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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.

That should be Darlingtonia californica ... superb plant!

Adam.

7-8 years? Congratulations!

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.

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

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.