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| Drosera lasiantha |
Now that we're in the depths of winter, it's time to pull out the carnivorous plant books and start flipping through them to find some plants to find during the summer. Of course, I started doing that thanks to some fabulous photos of plants I saw of Drosera lasinatha on Facebook. After seeing that, I started my list. So, besides those guys, here's what I'm looking for this year.
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| Nepenthes burbidgeae |
Most of my list consists of Nepenthes, of course, and to start is one species that I've never grown, Nepenthes burbidgeae. It's a species I think of as a favored parent in Nepenthes hybrids, but a species which does not seem overly common. I really enjoy the colors of this species.
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| Nepenthes inermis |
Another species I'm looking for, and hope to find a cutting of sometime this summer, is Nepenthes inermis. I tried growing this species from seed a few years ago, but, sadly, the seedlings died during my move and I have not attempted this species again.
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| Nepenthes jacquelineae |
Speaking of seedlings, I do have a small seedling of Nepenthes jacquelineae, but I'm looking for a larger specimen. Seedlings are just so slow! I've seen a few of these available over the past few years, but they've been so highly priced that I really couldn't justify the purchase. (I don't really believe this is a species worth a hundred bucks, anyhow).
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| Nepenthes dubia |
Thinking about expensive plants, I'm looking for a Nepenthes dubia. Mine, unfortunately, passed some time ago (another casualty of the move). I've managed to acquire a hybrid between dubia and jamban along with a handful of seedlings which are probably natural hybrids with dubia, but their identity is unknown as of yet. So now I'm looking for the pure species again.
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| Nepenthes rafflesiana |
One of the cheaper plants that I'm looking for is a Nepenthes rafflesiana. Hopefully, I can find a colorful one. This is a pretty common species, rarely going for more than $15 in the United States, so I have high hopes that I'll locate one sometime during the summer.
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| Nepenthes bicalcarata x spectabilis |
One plant that I don't have much hope of finding is Nepenthes bicalcarata x spectabilis. Actually, I'm just looking for Nepenthes bicalcarata hybrids generally. I've seen quite a few photos from Indonesiana and other places in Southeast Asia where really neat bicalcarata hybrids are fairly available. I really like the ones with fangs.
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| Utricularia delphinioides |
My reach plant this year is Utricularia delphinoides or another blue-flowered Utricularia species. These are extremely rare in cultivation, so I doubt I'll run across one, but we'll see.
What are you looking for this year?
D. lasiantha is tough. I got a pot of it from California Carnivores last spring, it barely grew at all for me, and then crashed out over the summer. They said it's not super vigorous in their conditions either. Good luck in your quest!
ReplyDeleteReally? Huh, yeah, I saw the gorgeous photo someone had taken on Facebook and knew that I wanted to grow it. Weird that it would be so tough.
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