Meadowview Internship 2011

[Wire Man]

Dr. Sheridan did indeed get a haircut.

Good to hear you guys are liking these. I have some crazy ones coming up. I went a little overboard with the art filters. The greenhouse is very active right now.

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Another update.

I saved this little male painted turtle from Rt. 2. He struggled a lot.

Turtle Buddy by Wire Man, on Flickr

He kicked and grunted the entire time he wasn't on the ground or in the water.

Do Not Like Camera by Wire Man, on Flickr

Get Out Of My Face! by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima

Peristome by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

Nepenthes khasiana, which is now flowering!!! If anyone has one in flower please let us know.

N. khasiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. khasiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. khasiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata with red stripes. The pitchers are much smaller than those of a typical alata. It makes up for the lack of size by being utterly breathtaking.

Nepenthes alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. ventricosa

N. ventricosa by Wire Man, on Flickr

"Red Dragon"

N. "Red Dragon" by Wire Man, on Flickr

I really like this plant.

N. maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

This opened recently

N. khasiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

Seedling rafflesiana

N. rafflesiana by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. fusca

Q5250708 by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. fusca by Wire Man, on Flickr

Wigglers by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

I think this is a new flower coming up on one of the lady slippers.

Sprout by Wire Man, on Flickr

VDOT taking a soil sampling and wetlands class.

Q5270729 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The clay under the bog is very workable.

Plasticity by Wire Man, on Flickr

CLay by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sample by Wire Man, on Flickr

Phil and Robert.

Q5270741 by Wire Man, on Flickr

After the burn.

Fern by Wire Man, on Flickr

Remnants by Wire Man, on Flickr

Raw Clay by Wire Man, on Flickr

The soil sample from under the bog.

Soil Sample by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red Dragon again

Q5270749 by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. ampullaria inflating

N. ampullaria by Wire Man, on Flickr

Inside of the greenhouse. Here we have some rare orchids (Stanhopea and Gongora), the N. truncatas, a Cattleya hybrid, and some seedling Neps.

Rare orchids and Nepenthes truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Rose Pogonia orchid.

Untitled by Wire Man, on Flickr

Untitled by Wire Man, on Flickr

Rose Pogonia by Wire Man, on Flickr

And a frog I managed to catch.

Small Frog by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Calopogon tuberosus flower buds.

Calopogon tuberosus by Wire Man, on Flickr

An open flower.

Calogopon by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the tiny, but loud frogs in the plant beds.

Tiny Frog by Wire Man, on Flickr

An Okefenokee giant's flower.

Minor Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

And its first pitcher

Okefenokeensis by Wire Man, on Flickr

A bunch of rose Pogonia orchids.

Lots of Orchids by Wire Man, on Flickr

Pogonia by Wire Man, on Flickr

leuco x purp

S. Candy Striper by Wire Man, on Flickr

The new ampullaria pitcher opening.

Opening by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava var. ornata

Ornata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Fancy Lid by Wire Man, on Flickr

A gray tree frog climbing the window.

Gray tree frog by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q5311024 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q5311025 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q5311026 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q5311027 by Wire Man, on Flickr

It was unusually hot outside that day, so I saved him from over heating. He was released under some shade shortly after this photo.

Patient by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[GregNY]

Really gorgeous photography. Nice work. Looks fun!

 

[Wire Man]

It is fun, but exhausting at the same time. We're hoping to get back in the field soon while we're still hot on the trail of new D. intermedia.

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More Jospeph Pines photos, plus 2 from Surry county before my battery died.

A locality of S. flavas with very long tendrils.

Q6021040 by Wire Man, on Flickr

We were able to distinguish some major difference between native sumac and the invasive Ailanthus. Some of the major ones is that sumac has serrated leaves, produces latex, has no hair on the leaves, grows in an even manner, has closely spaced leaf veins, and is much smaller. Ailanthus has smooth leaf edges, smells bad when crushed, has hairy leaves, radiated growth, distantly spaced leaf veins, and has a taller stature.

Here's sumac up close.

Sumac by Wire Man, on Flickr

And Ailanthus

Ailanthus by Wire Man, on Flickr

New growth on a sumac

Sumac by Wire Man, on Flickr

And new growth on Ailanthus

Ailanthus by Wire Man, on Flickr

We had a cool little spider crawling on the 4Runner.

