Conservation plants grown in assurance colonies for species preservation and future replanting.

One of the most fascinating Sarracenia sites I have ever seen: a true hybrid swarm. Virtually every manifestation of this hybrid imaginable was observed.

A countless number of variations of this hybrid in this photo.

Uncommon to rare variant of Sarracenia flava throughout its range.

It is very likely that the deep red colorations of individuals in this population reflect historical hybridization or introgression of Sarracenia rubra wherryi. This suspicion, however, remains uncertain.

Another "insect-eating" plant. By looking closely, one can see a few insects trapped on the sticky leaves. Growing on near-vertical cliff face in dripping water.

Del Norte County, California, USA.

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The plants depicted here are extremely rare naturally occuring hybrids with evidence of multigenerational hybridization. A likely hybridization of [Sarracenia psittacina x Sarracenia rubra] x Sarracenia rubra.

The carnivorous plants depicted in these photos represent a newly discovered site for these species in Georgia. the Sarracenia psittacina of these bogs are among the largest I have ever seen. It is apparent that S psittacina in highly aquatice habitats allow for giant plant development as seen in Okeefenokee swamp and on Eglin AFB.

East Thailand: garden of Kratomhin Nuntapuk Hotel & Resort, Nakhon Ratchasima Province.

Uncommon to rare variant of Sarracenia flava throughout its range.

The plants depicted here are extremely rare naturally occuring hybrids with evidence of multigenerational hybridization. A likely hybridization of [Sarracenia psittacina x Sarracenia rubra] x Sarracenia rubra.

The carnivorous plants depicted in these photos represent a newly discovered site for these species in Georgia. the Sarracenia psittacina of these bogs are among the largest I have ever seen. It is apparent that S psittacina in highly aquatice habitats allow for giant plant development as seen in Okeefenokee swamp and on Eglin AFB.

Some very late blooming plants in a shaded protected seep.

What truly makes Roridula dentata interesting is the symbiotic or mutualistic relationship with the assassin bug Pameridea marlothi, also known as the northern dewstick bug. The Pameridia insects are adapted to move freely through the sticky resin of the Roridula with specialized feet and an exoskeleton covered by a greasy substance that resists the adhesion of the Roridula glue-like secretions. The Pameridia then feeds on insects captured by Roridula and excretes waste products onto the leaf surface that are absorbed into the plant for nutrition.

Equally as interesting, this Pameridia bug lives nowhere else but on the Roridula - an obligate mutualistic relationship. In these images multiple adult bugs are presented along with an immature insect feeding on a captured wasp.

These photos represent a population of yellow-flowered Sarracenia psittacina with normal ly colored pitchers. these plants are not Anthocyanin-free. This is one of several very small populations of this variant that I have observed in several states within the plant's range.

There has been much speculation about flower color variance in the Sarraceniaceae (when it occurs) as to whether this variation represents mutation or the influence of historic hybridization. I tend to believe that distant hybridization is the likely source for flower color variation in these populations.

Growing in peat-muck in a wide crevice between granite boulders beside Davies Creek, Dinden National Park, north Queensland.

This is the "typical" form of the natural hybrid S xgilpinii.

The carnivorous plants depicted in these photos represent a newly discovered site for these species in Georgia. the Sarracenia psittacina of these bogs are among the largest I have ever seen. It is apparent that S psittacina in highly aquatice habitats allow for giant plant development as seen in Okeefenokee swamp and on Eglin AFB.

RHS Wisley Gardens near Ripley in Surrey.

Conservation plants grown in assurance colonies for species preservation and future replanting.

Darlingtonia californica is a well-known insectivorous pitcher plant belonging to the American pitcher plant family, Sarraceniaceae. It was first collected by William Brackenridge during the overland portion of the U.S. Exploring Expedition in early October, 1841. The three genera in this family have a wide geographic distribution: Sarracenia occur in the eastern United States; Heliamphora are found in northern South America; and Darlingtonia, a monotypic genus, grows in wet areas in western Oregon and northern California. (Mt Shasta comp.)

I have been fortunate to be able to recheck the private property location periodically over the past 12 years. These are the first photos I have published from this site, but fortunately the best I have been able to take.

This site has been repeatedly sprayed with herbicide (for a variety of industrial reasons) and approximately 7 years ago had been reduced to a single plant that did not regrow normally for 3 years. this is the second year that plants have flowered and set seed in the past 7 years.

Unfortunately two other very rare plants historically occurred and bloom at this site: Lilium pyrophilum and Asclepias rubra. Both species are now extirpated from the site.

Interestingly this population exhibits some growth habits similar to both classic Sarracenia rubra var. rubra and the 'Ancestral variant' that I have previously posted from west central Georgia.

It is very likely that the deep red colorations of individuals in this population reflect historical hybridization or introgression of Sarracenia rubra wherryi. This suspicion, however, remains uncertain.

A remnant population on heavily impacted industrial timber land.

An recently discovered population on the Georgia fall line sandhills.

Some very late blooming plants in a shaded protected seep.

Poor fly is scared by the Venus-flytrap leaves. The focus is on the plant's plastic box/container which has this funny pattern printed on it.

Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Nova Scotia

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Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia).

Photographed at Rocher Bog, near High Bradfield.

Succulent Plant Sakuya Konohana Kan-Botanical Garden-Osaka

Warkworth, Hunter Valley, New South Wales

For us Sydney people this is an uncommon Drosera species, but it becomes more frequent as you move north into the Hunter Valley and further north still. It extends to tropical Asia, the type being from Sri Lanka.

Note on spelling - we are used to seeing burmannii with two Is, but apparently Burmann's is one of those botanists' names traditionally latinised to Burmannus, hence the genitive form burmanni.

A remnant population on heavily impacted industrial timber land.