Brie's CP photo thread

[31drew31]

Photos look great Brie! Love the ping photos.

Took me about 5 minutes to load on my crappy little netbook and starbucks internet but it was worth it! haha

 

[cpsammich]

Very nice
What's the super dewy ping
Paradoxa's always great

 

[ErrorEN]

Very nice pictures. *looks at my meager collection and cries* How about some pictures of that Darlingtonia?

 

[Brie]

Ok Eric, its been a little bit but here's some Darlingtonia pics for ya. They're lovin this stormy weather and cool nights.

My first cobra, growin' up a storm right now. Loads of new pitchers.

Couple seed grown guys I picked up from Kristoff this year. They've always been very red.

And this one has a drosera hitchhiker.. Dont know what it is.. Intermedia? angelica? Hoping it survives the winter..

Whole bowl shot.. The big cobra's last pup is the medium sized green one, below it. There's some TINY seedlings, off to the right.. Contemplating whether or not I should dig them up and bring them in for the winter? Grow em under lights til their bigger?

D. intermedia, temperate, now dormant

D. rotundiflora doing the same

Akai Ryu VFT, producing its best traps of the year for me right now. During the summer it went mostly green. Now thats its cloudy, cold and rainy, its producing huge, long, dark red traps.. figures. Guess thats what it likes.

I think its about time to start trimming the sarrs.. *sigh*

Flava is giving up the ghost for the year

Now for Indoor stuff... My P. reticulata pullings from the little plant Travis sent me are growing up a storm as well...

D. b. extrema's first double forked leaf! woot! lol.

extrema again, got dew? lol.

Marston Dragon from Mach is getting bigger.. and bigger..

baby Marston Dragons galore... Will be doing a give away here soon I think.

D. prolifera cutting from Drew

D. paradoxa sending up a couple flower stalks

D. venusta looking spanky as always

Tangled mess o' capensis.. Broadleaf and alba

S. brokkensis(xCatesbaei) seedlings. It went a little crispy adapting to my lower humidity conditions but the new pitchers coming in are looking good.

S. minor seedlings I got from Mach early this year.. I unknowingly stuck them outside in full sun, and almost killed them all.. When it started to cool down this fall I brought them inside. And boom, these are the pitchers they made. lol.

The P. medusina I recently got dropped all the leaves that were sprouting babies, now looks like this..

But I now have at least 2 dozen babies to grow...

A few P. gypsicola babies from Drew, doing well for me so far.

And last but not least. Got gemmae? lol. My D. roseanna spewing em out like crazy.. Will definitely be posting a gemmae trade as soon as they're ripe.

 

[thez_yo]

Oh... everything looks so good!

Cobra babies stay red til they grow up to be 3ft monsters like yours will I assume. I'm diggin' the rocks around the cobras because it makes it look like the natural rocky stream sites

 

[Exo]

good god...I've never seen so many gemmae.

 

[Brie]

good god...I've never seen so many gemmae.

Maybe it exploded like that because I grew it outside, and only recently brought it inside under lights?

 

[Exo]

Maybe it exploded like that because I grew it outside, and only recently brought it inside under lights?

Ones grown outside seem to make gemmae better than those grown exclusively under lights, but still.....that's extreme.

 

[cpsammich]

Very nice, how big are the cobra seedlings?

 

[Brie]

Very nice, how big are the cobra seedlings?

The red ones? I dunno, 4" or so? never measured em.

 

[Not a Number]

D. roseana is the D. capensis of subgenus Bryastrum. In my collection it's the first to produce gemmae and the produces the largest amount. Fortunately it doesn't seem to fling the gemmae far and wide as much as D. scorpioides or D. puchella (and hybrids). I have one plant that went from gemmae to a mature plant producing gemmae in 4 months. And this plant produces gemmae twice a year. Another bit of good fortune is D. roseana doesn't mind crowding at all.

 

[Brie]

D. roseana is the D. capensis of subgenus Bryastrum. In my collection it's the first to produce gemmae and the produces the largest amount. Fortunately it doesn't seem to fling the gemmae far and wide as much as D. scorpioides or D. puchella (and hybrids). I have one plant that went from gemmae to a mature plant producing gemmae in 4 months. And this plant produces gemmae twice a year. Another bit of good fortune is D. roseana doesn't mind crowding at all.

Good to know.. Thanks Warren.

 

[mass]

Holy crap that's a lot of roseana!! Congrats on all of the props. Everything is multiplying like Gremlins.

 

[pappydew]

Oh...my...gemmae...that's a lot

 

[Wire Man]

Please take a video of the gemmae release. That has to be insane.

 

[Crofthulhu]

Holy cow.. incredible photos as always Brie.. I LOVE the cobras.. those seedling ARE really red!
The D. roseanna pot is insanely beautiful the way it is... I can't get my eyes off it!

Lol @ emo Akai Ryu.. I don't know what it is about Seattle weather but my venus' are so digging the weather right now too; putting out the biggest and most colorful traps I've seen all year.

 

[Brie]

Well I FINAAAALLLYY Got around to potting up the seeds i've been storing.. I borrowed Mach's method with growing stuff from seed. Used the media of choice for each plant, then topped it with a thin layer of rinsed, finely milled then sterilized LFS as a comfy bed for the seeds. So then they can root right down into the media... I sterilized EVERYTHING.. Pots got boiled, sand and peat all rinsed then microwaved... If I get mold or bad things i'll be upset. LOL.

Eden Black x self seeds.. pardon my icky dry looking hands, i'd washed them 100 times while sterilizing pots and whatnot lol.

And I also potted up some of my D. intermedia (Mnt Roraima) seed that I harvested today.

Germination tub set up. On a heat pad, controlled by a rheostat, and a digital thermometer with probe for me to keep track of whats going on.

The enhabitants, then got covered tightly with seran wrap.

All of the petiolaris dew seeds hangin' out in their new home.

Updated shelf pics..

 

[Kyle]

Oooo, very fancy schmancy setup there. Hope it gives you good results, I'm excited for you for those Eden Black seeds!

 

[mass]

GL with germination kiddo.

 

[Rob]

Very fancy Brie!