Nice collection Carnivorous Plants.

Thanks,
I have many more.
Just did'nt have time to post more.
In fact, I'm only 10 years old.
I will post more pics later.
Adrian

I will post my (very small) collection of carnivorous plants in the moring (for me).

Here are my plants except the venus flytrap i have. The ones in the smaller pots are from walgreens. The ones inthe larger pots are from USF botanical gardens

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Sarracenia Purpea

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Drosera

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Sarracenia Minor

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Sarracenia Leucophylla

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Nepenthes Rafflesiana?

I do not know if these plants are a sub species or not and i am not even sure on the species for the nepenthes or the drosera. All of these plants except the nepenthes are in recuperation. I am hopefully going to a CP nursery soon so i hope to have many more plants soon.

I'm not sure about the nepenthes but it does'nt look like a rafflesiana.
The drosera is definatly drosera capensis.
Adrian

The last picture isn't N. rafflesiana, rafflesiana looks like this.
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It looks to be N. maxima, but I could be wrong. If you can post more pictures, someone will make a better id of your plant.

cpgrower 770: The Nepenthes does look like N. maxima.

carnivorousplants: I also notice that you are interested in dinosaurs by the poster on your door. I was the same way when I was 10. I spent more time checking out protozoans with my microscope, reading about paleontology, raising tarantulas and praying mantises, and growing carnivorous plants than looking at hot rods and listening to whatever music of the era.

In any event, nice looking N. sanguineas.

Actually in my opinion I consulted The Savage Garden and i think my plant is N. X Mixta but i could be wrong. Also if my plant is N. Maxima then that is not good as i live in a place where summer temps can get extremly high and the night temps do not cool down enough for a highlander unfortunatly.

mutant hybrid:
I also love praying mantises!
I had bought 3 eggcases on ebay.
After much care,I gave up on them thinking the eggcase was dead.
I locked it up in a little glass jar on my dresser.
I retured from wal-mart to find hundreds of baby mantises squirming out of thier eggs!

cpgrower770: You could be right, but either way, N. maxima is also easy to grow for a highlander. It might be any number of hybrids of mixta or maxima as well. Many look similar to that with inverted conical pitchers, thick red pitcher opening, and reddish spots.

carnivorousplants: Yeah, praying mantis egg cases wait for several months before hatching. Then you have to find enough food for all those hungry little green guys or they eat each other. Mortality is high, so do not be surprised if only a handful reach maturity.

Here are some pictures of the pitchers and of my venus, but if my plant is a highlander won't it die fairly quickly in southern florida? A subtropical region? or is the N. Maxima a more lowlandish highlander? able to thrive in lowland conditions?

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There are some more pictures :)

cpgrower770:

Those new photos do help a lot. That really does look more like N. mixta with both lower and upper pitchers developed. In any case, N. maxima just seems to be easier to grow as a highlander. It likes lower temperatures at night, but can adapt to a range of conditions if given time and patience.

Thank You Mutant Hybrid. I hope my Nepenthes soon goes into the vining stage so that i get to look at the upper pitchers too. I don't think it is in the vining stage though. I was wondering is the place where i have my Venus Fly trap Drosera Capensis S. Purpea S. Minor and S. Leucophylla have enough light for them? these photos were taken approx. 5:20 - 5:30 pm Eastern Time and i live in South West Florida?

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cpgrower770:
Okay,
I have narrowed it down to what is definatly N. mixta or N. maxima (Which has a smaller chance because on cobraplants it says N. maxima is rare in cultivation), so it is likley N. mixta.
Adrian

The quickest way to tell if your plants are getting enough light is to check the fast growing D. capensis new leaves. If the tentacles are turning red (unless it is the albino cultivar), then it is getting good light. Venus Flytraps and Sarracenias like as much sun as you can give them, and from the dappled light on the Sarracenias in one picture, they are getting some good partial light, but with the screening, the light they get is going to be reduced in intensity some. If you can get them out of the shade and into a more direct sun spot, they will develop good coloring and grow faster.

Thanks Very Much Mutant Hybrid :). I was always puzzled why my plant didn't exactly look like rafflesiana and i wondered if it was really rafflesiana but i have just started growing cp's so i figured i wasn't getting something but now i know exactly what my plant is. Thank you :) What do you think bout those light conditions?

sorry didn't see post

Hi cpgrower770,
How do you get to USF botanical gardens?
My computer can't find the server.
I just want a sarracenia minor
Thanks,
Adrian

I know that it is in USF campus i think. We got there by signs and i wasn't really paying attention.

From 1-275: Exit Fowler Avenue. Head east to Bruce B.Downs Blvd./30th Street and turn left. Go north one block to Pine Drive (1st light) and turn right. Go east one block to the first traffic light and turn left. Go north one block to the Garden entrance on left at the intersection with Alumni Drive.

From I-75: Exit Fowler Avenue. Head west to Bruce B. Downs. Blvd./30th Street and turn right. Go one block north to Pine Drive (1st light) and turn right. Follow Pine to left and Garden entrance is on left at the intersection with Alumni Drive.

Those are the directions on the site. They only had one S. Minor when we were there but that might have changed. Thats really all i can tell you. Their carnivorous bog gardens were not in great shape as they have them outdoors and they have not had very cold winters recently. I can see if i can eventually send you a division of S. Minor but im not sure if i should do it right now because as you can see the plant is not in great shape. You could ask around the board and see if anyone has a S. Minor. Sorry. :(