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2008 and "Year in the life part 2." - continued.
Summer 2008.
 

This is the second page in "Year in the Life part 2"
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July 4, 2008. 
FOUR MONTH update! 
 

Wow..the growing season is half over already! 
4 months down (Mar-April-May-June)
4 to go (July-Aug-Sept-Oct)
 
 

Happy 4th of July! 
 

The summer solstice arrived a few weeks ago, and the plants are in the middle of the serious
growing and eating season..but also, almost imperceptibly, the long slow dormancy process
has also begun, even though its mid-summer, because the days are gradually getting shorter
already.

I already trimmed away nearly all of the "weak floppy spring growth", the pitchers that grew indoors in February and March..the pitchers from "the burn", as seen in earlier posts.

Now we are deep into the middle of the summer season, and all the Sarr pitchers and VFT leaves are fresh, non-burned leaves.

First up, (above) a new addition to my collection! 
a nice big S. minor clump from Flytrap Ranch.
 

A look at all three mini-bogs.
 

the "Judith Hindle Bog"..
containing mostly..yes, you guessed it, S. 'judith hindle'..
these all came from a big PFT sale a few years back..
there are also two S. leucophylla hiding in the back, and VFTs around the front.
 

An overview of the whole collection..
Judith Hindle bog on the left.
Middle bog contains a big Leah Wilkerson, plus my three beloved S. excellens,
VFTs in the front again, and a few other random sarrs.
Right bog is a mish-mash of Sarracenia, Leucophyllas mostly, random hybrids,
and my S. rubra ssp. alabamensis AL-02 from the ICPS.
 

speaking of the rubra.
 

a bugs-eye-view.
 

and thats the Mid-Summer update! 
not a heck of a lot to report on..except "the plants are happy and eating bugs like crazy!"

more updates to follow as the season continues..

Scot
 
 
 
 
 

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