Flowers and Death

Well it seems we are at the end of the flowering season here, only the rubra ssp. rubra is left to flower,

and I am ready with some leucophylla hybrid pollen for it.  Because of the annoying lack of flowers this year, I decided I would leave most of the pollination to the bees. (If you don't know how to pollinate a Sarracenia flower, here's a good link http://thepitcherplantproject.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/how-to-pollinate-a-sarracenia-flower/) 

 

Of course with life comes death and I think that because of the wetness of this spring, and the awful weather several of my Sarracenia got fungal infections. There were three casualties (gladly just unnamed hybrids) and a 'Ladies in Waiting' that I think that I will lose.

A little tribute to the rhizomes lost

And with death comes life again

Sarracenia oreophila 'Sand Mountain'

Sarracenia "Excellens Giant"