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Wood Violet (Viola odorata) with half of the sepals and petals removed, revealing the flattened stamens surrounding the ovary and the hooked style. From two of the stamens (only one in the picture, though, as the other fell out when the flower was cut open), nectar horns project into the petal spur. When undisturbed, the stamens form a perfect cone around the style.
An insect probing for nectar will pick up pollen shed from the cone of stamens when pushed open by the insect's head and hopefully carry it to the next flower. Long-tongued insects have been found more succesfull in the crosspollination of the deep-spurred violets since short-tongued insects may squeeze under the stamens and cause self-pollination when backing out.
From the garden today. A cucumber was cross-pollinated by a nearby pumpkin plant. This one went to the chickens as the result isn't a flavor we favor.
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Our cucumbers taste okay, but they are looking a little strange this summer. We are wondering if there is some cross pollination between the cucumbers and the cantaloupes or watermelons.
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Sign the Food Democracy Now petition to President Obama and Agriculture Secretary Vilsack to insist on the halting of GMO Alfalfa and Sugar Beets, both of which will cross-polinate with other crops, contaminating them in possibly disastrous results for our food supplies (more info on how and why at the link above).
Shown here is a Food Safety Now newsletter put out about the impending release of contaminating GMOs patented and owned by Monsanto Corporation, the same corporation that brought us Agent Orange, Saccharine, rBST/rGBH, and PCBs among other nasty products including Astroturf which was recently found to be lead contaminated forcing many schools on limited budgets to replace their sporting grounds (ironically "astroturf is also the name given to front groups purporting to be consumer interest groups but that really have as the purpose to defend monster corporations such as Monsanto & Walmart/ASDA).
Meanwhile Monsanto is paying other Astroturf front groups such as the Center for Consumer Freedom run by a man widely referred to as "Doctor Evil" to downplay the risks and put out false information and outright lies about people and groups which expose these corporate atrocities in attempts to marginalize them. He's paid through a tax scam of donations to non-profits he's set up by the very corporations which stand to lose if we knew the truth about what they are shoving down our throats.
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Neotinea x dietrichiana (Bogenh.) H. Kretzschmar, Eccarius & H.Dietr. = Neotinea ustulata x Neotinea tridentata, syn.: Orchis x austriaca A.Kern., Orchis x dietrichiana Bogenh.
Hybrid between Burnt-Tip and Three-Toothed Orchid, DE: Hybridpflanze der Angebranntes und Dreizähniger Knabenkraut
Slo.: hibrid med pikastocvetno in trizobo kukavico
Dat.: May 16. 2017
Lat.: 46.33853 Long.: 13.57352
Code: Bot_1056/2017_DSC01319
Habitat: grassland next to a road and bushes, locally almost flat terrain, alluvial ground; cretaceous clastic rock (flysh) bedrock; quite humid, partly sunny place, exposed to direct rain; elevation 435 m (1.430 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 8-10 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region.
Substratum: soil.
Place: Bovec basin; next to the road from Bovec to Vršič pass, about 500 m before Kal-Koritnica village, East Julian Alps, Posočje, Slovenia EC.
Comment: Neotinea x dietrichiana is a small but beautiful natural hybrid between Three-Toothed Orchid Neotinea tridentata and Burnt-Tip Orchid Neotinea ustulata. Both species pose difficulties to taxonomy. They were originally placed to Neotinia genus, then transferred to Orchis genus and nowadays they landed in Neotinea genus. Orchids (Orchidaceae) often form hybrids among themselves, also among different genera. About 120 different combinations of natural crosspollination have been described in literature (Ref.5) resulting in different natural hybrids. But for Burnt-Tip Orchid Neotinea ustulata it is know that it was never found to have hybridized with any species other than Three-Toothed Orchid O. tridentata. These hybrids have been found several times in Slovenia; however this find is apparently the first in Upper Posočje region (northwest Slovenia).
Protected according to: Uredba o zavarovanih prostoživečih rastlinskih vrstah, poglavje A, Uradni list RS, št. 46/2004 (Regulation of protected wild plants, chapter A, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 46/2004), (2004).
Pravilnik o uvrstitvi ogroženih rastlinskih in živalskih vrst v rdeči seznam, Uradni list RS, št. 82/2002 (Regulation of enlisting of endangered plant and animal species onto Red List, Official Gazette of Republic Slovenia, no. 82/2002) (2002). Indirectly enlisted in the Slovene Red List of rare and endangered species, marked by "V" representing a vulnerable species. The hybrid is not listed directly, but both its parents are.
Ref.:
(1) Conf. by Dr. Igor Dakskobler and Branko Dolinar.
(2) www.tela-botanica.org/bdtfx-nn-78436-synthese#
(3) www.florealpes.com/fiche_hybrideustutri.php
(4) B. Dolinar, Kukavičevke v Sloveniji (Orchidaceae of Slovenia) (in Slovenian), Pipinova Knjiga (2015), p xx.
(5) H. Kretzschmar, Die Orchideen Deutschlands und angrenzenden Lander, Quelle Meyer (2008), p 261.
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Johannistachel Caterpillar can be found feasting deep within the vines of the Jostaberry plant. Its diet consists primarily of mature Jostaberry leaves, only consuming younger leaves during periods of drought.
It is characterized by small bunches of long bright blue and purple hairs growing within shorter, dense black hair.
Jostaberries are small black berries; the product of crossing the Gooseberry plant with the Blackcurrant.
Learn more about Mutant Caterpillars at mutantcaterpillar.com
© Lisa Miller
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
See more pics of Almond Orchards in my photo stream.
More about California Almonds :
almondboard.files.cms-plus.com/PDFs/CA Almond Facts Summer 2005.pdf
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT
OK, Folks. There are 26 images in this posting. Please bear with me on this. I wanted to get them all up at one time, so that my friends in the ICPS (International Carnivorous Plant Society) could view them as a set.
Backstory: We made a weekend trip to the Francis Marion National Forest in Berkeley County, South Carolina. I had previously seen some wonderful hybrid pitcher plants (Sarracenia) in bloom around this date for the past few years. However, the forest managers had recently burned the area (prescribed burn) to rid the grassy savannahs of fast-growing woody shrubs which are in direct competition with the carnivorous plants and orchids in the national forest.
I have to say that it was a raving success! This year's crop of unusual hybrid pitcher plant flowers outdid previous years by a long shot!
The star of the show is Sarracenia Xrehderi, which is a cross between Sarracenia minor (hooded pitcher plant) and Sarracenia rubra variety rubra (sweet pitcher plant). Sarracenia minor always has bright yellow flowers, while Sarracenia rubra variety rubra always has dark red flowers. So, you can well imagine the variation in the color of the flowers of the result of the cross pollination. I believe I have even photographed some that neither you nor I imagined!
This is one fantastic site, and I'm grateful that the management of this particular location is keeping on top of the condition of the wide variety of plants in the forest. They do a fantastic job with little thanks from the public...
Cross-Pollination: Minimalism/MAXIMALISM, marked the tenth anniversary of this Museum at FIT project series. The workshop was organized in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition Minimalism/Maximalism (May 28 – November 16, 2019).
Photo by Eileen Costa
The Museum at FIT