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Hello and happy 2013! Been a while since last update because of problems with my internet but now I'm back and ready to start posting again.

First some random things. I listed the blog on bloglovin' and Finnish blog listing site called blogilista just because of some people sent me e-mail that do you know about bloglovin' because it would be one way to get more traffic on your site. Well I've got nothing to lose so I listed my blog there and we will see if the magic happens.

First thing about my palnts that I want to tell you about is my Drosera venusta, which used to not grow during winter time because I had to put it in a terraria and at least this individual does not thrive in terraria at all. Now this plant grows with my epiphytic Utricularia and is growing very nicely.




This is how my cheapo Utricularia setting is looking right now. Plants which seem to like most these conditions are U. nelumbifolia, U. nelumbifolia x reniformis and U. nephrophylla.




Utricularia nephrophylla is one of my first epiphytic Utricularia species and it grows pretty wild at the moment. The cooler temperatures because of the terraria's location, which is near floor level, has already made the plant to grow a flowerstalk.




Seedlings of U. asplundii are also looking nice. I just removed most if the moss growing on peat sand mix. The pot is 5cm wide.




Also my other Utricularia are doing fine. I flooded their trays that water level is near soil level, which results all species in tray started growing more rapidly. Also one Genlisea violacea in same tray with Utricularia.




Cryptanthus sp.started growing pups after blooming, which I never saw. The pups grow in sphagnum moss and sooner or later they will start growing roots I think.



This is the first update for this year and I will soon make a new blog post to make up for the time I had connection problems.

I'd also like to tell you about my plans for this year. First I'm going to buy a Darlingtonia californica. So many people say that it is a tricky plant but after hearing some thoughts from fellow growers I've decided to dive it a go. Also I will try to over winter some temperate plants outdoors in Finland. These plants I'm thinking could possibly survive Finnish winter are some Sarracenia, Drosera species from the US and if I get the chance I will also try some temperate Pinguicula.

Happy 2013 and happy growing.

New orchid

I has just wandering in a nearby shop and then I just saw one of these and just got to buy it.

The plant tag says Dendrobium nobile though the plant may be a hybrid. On plant tag there also reads that "This orchid will flower for a long time and is very easy to care for." I have wanted a Dendrobium orchid for a long time but have just been to lazy to order via internet. Long live and great flowering for this orchid!

I think making a full post about updates on my orchid would be nice but at the moment I'm in a hurry so I will show you photos of my orchids during the next week.

Cross succeeded!

Mini update. My first cross ever has succeeded. As you can read from my previous post I pollinated P. moctezumae with pollen of  P. emarginata and seeds were ripen 4 days ago. The seeds have now been sown and hopefully they will grow into beautiful plants.

This is not a new cross but I hope I can see how the different abilities of the parent plants have transmitted to the hybrids.

Seeds of my another cross P. emarginata x moctezumae have not ripen yet but I have seen no signs of withering in flowerstalks of P. emarginata.

I will keep you up to date how the seeds are doing as soon as there is something to tell about.

Colours of the Fall

Hello! Long time no see.

I have a good reason why I haven't written here for a while. I just had the big tests that mean a lot for my future and I really wanted some time to focus on them.

Thanks for everybody reading my blog. I was just amazed when I saw that on 20.9.2012 my blog had 59 pageviews. Only during one day. Total of my pageviews are now over 4000 and it's all thanks to you. Thank you for reading my blog.

In my previous post I promised you some news about my Sarracenia. This blog post I'll start with my favourite. Sarracenia psittacina.

Followed by some hybrids including Sarracenia purpurea



This year I'm especially proud of all of my North american plants. Flytraps made a big suprise this year growing better than ever because of greenhouse conditions.



Flytrap in this picture used to have only those 2 brown leaves which you can see dried in the picture. Plant then started producing nicer leaf rosette after repotting and made another plant right beside another. They will grow into some beautiful flytraps during next summers.



Drosera venusta was first happy about greenhouse conditions but then started dying the biggest rosette and now the plant has smaller rosettes which are growing well.



Drosera binata grew all nicely during summer forming many flowerstalk but didn't produce any seeds.



Non carnivorous bromeliad Cryptanthus sp. turned all red in the greenhouse Ending this blog post with flowers



Drosera capensis. Not special but still pretty.



Pinguicula moctezumae. Received this plant from Zlatokrt.
The plant had a flowerstalk when it arrived and after a while it flowered and is now pollinated with pollen of Pinguicula emarginata because it was only other Pinguicula blooming at the moment I'll be waiting for seeds of Pinguicula moctezumae x emarginata to rippen. I also made this cross vice versa pollinating P. emarginata with P. moctezumae's pollen so I will hopefully have Pinguicula emarginata x moctezumae seeds soon too.

That's all for now. Soon I will put my temperate plants in regridgerator for their winter dormancy and I will then focus on my tropical plants. See you later.