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Flower Count '08

  • #61
I now have S. minor 'typical' and S. psittacina.
 
  • #62
I have a Purp about to open! Pic soon!
 
  • #63
Around 30 for me.

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  • #64
1 Catesbaei!

My first one in all my (4+) years growing Sarracenia!

Pics to follow shortly!
 
  • #65
Here's my Purp flower and the plant several weeks prior!

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  • #66
As of this AM - 115 (most of the rubras have not yet started)...

edit [5/2/08] Today's count was 192. That is as high as it will get even if more pop up since:
- I'm not counting again
- I'm cutting off those that will not be used to produce seed
 
  • #67
33 for me. Less than last year after the horrendous non-summer we had in the UK last year.
 
  • #68
4 - S. flava (pollinated by insect x F2 probably)
7 - S. leucophylla #1
8 - S. leucophylla #2
5 - S. 'Tarnok'
2 - S. "Dana's Delight"
2 - S. minor "Okee Giant"
1 - S. oreophila "Sand Mountain #2"
1 - S. rosea
1 - S. purpurea ssp venosa
1 - S. x readii
1 - S. 'John's Autumnal Splendor'
1 - S. psittiacina
1 - Darlingtonia californica
1 - S. 'Dixie Lace' *
10 - S. rubra ssp gulfensis "Ancestral Form" *

* denotes updates since last post.
 
  • #69
lost count

I lost count, and haven't made time to recount.
Here are a few pics:
Leuco Umlaftiana
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Ladies in Waiting
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Leuco "Wilkerson's Red" F2
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rosea
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Manny Herrera
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Leuco Tarnok
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Judith Hindle
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rosea with venosa to the R, leuco to far R, Scarlet Belle in foreground with flava in Fore ground L
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alata Covington, LA (St Tammany Parish) with leco and "Copper Top" in back
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another angle - yes, that is the flava rugelii in the center that has looked so good in the past few years
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228 - made time to count :banana2:
 
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  • #70
ZACH-REY-BLUE!!! FFFFFFFFRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIQIN AWESOME CP30!!! DANG!!!!! *drewling* great photos and great plants!!!
 
  • #71
ugh... we just had a bad hailstorm hit here... I hope I still have Sarr blooms when I get home.. :(
 
  • #72
CP30, I like your fence. Set the right distance apart and it forms that perfect negative circle. Oh, nice plants too. ;)
 
  • #73
Ok now i have 3 flowers which is a little better.
 
  • #74
Haven't had time for another count but here's one of this year's more interesting malformations.

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  • #75
Dude Jon, thats cool!! keep us updated on what it will look like!! what particular sarr is that? it would be cool if it were a tarnok! double flower double petal! LOL....
 
  • #76
A little update, about a month later. Flowers have been pollinated and pitchers are growing.

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  • #77
WOW! That's spectacular!
 
  • #78
Wish I had the money to get plants like that. Sadly, car accidents and poverty prevent that.

I got one, a Cephalotus flower stalk, lol. I lost my 20 or so Sarracenia though.
 
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