flowers

I'm having a new experience this year. Out of the 7 flowers growing in my sarracenia pot, two have disappeared shortly after emerging from the rhizome, apparently eaten by a pest of some sort. I haven't seen any slug slime near the plants and it seems too early in the year for caterpillars so...

Petunia exserta would seem to have a lot going for it: 1) It's nearly extinct in the wild. 2) It has red flowers--the only naturally occurring ones in its genus. 3) It's hummingbird pollinated--also the only one in it's genus. 4) Bugs stick to the leaves--it's not carnivorous, but at least...

My Passiflora 'Preciosa' desperately needs to be cut back--I plan to do it Sunday. If anyone can get any use out of some of the cuttings, I can send about 10 nodes (or possibly more, depending on interest). 2 nodes is enough to root a new plant, and they root in water. There's a good chance...

Utricularia dichotoma Up for sale is a small plug taken from my parent pot. This is an easy growing terrestrial/affixed aquatic species, growing well in moist to flooded conditions. Small leaves and large bladders produce a mat along the soil surface from which tall stalks grow, bearing 1-4...

Utricularia longifolia Up for sale is one large plug taken from my mother plant. This is a fast growing, easy species, producing leaves up to a foot or more long and thick mats of stolons that can fill a large pot in only a few months. Given a winter cooling period this species will also...

Drosera sp. Lantau Island Up for sale is one semi-mature plant selected from my parent pot of plants. This plant can grow to around 2" across, with unique elongate paddle shaped leaves bearing distinctly separate petiole and laminar areas. Under good light it will blush red, with scarlet...

Drosera rotundifolia Up for sale is one semi-mature plant, selected from one of my seed-grown pots. These plants are currently around 1.5-2" across, but can reach at least 3", possibly larger, with wide, paddle shaped leaves and a bright to deep olive green color, blushing red in good lighting...

Drosera spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal National Park, Sydney AU" - No Longer Available Drosera spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal National Park, Sydney AU" Up for sale is one mature plant of this locality, selected from my parent pot of plants. They are currently around 1.5" across, but can exceed...

Drosera nidiformis x natalensis Up for sale is one young plant of this cross, selected from my parent pot of plants. Many of these are from seeds or cuttings of a plant received as D. 'Tom Turpin', an intended cultivar, and can reach around 3" across, with sturdy, elongate tapered leaves. Color...

Drosera sp. Lantau Island x capensis "typical" Up for sale is one young plant of this cross, approximately 2" across and produced from my own parent plants. This is a personal hybrid, and one of several I intend to choose a cultivar from. Plants can reach nearly 4" across, with elongate...

Drosera spatulata "Beenak, Victoria Au" Up for sale is one mature specimen of spoonleaf sundew from Beenak, Victoria. The plants currently are around 1.5" across and flowering size, but can reach over 2" with elongate tapered leaves. In good light they will blush bright red. Flower stalks are...

Drosera tokaiensis x spatulata "white flower" Up for sale is one fully mature, possibly flowering plant selected from my parent pot of plants. This is a personal hybrid, between two of the most vigorous sundews I've seen. This plant averages around 2 inches across, with elongate spoon shaped...

D. spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" x tokaiensis - No Longer Available D. spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" x tokaiensis Up for sale is one mature, possibly flowering plant selected from my parent pot of plants. Similar to the reverse cross, this plant is a...

Drosera tokaiensis x spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" - No Longer Available Drosera tokaiensis x spatulata "Pink Flower, Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" Up for sale is one mature, possibly flowering plant taken from my own parent pot. This is a personal hybrid, a slightly smaller and...

Drosera spatulata 'Tamlin' x tokaiensis Up for sale is one mature, possibly flowering plant selected from one of my parent pots. This is similar to the reverse cross, reaching nearly 3" across with elongate spoon leaves that blush red in bright light, but they tend to be somewhat more elongate...

Drosera tokaiensis x spatulata 'Tamlin' Up for sale is one mature, possibly flowering plant selected from one of my parent batches. This is a personal hybrid, growing up to nearly 3" across with elongate spoon-shaped leaves that will flush bright red in good lighting. This hybrid is also a...