North Carolina State Fair

[mcmcnair]

I go to the NC State Fair every year to eat tasty but terrible fair food and to see the plant displays. This year was pretty cool, nothing particularly special but I figured I would share it with you guys.
A venus flytrap-esque salad grabber!

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The ferns that were on display

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I particularly liked this one

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An orchid, this one won first place (the prize was $10)

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A succulent display in a metal collinder

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The first carnivore display... the next picture is a picture of the entry tag for this display, it made me laugh a little

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Despite the poor spelling it was actually a well grown plant

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A really cool fern

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The mums!

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A display from one of the local garden centers

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Cool little succulent planter

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A good use of a mop bucket

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The largest gourds

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Weirdest cucurbits

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A japanese style garden that was on display, it said to look through the window to get the full effect, this pic didn't really do it justice

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here is a layout of it

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Its a mum tree!

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Some orchids that were on display from a local orchid shop

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The cut flower contest, these dahlia took first and second place respectively

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I cant believe this pitcher lost to the little aquatic plant...

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A cool bromeliad display

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The carnivorous plant contest!

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This scarlet belle has one every year for the past 3 years. I need to enter next year because even some of my worst Sarracenia look better than that.

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Some purp/rosea don't remember which

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Cool Euphorbia

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Cool cacti

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A panorama shot of the greenhouse, click on the link to see it blown up a little more

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Lithops!

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Haworthia truncata

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Some of the outdoor displays

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The veggie plots

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The edible garden

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The apple display, again click on the link

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And last but not least a really cool, hand blown glass VFT! Yours for only $250, needless to say I didn't buy it.

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Thats all hope you enjoyed!

 

[jht-union]

Very nice, I took some pics as well at the state fair. Will post pics here today. Not many cRnivores but still is always great to go to the state fair every year.

 

[mylesG]

lithops rock XD get it? hehe

wonderful pics man, love the orchid flowers and ferns!!!

 

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[Wire Man]

That blue orchid....