New Plants

I think I showed great restraint by coming home with only these three. Here is my new Nepenthes.

Philodendron 'Moonlight'

Jatrophia podogrica

Beautiful plants and showing such restraint! You are complimented. 8>)))

This message was edited Jul 31, 2006 7:03 AM

Thanks! I'm trying to cut back. Especially since I'm going to have to find a place for everybody this winter...and still have room for myself in the house. I went with the intention of finding the philo and got the last one they had. There was no resisting the Nepenthes. A few years ago I paid dearly for one via mail order. I didn't bring it in early enough and it got zapped by a chilly night. This one was only $18.

My neighbors think I'm crazy with all of the plants so I have to come here for "validation". 8>)

No problem, 'we' understand completely!! 8>))

I knew you would!

oh my i love that plant in first pict. i haven't ever seen anything like that!!!! can you tell me about it? is it easy to care for and propagate? amazing!!!!!!!!

kelly

p.s. oh no to even think of winter what will i do with all my plants : 0

It is a carnivorous plant commonly called a pitcher plant. The pitchers fill with water and the plant adds enzymes that attract insects. Once the bugs are inside the pitchers, they are turned into "bug stew" that feeds the plant. There are "highland" and "lowland" varieties. The highland plants like a cool climate (cloud forest) and the lowland varieties like heat and humidity (tropical jungle). I have found that as long as you provide their preferred environment, they grow like crazy. But...an error on either the hot or cold side and they drop dead. I don't know a thing about their propagation.

I found this one at a local nursery but the first one I had came from www.petflytrap.com. The site is pricey but a good source of info.

very neat! thanks for sharing! learn something new each day!

kelly : )

Wonderful finds, Nem! Did you find all three at the same place?
:) Donna

Back in the 60's and 70's in Jacksonville, FL we had a friend who lived near a bog. Had a wonderful stand of "pitcher plants". Moved away, went back in the late 80's and her place had been bulldozed, filled in and houses built. If I had any say in it, the pitchers would still be there. What a disaster. Glad someone is keeping them alive because their habitat is being depleted day by day.

I so agree....great finds!

I'm curious like Donna...*did* you find all three at the same nursery/greenhouse/store?

That was a good price for a Nepenthes that size.......I'll bet they *love* your weather this time of year!!

I tried a 'baby' Nepenthes, once.....and won't try it again unless I'm fortunate enough to own a greenhouse one day.
You probably already know this, but I've read time and time again to use only rain or distilled water for Nepenthes.

Looking forward to future photos, too!

Yes, the Neps do love our hot, sticky, wet summers! Since it generally rains here every afternoon, it gets plenty of rainwater. The 'local' pitchers that grow in bogs are a different type - Sarracenia and they are really pretty. Very colorful. I can't imagine bulldozing a bog but they are doing it here also. Filling in the swamps to build houses. Then people are surprised when they develop foundation problems.

No, I didn't find them all in one place. In fact, all three came from different places. The Nepenthes came from a nursery in New Orleans called American Aquatic Gardens. They always have something REALLY cool. Brom people could go nuts there. They have huge broms for next to nothing. The other two came from two other nurseries over there. The Jatrophia was purely an impulse purchase. Then, while I was shopping for the philo, a big storm came up and lightening hit the ground right next to the greenhouse I was browsing in. It was incredible! Scared the $#@& out of all of us that were in there!

Oh, the price we sometimes pay, huh?! LOL!!
Glad you all made it through the storm!

Forgot to mention, LC2sgarden....what a terrible shame!!

Aren't there more laws now in effect that outlaw that sort of thing, or at least offer protection? The term 'native wetlands' comes to mind.....