{"id":2730,"date":"2010-06-19T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2010-06-20T00:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2010-06-19T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2010-06-20T00:40:14","slug":"a-day-at-black-jungle-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hawkdog.net\/wordpress\/archives\/2730","title":{"rendered":"A Day at Black Jungle &#8211; Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackjungle.com\/home.htm\">Black Jungle<\/a>&#8216;s 16th anniversary Open House. A couple of other froggers and I made the trip down &#8211; it was a great day for a road trip (shout-out to S for doing the driving!). Black Jungle has an amazing selection of carnivorous plants and the <em>Sarracenia<\/em> are in tip-top shape at this time of year &#8211; flowers, new growth &#8211; wow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A <em>Sarracenia minor<\/em> hybrid &#8211; the windows (fenestration) on the leaf is an <em>S. minor<\/em> characteristic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4018\/4715705776_a88f0d8572_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4018\/4715705776_a88f0d8572.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sarracenia flava &#8211; the hood is perfectly shaped to channel rainwater away from the pitcher&#8217;s mouth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4064\/4715063847_2eb1001db9_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4064\/4715063847_2eb1001db9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Sarracenia catesbaei<\/em> &#8211; I&#8217;m mostly (but not dogmatically) a species guy, but for this beauty, I make an exception. It&#8217;s a naturally\u00a0occurring (<em>flava<\/em> x <em>purpurea<\/em>) hybrid, named for a naturalist who should be better known: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mark_Catesby\">Mark Catesby<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4034\/4715062381_624dc38bdd_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4034\/4715062381_624dc38bdd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But it wasn&#8217;t all carnivorous, all the time &#8211; <em>Calopogon tuberosus<\/em> &#8211; a beautiful little bog orchid.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4715701046_5cc6c867db_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4054\/4715701046_5cc6c867db.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And not all bog, either. A <em>Hoya macgillivray<\/em>&#8216;s flowers getting ready to open. They are going to be huge &#8211; the buds, unopened, are larger around than a quarter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4067\/4715706968_c629138bfd_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4067\/4715706968_c629138bfd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was Black Jungle&#8216;s 16th anniversary Open House. A couple of other froggers and I made the trip down &#8211; it was a great day for a road trip (shout-out to S for doing the driving!). 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