In this post I'll share a few more photos from the recent Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale. In
part one I posted about the winners of the juried show.
The event was held at the
Lake Merritt Garden Center (I didn't get pictures of the surroundings, so have a GIS). It was a really nice day out, but inside the garden center it was pretty warm and humid, being full of people and plants breathing all over each other. There was a really good turnout!
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| Lots of people buying plants! Sometimes it was too crowded to move around, which is great! |
Most of the plants on offer were Nepenthes and Sarracenia – there was a decent, though not enormous, selection of sundews, and just a few pings. I think I saw a handful of Utricularia as well. I just ended up getting 3 plants, which I'll share at the end of this post.
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| Sarracenia everywhere. |
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| These were reasonably-priced plants, but some of the rarer offerings were hilariously pricey. |
Almost makes me wish to be a Nepenthes grower – but not quite :-p
I also had a few more photos from the Show. Here's the Dish Garden table.
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| Such nice plantings. |
My pictures of the ping and sundew tables were ruined by the light from the window. Oh well.
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| I wish I had recorded the identity of that big vining plant. |
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| Hamatas! I think these were grown by Drew Martinez. |
There were also loads of Sarracenia in the show. They took up a whole wall and then some!
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| I can't imagine having to judge all these Sarracenia. |
As I said, I only got three plants at the show – two pygmies,
Drosera callistos and
Drosera enodes Scotts River, and
Drosera admirabilis.
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| These D. callistos will have big orange flowers. Cute! |
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| I like stem-forming pygmies, like these D. enodes. |
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| Finally a positively-identified D. admirabilis. Charming plant! |
So much fun! I can't wait for next year.
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