This is a bit like a wet garden update. You will see a variety of plants I have in this one. I will talk a little bit about each as I go.
The first one (above) is one of my venus fly traps. I had not noticed the large new trap that had grown during a few spring-like days we had last week.
I usually make posts that are focused on one topic, or one plant that I am featuring. This one is different.
Some of these are projects that are just bizarre and crazy. This post contains some you have not seen before as well as bits of projects that are not ready for posting yet, but you get to see shots of dew on their leaves.
I am growing purple cabbage for the first time. Everything is in pots and this one will need a new one very soon.
Here is another shot. The water on these leaves gave me the idea of making a post about the misty day and 'water on the plants' motif.
This is one of my favorite plants and there's a story about how I can obtained it. If anyone can guess what this is, I will send 5 HBD your way. Only to the first one that gives me the name and what it produces - maybe with a show reference.
When I went out this morning it was a slight drizzle, almost a mist. When that happens it allows larger drops to build up on the leaves and some leaves forget to overflow.
I am not sure what this one is. It was here when I moved in. Some leaves are green and some have blotchy yellow color mixed in and it is not part of the autumn coloring.
Next we have a carnivorous plant. I bought a few of these before winter and they all survived. It is a form of drosera, I think the name is spatulata, if I am not mistaken.
On this particular day, you can't tell where the dew droplets end and where the plant's nectar begins.
I have several of the following that were here when I moved in and they were nearly dead.
This one is light colored and the others are dark green with much waxier leaves.
Next we have new spouts from the potato tower. About 70% of them are finding their way through the netting without assistance, which is good news.
I spoke a little bit about propagating these guys in my last post. About half of them just wilt when you do this and the other half just grow.
This one has been in the ground for about 3 weeks. At first it wilted and then it came back and it looks very healthy right now. When it has enough energy to sprout a sprig, it will grow into one of these...
The above little plant was grown from a leaf of the one I planted upside down in this post.
It is actually growing on the top side of that same pot from that post.
Next we have a wet leaf from one of my adult droseras.
You can tell when spring is in the air. The carnivorous plants start accumulating bugs on their branches.
Here is another one. These have a reddish color to them but only when you step back a bit.
This is the wet version of one of the buds on my largest Mary Jane plant.
You all may be pleased that the above plant will not be killed or harvested. I have no need for drugs. I just think this plant is gorgeous. They do smell quite a bit when the flowers are as you see in this photo.
I am not sure what this one will be.
It is about the size of a dime all the way around. It was just a green dot on the soil in the same pot as my largest pitcher plant when I bought it. It is on the top side of an upside down project which can be seen here.
Last but certainly not least. A tiny Binata...
This is one of my favorite droseras.
I would have never known what it was at this early stage, but I just repotted its mother and found this little guy growing from one of the dried, winter branches.
The mom is just starting to come out of its wintering mode. I have lost some of these in the past due to a friend who watered them for me. Distilled is a must!
You will surely see more of the drosera binatas as spring progresses.
I hope you enjoyed these plants as much as I did this morning. Sunny days are great for photography, but these all have their own charm when they have been misted by nature.