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wollastoni · by wollastoni » Sun May 19, 2024 4:18 pm

Another great video from my colleague Michel Belloin in French Guiana.
It gives you an idea of how diverse the fauna is in Amazonia (when not destroyed).

wollastoni · by wollastoni » Sun May 19, 2024 3:46 pm

Excellent books indeed.

And the more you will study Agrias, the more questions you will have ! It is a very interesting (and difficult) group.

Annarobertson1947 · by Annarobertson1947 » Sun May 19, 2024 7:43 am

I think all my questions are now answered, i purchased Manfreds book

kevinkk · by kevinkk » Sat May 18, 2024 2:42 pm

Like a lot of things, it started small. Soon, there was more, then I found a large farm style water trough at a garage sale, and that is what
I am using now, quite unmovable at this point, full of peat, soil mixture, and the water. Like I mentioned, it's reaching a mature balance
of what is going to grow, some get crowded out, and it's all pitcher plants at this stage, very effective at passive capture, sometimes I can
hear insects buzzing inside of the pitchers.
The Darlingtonia are growing better than I expected, after reading their ideal requirements, a little slow growing, but at the time, seed was one of
the few ways to acquire the species, now it seems they could eventually take over.

Chuck · by Chuck » Sat May 18, 2024 1:57 pm

I love bogs, they are so unique. To have a home garden like that is amazing.

Chuck · by Chuck » Sat May 18, 2024 1:55 pm

That is a spectacular specimen, well demonstrating the potential size and morphology of the female. A tiny blemish does nothing to diminish it in any way.

lamprima2 · by lamprima2 » Sat May 18, 2024 4:59 am

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lamprima2 · by lamprima2 » Sat May 18, 2024 4:52 am

Here are a few more weird backyard flowers:
Dracunculus vulgaris
Aristolochia macroura
Aristolochia fimbriata

: D. vulgaris.JPG (665.08 KiB) Viewed 33 times

boghaunter1 · by boghaunter1 » Fri May 17, 2024 4:52 pm

Hello all,

Yesterday, 16 May 2024, I saw a small, solitary, flight worn, Red Admiral flying about in my farm yard, This was the 1st time, in many years, that I've seen a spring migrant Red Admiral up here in NE Sask., Canada.

John K.

wollastoni · by wollastoni » Fri May 17, 2024 7:49 am

Indeed, you guys need to organize a big fair on the East coast too.

Several fairs are succesful in Europe, I don't see why it would not be a success in the US too. You can coorganize it with shell or mineral collectors, if you fear to lack visitors in the first years. (that's what they do in Modena fair in Italy).

lamprima2 · by lamprima2 » Thu May 16, 2024 11:51 pm

I felt like a kid who broke his favorite toy.
I am a proud owner of an exciting specimen now,
- thank you all for your comments!

kevinkk · by kevinkk » Thu May 16, 2024 11:09 pm

adamcotton wrote: ↑Thu May 16, 2024 8:22 pm at should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

Good grief! Thanks for that Adam.
Yes, we have a State Park named after the plant.

lamprima2 · by lamprima2 » Thu May 16, 2024 10:36 pm

7-8 years? Congratulations!

adamcotton · by adamcotton » Thu May 16, 2024 8:22 pm

That should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

vabrou · by vabrou » Thu May 16, 2024 4:29 pm

T. lunulatus box of blue, box of green and box of Trigonopeltastes delta

vabrou · by vabrou » Thu May 16, 2024 4:12 pm

Strategus aloeus male

kevinkk · by kevinkk » Thu May 16, 2024 4:10 pm

My Cobra lilies are blooming, grown from seed I collected in the wild, it's been about 7 or 8 years to get this far.
They spread easily, the bog is finding a balance.. somewhere, my Venus Fly Traps and sundews have been crowded out
by the pitcher plants.
I'll have seeds later when the pods are mature.
I had to fence it in, the bog was doing well until the racoons found it, those guys are lucky to be cute.

vabrou · by vabrou » Thu May 16, 2024 4:07 pm

We published a review of the genus Strategus in Louisiana in 2018, mostly using the adults my wife and I captured over the past 55 years of non-stop collecting. Here is the link to a free access to that pdf: https://www.academia.edu/37938943/THE_G ... _LOUISIANA

Strategus antaeus male jpg attached

bobw · by bobw » Thu May 16, 2024 1:42 pm

Such a minor mark doesn't detract in any way from it being a perfect specimen.

wollastoni · by wollastoni » Thu May 16, 2024 12:28 pm

Wonderful specimen indeed, congrats.

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