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Today I bought a few new carnivorous plants.

• Cephalotus follicularis
• Darlingtonia californica
• Nepenthes jacquelineae
• Nepenthes ramispina
• Nepenthes singalana
• Nepenthes vogelii

Am extremely happy I finally found 2 that I’ve been looking for (the Cephalotus and Darlingtonia). All of these plants are still very tiny – the Cephalotus’ pitchers are about 9mm in height, and the Darlingtonia pitchers are about 25mm high. Photos of these 2 follow (no photos of the Nepenthes yet)

Cephalotus follicularis

Cephalotus follicularis close-up

Darlingtonia californica

Darlingtonia californica

Darlingtonia californica

I took some photos of my Nepenthes on the 2010-07-03, here they are..

Nepenthes 'Gentle/Velvet'

Nepenthes alata

Nepenthes alata close-up

Nepenthes coccinea ((N. rafflesiana X N. ampullaria) X N. mirabilis) (old pitcher)

Nepenthes coccinea ((N. rafflesiana X N. ampullaria) X N. mirabilis) (new pitcher)

Nepenthes hybrid

Nepenthes mirabilis (growing from a cutting I took a few months back)

Nepenthes mirabilis (growing from a cutting I took a few months back)

Nepenthes mirabilis (more light)

Nepenthes mirabilis (new pitcher)

Nepenthes miranda (close-up)

Nepenthes miranda

Nepenthes miranda (new pitcher)

Nepenthes miranda (new pitcher, different angle)

Nepenthes ventrata (upper pitcher)

Nepenthes ventrata (lower pitcher)

Nepenthes ventrata (new upper pitcher)

Nepenthes ventrata (new lower pitcher)

Nepenthes ventrata (another upper pitcher)

Nepenthes ventrata (view from above)

Decided to take a few updated photos of a few of my carnivorous plants. They’re all doing quite well (should really take some photos of the Nepenthes as they’ve now become quite large)

Sarracenia “Godzuki” (S. minor X S. oreophila)

Sarracenia “Chelsonii” (Sarracenia purpurea X Sarracenia rubra)

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

Well, first off, the lighting was really bad and I probably should’ve waited until there was more light (another day) before taking photos, but I was excited about the Papilionanthe teres being in flower, so here are the pics:

Papilionanthe teres

Papilionanthe teres

Papilionanthe teres

I had to take a few photos as it’s a difficult flower to show off the shape in a photograph. This is definitely one of my favourite Orchids (if I had to pick)

Then, I also took a photo of my Dockrillia rigida. The flowers only just opened and are slightly green (actually, not 100% open – but I had the camera in the greenhouse so took the pics anyway)

Dockrillia rigida

Another one of my favourites is the Neofinetia falcata. Again, the lighting wasn’t good at all so detail is a little difficult to make out. If only you could capture the scent in a photograph!

Neofinetia falcata

Here’s a Paphiopedilum “Armeni White” (P. armeniacum X P. delenatii). I’m not 100% sure what’s happened here, but this flower is a pale yellow/green and should be white. Perhaps it’s just my memory failing me and it “whitens” (it’s newly opened), and I’ve forgotten or perhaps it has a “tan” from slightly too high light levels? Hmmm, it looks whiter in this photo than it does in reality.

Paphiopedilum "Armeni White"

Yes, this one’s still in flower (and I think it’ll be for a very long time still) – this is the Phalaenopsis “Coral Isles” X Phalaenopsis “Star of Florida”

Phalaenopsis "Coral Isles" X Phalaenopsis "Star of Florida"

Here are some carnivorous plants.. Starting with the Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid – the colours are really coming out now that it’s been exposed to full sun for a while. Unfortunately, the lighting wasn’t good for taking photos and the colour is a little washed out. The 2nd photograph of the same pitcher shows just how red the red actually is.

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

Here’s the Sarracenia “Godzuki” (Sarracenia minor X Sarracenia oreophila) – yes, I was in too much of a rush to get rid of the cat hair and spiderwebs. This one’s colour is also showing nicely with full sun.

Sarracenia "Godzuki"

The following 2 are recently repotted. I’m waiting for some new pitchers to form as I’d had these in the greenhouse where they weren’t exposed any wind, which I’ve since learnt is needed to strengthen the ala (the rib running down the full length of the front of the pitcher) So a few of the current pitchers are leaning over, etc.. not looking very handsome right now. The plant on the right is the Sarracenia “Godzuki” – the one with the weak ala’s. The plant on the left is Sarracenia “Chelsonii” (Sarracenia purpurea X Sarracenia rubra)

Recently repotted S. "Chelsonii" and S. "Godzuki"

Posting has been really slow lately – just haven’t got around to updating in a while – I guess I’ve either been too busy elsewhere, or I’m lazy 

Here are some pics of

• Drosera aliciae
• Sarracenia “Godzuki” (S. minor X S. oreophila) young pitcher
• Sarracenia “Godzuki” (S. minor X S. oreophila)
• Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid
• A fly down the throat of a Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid
• Nice view down the throat of a Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid
• Nepenthes “Gentle” peristome
• Nepenthes “Miranda” peristome
• Nepenthes x hookeriana (very young plant)
• Nepenthes x hookeriana (very young plant) from another angle

Drosera aliciae (young plant)

Sarracenia "Godzuki" (S. minor X S. oreophila) young pitcher

Sarracenia "Godzuki" (S. minor X S. oreophila)

Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

A fly down the throat of a Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

Nice view down the throat of a Sarracenia leucophylla hybrid

Nepenthes "Gentle" peristome

Nepenthes "Miranda" peristome

Nepenthes x hookeriana (very young plant)

Nepenthes x hookeriana (very young plant) from another angle

Some new pitchers forming on my Nepenthes.. These are just the new pitchers – there are already some fully developed.

Nepenthes ventrata young pitcher

Nepenthes ventrata

Nepenthes 'Gentle/Velvet'