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Nepenthes ‘Lady Luck’ is a beautiful hybrid between a red N. ampullaria x ventricosa
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#nepenthes #monkeycup #pitcherplant

#butterwortwednesday and pinguicula primuflora.
Found in coastal areas of the Florida panhandle into Louisiana, flower nearly year round, and a great starter ping for your collection!
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N x briggsiana.
Hybrid between (N. lowii) x (N. ventricosa).
Love to see all the stages of pitcher development in one photo 😍
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Utricularia subulata, is a perennial terrestrial bladderwort. Tiny bladder traps form in the soil to catch and digest small organisms. It flowers in early spring, and can appear in mass, as a delightful yellow carpet.
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This #sundewsunday we look at how resilient sundews are. Even when the mother plant dies back to the roots, it still finds enough energy to push forward new life. Because life finds a way, they will often create a mound of sundews in the wild continually growing over each other.

The aftermath of squirrels and an intense heat wave. Fly traps are tougher than you think! Push the rhizome back into the dirt, keeping some white and green exposed, and let nature do the rest.
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#venusflytrap #flytrap #flytrapfriday

Stylidium debile, the frail trigger plant, is endemic to coastal areas in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Trigger plants are best known for their unusual method of smacking insects with their pollen.
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#butterwortwendesday this lueana x gigantea was pulled on 7/15/2025 and is ready for transfer into a moss perlite mixture for the next couple of weeks.
expecting at least 3 good plants 🤞
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N. Khasiana is BOTH an endangered tropical pitcher plant and the only nepenthes native to India. Thanks to advancements in agro-tech, it can be cultivated in situ.
📷 Khasiana x viking
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Carnivorous plants can decompose the polyesters poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene adipate terephthalate) - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Carnivorous plants can decompose the polyesters poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(butylene adipate terephthalate)

Time to fertilize my nepenthes with my 3d printer poop. /sarcasm
#nepenthes #science
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Great blue heron is the largest heron in North America. Highly adaptable, it thrives from subtropical mangrove swamps of Florida to the coastline of southern Alaska
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Any guesses as to what's swirling around this #sundewsunday?
Comment below 👇 Like and follow to find out!
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#tampabay #tampa #stpete #florida #sarasota #clearwater #shoplocal #shopsmall
#sundew #drosera

Sarracenia psittacina (sit-uh-sigh-nuh) is also known as the parrot pitcher plant. Psittacina are native to the south eastern united states and found in very wet areas, often submerged, capturing their prey.
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#sundewsunday giving lorax vibes.
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Nepenthes St Gaya.
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Excited to grow sarracenia! Bundled up in the refrigerator for the next 4-8 weeks.
FUN FACT: they were planted 7/27, a way to celebrate St. Pete local businesses!
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#tampa #tampabay
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I wasn't aware this was a game of hide and seek.
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#Clearwater #shopsmall #shoplocal

When collecting moss turns into a game of hide and seek.
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We love a good live sphagnum moss.
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This #butterwortWednesday we explore the wonderful world of pinguicula leaf pullings. Keep an eye out for these in the upcoming weeks!
🌱P. Victoria
🌱P. Hanka
🌱P. Lueana x gigantea
🌱P. Aphrodite
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Nepenthes ventrata is a natural hybrid and one of the most produced pitcher plants due to being beginner friendly. Here we see one enjoying an afternoon florida shower.
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#mondaymood took a weekend vacation to West Palm Beach. Camped out, visited blowing rocks preserve, explored a plant and reptile expo, and finished off with McKee botanical gardens.
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This #flytrapfriday we're checking out all the summer growth on our typical varieties. These make great additions to your bog or even as a first time starter!
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This #butterwortwednesday we have the rescue, pinguicula esseriana coming in about the size of a dime.
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Isopods are actually a diverse group of crustaceans. This is David he protects the lightning orchids.
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Drosera capensis seedling emerging from an old flower

This #sundewsunday reminds us that life finds a way.
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Sarracenia Saturday with purpurea venosa red
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Dionaea muscipula; The Venus flytrap is the only member of the Dionaea genus.
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On this non carnivorous Thursday we have baby ducks!
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Small slices of pinguicula primuliflora ready to be planted. Test tube filled with water and pinguicula slices for water propagating

We're slicing and dicing this #butterwortwednesday trying two different methods of propagation: -water props
-small slices placed in sphagnum moss.
Which will strike first? 👀
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