RE: Carnivorous Plants, a few Irises, and some Manfreda virginica

 

Dennis I could not see any flowers on the Ferraria crispa

Pat Toolan
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From: dkramb@badbear.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 15:14:31 -0400
Subject: [iris-species] Carnivorous Plants, a few Irises, and some Manfreda virginica

 
Excuse my cross-post!

I visited Miami University's conservatory in Hamilton, Ohio today and took quite a few photos of their CP collection.
(I didn't downsize the photos, sorry.)

Carnivorous Plants:
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040004.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040005.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040008.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040009.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040011.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040012.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040013.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040014.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040015.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040017.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040019.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040020.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040021.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040030.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040037.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040038.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040039.JPG

Manfreda virginica:
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040033.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040034.JPG
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040036.JPG

Ferraria crispa:  (definitely the weirdest irid that i've ever seen)
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040029.JPG

Semi-hydroponic tomatoes?:
http://badbear.com/dkramb/P6040024.JPG



The conservatory has done a much smarter job of pairing up Iris species that will bloom simultaneously with their pitcher plants than I did.  I went based off some pics on the web of stuff blooming in coastal South Carolina.  So I put together Sarracenia with Iris tridentata.  I would have been better off doing Iris versicolor!  Oh well.... I'm not complaining.  My tridentata won't bloom for a few more weeks, and my Sarracenia are almost done.

In the last three CP photos, there was a beautiful iridescent blue wasp(?) that kept going down into the pitchers.  I couldn't believe it was able to climb back out.  I'm not sure if the pitchers were still too young, or what?  But there were several of these shiny flying jewels doing it.  I have not seen them in my pitcher plant collection at home.

Dennis in Cincinnati



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