Q6021048 by Wire Man, on Flickr

More pitchers.

Q6021051 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021052 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021053 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021056 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Down the Hatch by Wire Man, on Flickr

Rippening by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021065 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021068 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021070 by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the flava seedlings.

Young flava by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of the several crayfish mounds that scatter the bogs.

Fortress by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021079 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Richard was practicing identifying sumac in the Big Bog. This is the exact moment when he realized he just touched poison sumac. Of course, I was standing in a batch of it as well. We were able to wash it off before it set in.

Poison Sumac by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021086 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Here's where I starting experimenting with the built in art filters. I went a little crazy.

Q6021091 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021093 by Wire Man, on Flickr

And then I found Dramatic Tones....

Q6021095 by Wire Man, on Flickr

It's high noon and there are no shadows. No problem.

Q6021096 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021097 by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Q6021099 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021100 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021102 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021103 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Aletris aurea

Q6021104 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Someone didn't make friends with the birds.

Leftovers by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now for the Drosera

Q6021107 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021108 by Wire Man, on Flickr
Definitely brevifolia

Q6021114 by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. capillaris. I can tell them apart now!

Sticky Carnivore by Wire Man, on Flickr

Smilax

Smilax by Wire Man, on Flickr

Dot by Wire Man, on Flickr

Lots of cappies.

Q6021130 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The flava seedlings are doing nicely.

Seedlings by Wire Man, on Flickr

So Much Dew by Wire Man, on Flickr

Dewy by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cappy by Wire Man, on Flickr

Emerald Wings by Wire Man, on Flickr

Orange milkwort

Q6021146 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Milkwort by Wire Man, on Flickr

Deer hoof print.

Webbed Print by Wire Man, on Flickr

These D. brevifolia just came up this year.

Q6021150 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Dwarf of a Dwarf by Wire Man, on Flickr

The nectar obsessed spice bush butterfly

Nectar! by Wire Man, on Flickr

Spice Bush by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Adam]

Those flavas are beautiful! I really hope to make it down to Meadowview this year... and maybe meet you too!

 

[Wire Man]

Butterfly Weed by Wire Man, on Flickr

Some kind of colorful beetle.

Q6021173 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021174 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021183 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Slimax rotundifolia

Q6021184 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021185 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. x catesbaei. Naturally occurring.

S. x catesbaei by Wire Man, on Flickr

Normal photo.

Q6021188 by Wire Man, on Flickr
with cross processing.

Saturated purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr
with dramatic tones

Q6021190 by Wire Man, on Flickr

This guys are still recovering from an accidental herbicide spraying.

Q6021193 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Someone must have been really hungry...

Q6021194 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021196 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021197 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021198 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021199 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6021201 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Longleaf pine.

longleaf pine by Wire Man, on Flickr

Fox grape

Fox Grape by Wire Man, on Flickr

Onto Surry. Here's a raccoon footprint.

Raccoon by Wire Man, on Flickr

And a new population of Drosera brevifolia!!! My battery died after this, right before we found the D. intermedia....

Fat Daddy Brevis by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Those flavas are beautiful! I really hope to make it down to Meadowview this year... and maybe meet you too!

The flavas at Joseph Pines are indeed stunning. They're much more impressive in person. I'm 5'6" and some of the lids come up to my waist.I'll have to take a photo of me standing next to one of our flava rugeliis in our pots. It's huge! I can easily fit my fist in the pitcher mouth.

I hope you can make it down too. I'm usually here on the weekdays, but I occasionally come in on weekends.

 

[CreatureTom]

awesome pictures man, I love seeing CPs in their natural habitat! The painted turtle looks as if he is smiling ^^

 

[PaulJ69]

Keep them coming!

 

[Adam]

The flavas at Joseph Pines are indeed stunning. They're much more impressive in person. I'm 5'6" and some of the lids come up to my waist.

now those are some tall flavas! When I was in Wilmington when I was, oh, probably about 8 they were taller than me!

 

[Wire Man]

I can imagine they're even more impressive to small children. Those flavas are still there, luckily.

