Chicxulub's Nature Preserve (carnivorous plants, orchids, etc)

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My son and I found a new-to-us colony of parrot pitcher plants (Sarracenia psittacina) in the preserve yesterday. This was an exciting find, as these guys are tiny and hard to locate. There were about a dozen clumps of these plants in this new colony. This was an exciting find!

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OH!

We've also started controlled burns in the preserve. Only two days in so far, but it's coming along well. I cut my firebreaks into smaller rectangles because my firefighting ability is limited and I want to be able to keep the intensity very low. It is exceptionally rare that these fires get hot enough that I can not walk right through them, so long as I follow the prescription correctly.

Florida's pine flatwood ecosystems are fire dependant, and the routine burning every 1-5 years is critical to remove dead growth to allow the diversity of species to thrive.

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Wow. Both amazing posts. Very neat new discovery and also its fantastic that you know to burn stuff to make things come along nicely.

did you bring out marshmallows and hotdogs?
 
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Matteus said:
Wow. Both amazing posts. Very neat new discovery and also its fantastic that you know to burn stuff to make things come along nicely.

did you bring out marshmallows and hotdogs?
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Thank you! These fires seem to give most of my plants a vigorous incentive to flower. I like it!

Unfortunately I can't do marshmallows on these fires. The grass fires smell HORRIBLE ?

dr exum said:
Nice! Those plants look great! Thanks for sharing!

one of ours - sun dew

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Very nice dew! Drosera capensis?

We've got a four kinds consisting of three or four unique species (depending on which authority you ask) of those on site as well, with two species starting to wake up right now.

Pictured here is Drosera capillaris-

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Very nice! I'm loving carnivorous plants and it's a very very quickly growing hobby of mine :D
 
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