Fred's Carnivorous Plants and other oddities

[fredg]

I spotted a pot of Linaria triornithophora at a show recently and added it to my little Linaria collection. When the flowers first opened I thought I'd been sold a pup as it was supposed to be pink and the flowers looked more like 'Albina'



However, after a couple of days the older flowers started to show a definite pink blush.



I've yet to see a bee on them though.

[fredg]

More flowers on the carnivorous.

Drosera cuneifolia, a rosette type with quite large flowers for the genus.



The various pots of Drosera filiformis are doing their one a day thing.

[fredg]

Something to brighten your day.

[ashley]

Understated
What's 'Disa B'?

[fredg]

Disa  x watsonii 'Bromley' Ashley.

[fredg]

The flowers of Stylidium caespitosum and S. debile showing the triggers.

[fredg]

The final bud on the Heliamphora has opened. It took a while to start opening flowers but then it keeps opening them for a long time.



A repotted Drosera regia that was struggling to get started this year. It's not struggling now.



Ignore the nibble, I'm sure that the guilty gastropod is an ex-gastropod by now. I'm using beer traps and they're very effective so far. BTW don't fret at the waste of 'beer', it's the 'not for human consumption' Supermarket own brand stuff @£1 for 4 cans.

[Yann]

Heliamphora are not so easy to grow (i use a fogger), you got nice stems.

[ashley]

Yann, here they grow outdoors during the summer, in full (Irish ) sun but with roots shaded and pots standing in rain-water.

[fredg]

This hairy chappie appeared outside the Darlingtonia house this morning. It's about 20mm  long.



ID please

[fredg]

Lilium lankongense, acquired this year and just starting to flower. It had stems coming out of the drainage holes so at present it is double potted. There should be a few bulbs in the pot this autumn  .



Complete with the ubiquitous aphid.

[fredg]

I found the Cockchafer ( see above) again only this time it was legs up. One of the Drosera regia was begging nicely so it wasn't wasted.

[fredg]

A couple of Drosera in flower at the moment.

Drosera regia.




Drosera slackii

[Maggi Young]

Drosera regia.

Pretty shot  with the sun  shadows of the anthers on the flower

[fredg]

Thank you Maggi.