Our N. bicalcarata opened its first pitcher of the season today! It's awesome! From the looks of it right now it's a red one.

 

[Wire Man]

Richard holding a post for the repotting station in place.

Q6031216 by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. filiformis flower and a fly.

Safer Than Below by Wire Man, on Flickr

Calopogon tuberosus alba

White Dress by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031225 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava x psittacina

Q6031227 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Helmet by Wire Man, on Flickr

Veinless purpurea

Veinless by Wire Man, on Flickr

These dig into the pots on occasion and cause them to slump.

Tunneler by Wire Man, on Flickr

Armored Bely by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cajun by Wire Man, on Flickr

Out in the pond.

Weighted Corner by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava ornatas producing a lot of nectar.

Q6031239 by Wire Man, on Flickr

This is what I call a red tube.

Q6031240 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The oke giants with the dramatic tones filter.

Giants by Wire Man, on Flickr

The D. capensis looking very nice.

Sticky Trap by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. fusca inflating a pitcher.

Growing by Wire Man, on Flickr

"Red Dragon" looking nicer every day.

Flame Thrower by Wire Man, on Flickr

What is now a small truncata pitcher. The pitchers double in size with each new one.

Rat Eater by Wire Man, on Flickr

More Calopogon

Q6031247 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Have I admitted that I really like the ruffle leaf maxima?

Q6031250 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava rubricorpora

Q6031251 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The Chesterfield, VA purp again.

Q6031252 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Son of Powhatan. It's bigger and better than the father plant.

Q6031253 by Wire Man, on Flickr

More ornatas.

Q6031254 by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla. An exceptionally nice summer pitcher.

Q6031255 by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

More leucos.

Q6031256 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031259 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Our giant flytraps.



A Trap In Wait by Wire Man, on FlickrQ6031260 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Purp seedlings.

Q6031265 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Still Young by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031268 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031269 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031270 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031271 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031272 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Backlighting really helps bring out the colors.

Bloody Axe by Wire Man, on Flickr

Son of Powhatan, looking impressive.

Son of Powhatan by Wire Man, on Flickr

A nicely formed rugelii

Q6031277 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ornate by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031279 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q6031281 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Backlit Leucos by Wire Man, on Flickr

Not as luminous as the leucophyllas, but still interesting.

Lamps by Wire Man, on Flickr

Purples Alight by Wire Man, on Flickr

It looks like someone stuck some LEDs in them when they're backlit.

White Hot by Wire Man, on Flickr

Some kind of rubra hybrid.

Ruby Thoats by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ruby Throat by Wire Man, on Flickr

Leucos by Wire Man, on Flickr

"Horizon" looks amazing in this light.

Horizon by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[Wire Man]

Horizon by Wire Man, on Flickr

Horizon by Wire Man, on Flickr

Ruby Throat by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. copelandii

Q6031301 by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. ventricosa

Q6031302 by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata red speckled. It reminds me of a jawbreaker or gumball.

Jawbreaker by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of my favorites. N. ampullaria highly abstracted with the dramatic tones filter.

Abstract Ampullaria by Wire Man, on Flickr

And now back to the 3 acre preserve.
Drosera capillaris.

Q6031311 by Wire Man, on Flickr

The purps out back are growing incredibly fast! And they're looking really, really good. I used cross processing on this shot.

Q6031313 by Wire Man, on Flickr
And normal.

Q6031314 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sun Dappled by Wire Man, on Flickr

Assassin bug larvae on a fern leaf.

Baby Assassins by Wire Man, on Flickr

A new branch forming on a sweet bay magnolia. I noticed that the new leaves on this points grow in a Fibonacci sequence.

Fibonacci by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. "Candy Striper"

Candy Striper by Wire Man, on Flickr

 

[antechron]

wow, I love what you've done with those photos!

 

[Wire Man]

Thanks! I haven't done anything with post processing. My camera has built in art filters that allow to to add these awesome effects directly to the photo. It makes otherwise stale photos look very dramatic, as you can see.

 

[CPlantaholic]

holy smokes these are great shots. they keep getting more and more awesome.

 

[Wire Man]

Thanks! I try to improve each time I click the shutter.