Meadowview, Post Internship

[Wire Man]

We'll be offering the cushion Sphagnum in the catalog soon.

Really? They don't burn that preserve?! That's one of the most unique wetlands on the East Coast! Urgh. Maybe we'll be able to get permits to burn it.

 

[Cthulhu138]

They're supposed to burn it but, they haven't in at least 4 years. It's super overgrown with thick, choking grasses. I think they've been afraid to do it because of how dry it's been down there.

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2010 Greener but, still smothering.
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These pitchers were about 30 inches tall, the grass was well above them.
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[Wire Man]

That looks like a tick paradise.... If they burn it it'll raise the water level

Anyways, more pics!

Another phenotype of the Chuck Hall purps.

Chuck Hall S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. truncata with various size comparisons.

N. truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. x mixta opening a new pitcher.

QC213932 by Wire Man, on Flickr

No clue what this one is.

QC213933 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sphagnum molle

Sphagnum molle by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. veitchii

N. veitchii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. veitchii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. veitchii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. "Red Dragon" nectar

Nectar by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima dwarf form

N. maxima dwarf by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima dwarf by Wire Man, on Flickr

Our massive volunteer crew assembled

QC213957 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC213958 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC213959 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC213960 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The preserve after the burn.

QC213961 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC213963 by Wire Man, on Flickr

More of what I think is Sphagnum palustre

S. palustre by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC213967 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Longleaf pine seeds.

Seeds by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Last day of volunteer week.

Constructing new plant beds.

QC223975 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223976 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223977 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223978 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223979 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223980 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223981 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223982 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Our high school volunteers

QC223983 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Unknown Sphagnum

QC223984 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223985 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC223987 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The root that would not give up.

QC223989 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Can't tell what this was anymore.

Scorched by Wire Man, on Flickr

Poor little newt was out on one of the walkways. I helped him back into the water.

Newt by Wire Man, on Flickr

Newt by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima dwarf form

N. maxima dwarf form by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. eymea

N. eymea by Wire Man, on Flickr

No clue what this one is.

Nepenthes by Wire Man, on Flickr

Weird N. rafflesiana leaf.

N. rafflesiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sphagnum magellanicum!!!!!

S. magellanicum by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. magenllanicum by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. megellanicum by Wire Man, on Flickr

A pot full of the stuff.

S. magellanicum by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

I'll be in London for the next week, so I'll post the rest of the photos then. Sadly, I won't have the monster Olympus with me, so the photos I'll be taking will be less than stellar compared to these ones. Hopefully I'll be able to stop by Kew.

 

[Peatmoss]

Very nice photos! Those Neps are great, the veitchii has a very nice peristome.

 

[mass]

gee whiz slacker. Put that camera down and help those poor skinny girls. Think they may break themselves carrying those planks around.

 

[meadowview]

Hi Mass:

Graham is actually working pretty hard and isn't a slacker (and I think you were just kidding when you said that). He does an excellent job as staff photographer and if he wasn't doing that important work we wouldn't be capturing these moments in pictures.

Hey Cthulhu138. Those shots of Green Swamp show the site was actually burned this year, probably early in the season. If you look at the photographs with dried pitchers you will see black and charcoal laden stems from shrubs in the bogs. The grasses and sedges you see are important associates and are o.k. to be with the pitchers.

Sincerely,

Phil Sheridan, Ph.D.
Director
Meadowview Biological
Research Station

 

[Wire Man]

What I usually do is take a few photos, help move this, take a few photos, more manual labor, etc. You'll see what I was working on in the next photo post. Only a few more days left in London.

 

[Wire Man]

Okay, back from London. Recovering from food poisoning from the hotel food and a lost passport.

Anyways, back to where I left off.

Odd dormant coloration.

QC224009 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Dormant purp from Ontario

S. purpurea Ontario by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC224011 by Wire Man, on Flickr

I sanded this quite a bit, trying to keep it in one piece.

Wood cookie by Wire Man, on Flickr

New plant bed looking very level.

Plant Bed by Wire Man, on Flickr

Bad photo, but a hooded merganser landed on the pond. I thought it was cool.

Hooded Merganser by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla, Liberty County, FL still holding some leaves.

S. leucophylla by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla by Wire Man, on Flickr

The Chuck Hall bog. Keep in mind, these two plants are right next to each other receiving the same amount of light.

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now for some Sphagnum.

QC224036 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC224037 by Wire Man, on Flickr

This was up on a hill.

QC224039 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC224040 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The sun was setting, so these are a bit blurry. This Sphagnum was growing nearly submerged in a stream. Very dark colors, very fluffy texture. I have some in culture currently.

QC224042 by Wire Man, on Flickr

QC224047 by Wire Man, on Flickr

And that's it for volunteer week.

 

[vraev]

OMG!!! That red sphagnum is just amazing. DAmN!! Sooo cute.

 

[Wire Man]

It's the reddest Sphag I've ever seen, and compact. Lucky for you, that species grows well into Canada.

 

[Wire Man]

We had another volunteer day last Saturday. We had a small crew, but it was productive.

N. x mixta with a N. khasiana and veitchii K pitcher sneaking in.

N. x mixta by Wire Man, on Flickr

This thing does not stop growing....

