Atlanta Botanical Garden 2016

Nepenthes hamata

Alright, time for Round II of photos from the Atlanta Botanical Gardens. These are the ones taken with the good camera rather than my cell phone. 

Nepenthes aristolochioides

The photos in this selection are much more comprehensive, but I think I talked enough about the plants in my prior post, so this is largely going to be a photos-only post.

Nepenthes hamata

I think one of the major highlights, which I didn't capture adequately on my cell phone was this Nepenthes hamata.

Nepenthes lowii (lower pitcher)

This pitcher was buried under an overhang.

Nepenthes burbidgeae

You can see the edge of the sign that says 'do not touch' above. I wanted to move it for the sake of a better photograph, but thought better of it.

Nepenthes aristolochioides

Such a weird little pitcher.

Deformed Pitcher

There were a few deformed pitchers throughout the display. I'm not sure why. My best guess is that some got squeezed by small hands.

Nepenthes fusca

One of the taller vines with more interesting pitchers.

Nepenthes maxima (upper pitcher)

Lots of Nepenthes maximas of various types were jammed in the back of the display. There was the "eymae" which may actually be a weird "eymae" one (it did not have any fully live pitchers on it), along with a "wavy leaf", and several other distinct ones. The maxima group definitely needs some work from Jebb and Cheek. It was quite clear from ABG's display that the differences there are bigger than many in the alata group.

Nepenthes ventricosa x lowii

This was the plant all tangled in the Rhododendron. It was quite an awesome look! If only I had more room...

Nepenthes alata group(?)

I liked this dark pitchered plant. Very neat.

Nepenthes talangensis hybrid

This looked familiar. I can't place it, but it definitely looks like a talagensis hybrid I saw recently.

Nepenthes spectabilis

I can see why Nepenthes spectabilis is such a popular plant in hybrids. I guess I should get around to looking for one sometime. It was definitely visually striking.

Nepenthes 'Red Leopard' and Friends

A shot of the row of pots which needed a media change and the 'Red Leopard' which was just plugging along.

Nepenthes maxima

I think this was off the "Wavy Leaf" maxima in the rotunda, but I don't recall whether it was actually the maxima next to that one.

Nepenthes graciliflora

There were also a ton of alata/graciflora group plants.

Nepenthes alata group

So many...

Nepenthes rafflesiana

But they were broken up by a raff, which was a nice sight to see. 

Nepenthes alata (front)
Nepenthes maxima (behind)

But there were still more...

Heliamphora display

The coolest display was definitely the Helis. I mean, that's just amazing!

Heliamphora

It almost feels like I'm on a Tepui, looking at a stand of Helis.

Heliamphora, Brocchinea, Other Bromeliads, and Utricularia

There was also a clump of epiphytic Utrics, but they weren't in bloom. Most leaves looked like U. alpina, but I didn't examine them too closely.

Nepenthes truncata

In the lowland room, the Nepenthes truncata was amazing...

Nepenthes ampullaria

But it was dwarfed by the Nepenthes ampullaria.

Chihuly's Nepenthes Chandelier

Lastly, the famous "chandelier" had been moved to the visitor's center. It's really cool looking.