Plantiis

Thorelii x Truncata female and Spathulata x Spectabilis male Nepenthes.

Store extra pollen in a dessicator at 32ªF.

This year, these Nepenthes have bloomed a little later then last year. The small flowers do not have any scent that I can detect. Flowers open in order from the bottom of the stem to the top.

Many new nodes have sprouted, perfect for cloning. Being the only species that has flowered so far, I have not been able to produce any seeds. Although I have saved some pollen for later use.

Coming up on this episode, a look at the triggerplant

Flying insects land on flowers which trigger the floral column to quickly slap the insect, covering it in pollen. These insects are not eaten and help the trigger plant spread it’s pollen. Trigger plants eat smaller insects. Parts of scape feature sticky tricrome traps that capture and digest insets too small to pollenate.

Trigger plants grow in poor nutrient conditions similar to Drosera which includes moderately dry pea moss and rainwater.

Trigger plants thrive in warm humid temperatures.

Growing in a separate planter is recommended as this plant quickly multiples and takes over the entire planter.

Growing year around, trigger plants are hardy and can easily be propagated through root clones.

Noticeable sweet fragrance when these large narrow petaled flowers bloom.

These guys can get up to four feet in height and easily catches the eye when in full bloom.

We got this crinum about a decade ago and has since produced a lot of offshoots!

C. × baconi (C. americanum × C. zeylanicum) hybrid

Pinguicula lutea’s yellow flowers are open. The leave a really curved on this little one.

This plant is native, listed by the U.S. federal government and state as Threatened.

More sarracenia flowers open up this week! Here is a yellow trumpet showing off it’s first flower of spring. It’s already attracted a snack.

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