N. x mixta by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. x mixta by Wire Man, on Flickr

We've had this mystery, wild collected Nepenthes for a while and have never seen a mature pitcher on it. Well, it finall made some, going straight to uppers. It's a subtle, but pretty N. alata, bringing our total alata clone count to 4.

N. alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima dwarf form upper.

N. maxima dwarf form by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima dwarf form by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Tentena"

N. maxima "Tentena" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Tentena" by Wire Man, on Flickr

Our beautiful, dark N. maxima, formerly N. eymae

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

The Cephs are developing some nice color.

Cephalotus by Wire Man, on Flickr

Chuck Hall purps.

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. "Matoaka" covered in snow and ice.

S. x Matoaka by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now the 3 acre preserve. We had a pine break and fall, taking out a sweet bay magnolia in the process.....

Q1214244 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214245 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214247 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214248 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214251 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214252 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214253 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214254 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214255 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Revenge on the Smilax!

Q1214257 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Pines in Ice by Wire Man, on Flickr

Frozen preserve by Wire Man, on Flickr

Antho-free seedlings.

Sarracenia sedlings by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. eymae made an upper!!! Or is it an intermediate? I don't care, it looks amazing!

N. eymae by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. burbudgeae made the largest pitcher we've seen.

N. burbidgeae by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla "Burgundy" x Powhatan seedlings.

Q1214270 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214271 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leuco x Powhatan by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata "hairy red" upper pitcher with my hand for scale.

N. alata "hairy red" by Wire Man, on Flickr

The other N. alata that just made pitchers with my hand for scale.

N. alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[tje25]

Those are some beautifull plants!!! I really love the N. burbudgeae

 

[Nepenthesis]

My gosh, simply stunned by that red sphagnum!

 

[lance]

Amazing pics! Thanks for sharing!

 

[Wire Man]

N. burbidgeae needs cooler night time temps, as does stenophylla. Hopefully we'll get the highland house built soon. I know, that Sphagnum is incredible. I'm hoping to find a species on the other end of the color spectrum, Sphagnum fuscum, which is brown. It's really rare, unfortunately.

Here are some photos from a new tract of land we acquired. Bill Scholl is currently holding onto it for us until we can purchase it. This is below the Chuck Hall property. You'll see why it's important in a few photos.

Q1214279 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214280 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The sand and gravel bed stream, with crystal clear water. SPhagnum is present along the banks.

Q1214282 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214283 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214284 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214285 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214286 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q1214287 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Gravel Stream by Wire Man, on Flickr

A strange oxbow bog that separated from the meandering stream. Very promising in terms of potential habitat for plants after we clear it out.

Oxbow Bog by Wire Man, on Flickr

And then we found a 6 foot deep ditch..... This needs to be plugged as soon as possible.

Ditch by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ditch II by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ditch III by Wire Man, on Flickr

And where the ditch drains to.

Q1214292 by Wire Man, on Flickr

And back up the hill to the 4Runner.

Downed by Wire Man, on Flickr

Frozen by Wire Man, on Flickr

Frozen Hillside by Wire Man, on Flickr

And more frozen Sarracenia, starting with the ancestral rubra.

S. rubra ancestral by Wire Man, on Flickr

Okee giant.

S. minor var. okefenokeensis by Wire Man, on Flickr

And a huge N. ventricosa pitcher that can only be seen from the outside of the greenhouse.

N. ventricosa by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Photos from last week!

N. veitchii pink's newest pitcher.

N. veitchii by Wire Man, on Flickr

Here's the pine tree that fell on the tallest sweetbay magnolia....

Downed by Wire Man, on Flickr

Some visitors

Visitors by Wire Man, on Flickr

We went back to the newly acquired Bass tract and found these! First one is the two bushes of mountain laurel.

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

And across the stream to the sparsely vegetated hillside....

Stream by Wire Man, on Flickr

We found cranefly orchids!!!

Cranefly Orchid by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cranefly Orchid by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cranefly Orchids by Wire Man, on Flickr

And into the greenhouse to warm up.

D. capensis by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia Seedlings by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Tentena" is throwing out pitchers like crazy.

N. maxima "Tentena" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. veitchii "pink"

N. veitchii "pink" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. veitchii K

N. veitchii K by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. x mixta

N. x mixta by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. truncata and its nectary goodness.

N. truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima "Tentena" again.

N. maxima "Tentena" by Wire Man, on Flickr

And the N. maxima that was formerly labeled as N. eymae. Notice the spider on the peristome.

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

With my hand for scale.

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. copelandii has started on a basal!

Developing Basal by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. smilesii has started reducing its leaf size. It's on the hotter upper shelf, which it should like. Any idea what's happening?

N. smilesii by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cephalotus has been chugging along nicely with its pitchers!

Cephalotus by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. minor seedlings have taken off!

S. minor seedlings by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Peatmoss]

Nice! Are Sarracenias present at the newest tract of land or is Meadowview planning on planting them there?

I do have some serious qualms about the size of the Meadowview Drosera collection though, either you are not taking enough photos or it is waaay to small.

 

[Nepenthesis]

OH MY GOSH!!!

That forest looks really squatchy!

Beautiful neps and sarrs.