Scott MMay 6, 20201 min readAnts in Sarracenia Catesbaei x Purpurea x FlavaI haven't looked inside the Sarracenia Catesbaei x Purpurea x Flava lately. There are a ton of ants in every pitcher. I'm not sure why...
Scott MApr 30, 20201 min readSpider SightingsSpider Sightings April 23, 2020 Spotted some spiders amongst the pitchers. They sometimes make a home in sarracenia. The pitchers offer...
Scott MMar 31, 20201 min readSarracenia Flowers in Bloom!March 2020 It’s spring and all of the pitcher plants are in bloom. I have over a dozen in bloom or near bloom. A few flower pictures...
Scott MMar 21, 20201 min readMarch Mite Madness in Sarracenia Catesbaei Purpurea FlavaA vast slime mite army is dining on a dead fly in S. Catesbaei Purpurea Flava. It is hard to tell that it’s a fly under the slimy layer...
Scott MNov 3, 20196 min readBlobs in Detail, A Review of Commensals in Sarraceina The Blobs: Inquilines and Commensals in Sarracenia The pitchers of Sarracenia capture a wide variety of prey, as the pencam shows. But...
Scott MNov 2, 20192 min readBlobs Gone Wild or Mite Mayhem in Sarracenia catesbaei x purpurea x flavaFeb 2019 I have been focusing recently on getting decent video of individual blobs which can be challenging for the pencam that I...
Scott MApr 27, 20191 min readPetflytrap at the March Mart Mercer Arboretum plant saleCheck out the carnivorous plants at the March Mart plant sale. http://themercersociety.org/event/march-mart-2019/ So many plants so...
Scott MMar 12, 20192 min readFirst in Sarracenia x catesbaei purpurea x flavaThis is the first time in Sarracenia x catesbaei purpurea x flava. The leaf of this pitcher plant has a hood that prevents the pencam...