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| New Pitchers Abound! |
If you couldn't tell, the wonderful spring weather has caused a number of new pitchers to open on many of my Nepenthes. It's been a heck of a lot of fun to look at my collection every day and see new pitchers. The colors of those pitchers are also incredible!
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| Brocchinia reducta |
I've also added to my collection. I'm now the proud owner of two species of Brocchinia and, soon, a Catopsis. (For those of you keeping count, that's all the known species of carnivorous bromeliad). The above B. reducta is from Sarracenia Northwest and, I have to say, I'm incredibly impressed. (Actually, my whole order from Sarracenia Northwest was impressive. I bought a cutting of N. "thorelli" x aristolochioides for the office. It is gigantic! Almost 2.5 feet tall!)
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| Nepenthes aristolochioides x . . . |
Alright, forgot to write the tag down for this one. (I have a couple different plants that look so similar that I get confused as to the parentage). In any case, the Nepenthes aristolochioides parentage is really shining in this plant. I'm really liking the dark peristome. It's really liking the cold mountain nights.
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| Nepenthes vogelii |
My Nepenthes vogelii has finally started putting out pitchers again. The last time it did that was about this time last year. The huge delay was thanks to a drastic change in conditions. Specifically, I decided to take the N. vogelii out of a terrarium and grow it in the open air. The shift was difficult, but it looks like the plant has persevered. Now, I hope that it'll get some larger pitchers.
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