Californica darlingtonia

[kevinkk]

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.

[adamcotton]

That should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

[lamprima2]

7-8 years? Congratulations!

[kevinkk]

at should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

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

[Chuck]

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

[kevinkk]

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.

A sad update: the goats of the forest, or known colloquially, as White Tail deer, had an exotic snack a couple nights ago. I have a new use for my laser sighted air pistol.