida

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

Psygmorchis pusilla

Psygmorchis pusilla by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. capillaris "Long Arm". The larger ones have gone to Meadowview to restock the species.

D. capillaris "Long Arm" by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta flower

D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. sp. "South Africa" with a funky split inflorescence.

D. sp. "South Africa" by Wire Man, on Flickr

U. multifida nearly open.....

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

And it's perfect!

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

And we all know how Dionaea came from Drosera. Well, this D. rotundifolia looks a lot like an unopened Dionaea trap. Maybe Dionaea diverged from the same ancestor as D. rotundifolia?

D. rotundifolia by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[thez_yo]

Oh that purp is super-cute!

 

[Pk93]

such nice CPs!! love the s. purpurea with the odd hood. love the psygmorchis too!

 

[Wire Man]

That's the entire reason I bought that purp. Might make for interesting hybrids.
The Psygmorchis is surprisingly easy to grow, and the flower is really, really nice.

 

[bluemax]

The lavicola has really darkened. I like the green peristome with the red stripes. 'Always keeping an eye out for updates on that one. I'm tempted to look up Psygmorchis but I'm just gonna wait for a photo of the flower on yours.

 

[Wire Man]

The latest N. lavicola pitcher is even darker, and it's starting to get the smoky overtones that it's known for, with even more stripes! I have no clue how long it will take for the Psygmorchis flower to open. Hopefully the lavicola will be ready for more photos tonight.

 

[Wire Man]

Ask and you shall receive. The latest N. lavicola pitcher.

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. lavicola by Wire Man, on Flickr

And U. multifida in HDR

HDR U. multifida by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[NewspaperFort]

Nepenthes x ventrata finally made a new pitcher for me after 3 months of nothing!

what an interesting peristome!

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D. venusta by Wire Man, on Flickr

truly gorgeous photo. contest-winner worthy! thanks for sharing

 

[Wire Man]

what an interesting peristome!

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truly gorgeous photo. contest-winner worthy! thanks for sharing

That was when it was freshly opened and hadn't folded back yet.