Hello from Worcestershire!

Hi all, I'm Richard from Worcestershire. Have always had green fingers, started out with Cacti as a kid then moved on to Carnivorous plants in my early 20's. leaving home meant I had to sell that collection but now In my mid 30's I have my own house and tiny garden and enjoy growing anything where space allows! I must admit though, I tend to be drawn to more exotic and unusual plants. I look forward to chatting to you all!

 

Hallo coolsox , hope you enjoy your time on here.

 

Hi Richard you will like it on here , quite a few like the exotic and unusual

I only have the one

 

Thanks or he welcome all. Nice Sarracenia Spruce!

 

Thanks, quite proud of it , I haven't a clue what the variety is its 5/6 years old this year the pitcher's grow to about 6/8/9 inches high and go really red in the summer it was a tiny piece when I got it , needs splinting up , finding it difficult to source locally sphagnum moss peat , seems mad having to get it derived by the post man, I have the perlite all ready was going to do late March ?

Slugs got into the pitcher last year how they got in is beyond me they must have swam across the moat !!!

Spruce

 

Hi and welcome - I'm in Worcestershire too, but mostly grow the more ordinary things - garden veg etc :-)

 

Welcome to GC Richard.

 

welcome Sox

 

Welcome to GC CoolSox, Nice Epiphyllum oxypetalum? in your avatar

 

Wow, don't think I have ever received such a warm welcome, thanks all! Spruce, if you can show me a picture of the pitchers I should be able to ID it for you, Sarracenias made up the bulk of my CP collection! Aesculus, it is indeed E oxypetalum. Very vigorous but sadly a shy flowered of me. I get 1 or 2 a year.

 

Welcome to GC Richard...Enjoy

 

hi richard

 

Hello and welcome