Meadowview Internship Photo Thread

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Death Pony

Death Pony

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I am one of the fortunate interns at Meadowview this summer. I could not have asked for a better opportunity to present itself to me by a long shot. I am a Studio Art major, but carnivorous plants and their conservation are a huge passion of mine. My background does provide some huge benefits, such as presenting what we are doing to the public, which is what this thread is about. I will be updating this as frequently as possible with photos, news, events, and happenings. We have a lot to do this summer, so we're starting at full speed.

Meadowview Biological Research Station is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving and restoring natural wetlands and their rare plants in Virginia and Maryland. Our main focus, of course, are the native Sarracenia pitcher plants, mainly Sarracenia flava and Sarracenia purpurea. These plants are highly endangered and need all the help they can get.

Enough of the talk for now, here are some photos taken with my new Olympus E-5 and incredible macro lens.

Utricularia inflata or radiata

Utricularia by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia flowers

Sarr flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

Flava Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava

S. flava by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava by Wire Man, on Flickr

D. filiformis

Drosera filiformis by Wire Man, on Flickr

More flowers

Pretty Pink Sarr by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarr Flowers by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia "Red Rocket"

Sarracenia "Red Rocket" by Wire Man, on Flickr

Some more artistic shots

Pitcher Plant by Wire Man, on Flickr

Field of Flava by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia flowers by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sunlight Breaks by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava cultivar by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava top. by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia flowers by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia purpurea hybrid by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

Drosera capillaris

Drosera capillaris by Wire Man, on Flickr

Drosera capillaris by Wire Man, on Flickr

Drosera brevifolia

Drosera capillaris by Wire Man, on Flickr

We are currently filling orders, preparing for a major repotting operation, cleaning the greenhouse, refurbishing the cage, cataloging historic, extant, extinct, and unknown Sarracenia ranges for Stewart McPherson, and preparing for a controlled burn behind Meadowview. All of this while avoiding a nasty bite from our resident water snake. More photos this weekend of the team in action, so keep an eye on this thread.
 
And very complex ones at that. We may have a new cultivar of S. flava flowers on our hands that has some rather unusual petals. I'll update on that in a few weeks. It's a shame that the flowers don't last very long. They hit peak last week. However, the sundews and flytraps are still working on producing their flowers. I can't wait for D. brevifola to open their absurdly large flowers.

I'm also going to be doing a lot of artwork based on the plants I'm working with. I've collected a few dried pitchers to use already.
 
Thanks! It's an awesome way to spend the summer.

I found something very interesting inside a dead pitcher today. I was collecting a few for a shadowbox collage and I noticed one was unusually heavy. I pulled back a lid and a little scaly tail was sticking out. Turns out a hatchling northern water snake was using one as shelter. It may have been a week or two old, but the feisty little guy tried to bite me twice. Luckily it's aim was very off and I have tough skin. I'm hoping to fins more, especially on the Joseph Pines preserve. It might be a kind of symbiosis.
 
More Meadowview photos!!!

Dr. Sheridan processing the first order of the season.

Repotting by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. copelandii

Nepenthes copelandii by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. "Red Dragon". This plant has been feasting on a ant colony. They attempted to build the new expansion on the peristome and lid. There were many casualties.

Nepenthes "Red Dragon" by Wire Man, on Flickr
New pitcher, which just opened today.

Nepenthes "Red Dragon" by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. alata

Nepenthes alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. truncata

Nepenthes truncata by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. maxima. This one has ruffled leaves.

Nepenthes maxima by Wire Man, on Flickr

N. ventricosa

Nepenthes ventricosa by Wire Man, on Flickr

Onto some more Sarrs

Red Rocket by Wire Man, on Flickr

Inner structure of a psittacina

Inner Structure by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. rosea by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia "Tomahawk" by Wire Man, on Flickr

Hybrid by Wire Man, on Flickr

Mmmm, Sphagnum by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia Lid by Wire Man, on Flickr

Pitcher Flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

I found a pair of newts mating in the cage. Hopefully we'll have lots of little babies soon.

Mating Newts by Wire Man, on Flickr

Mating Newts by Wire Man, on Flickr

Coppertop by Wire Man, on Flickr

Coppertop by Wire Man, on Flickr

Akai Ryu!!!

Akai Ryu by Wire Man, on Flickr

A tiny dragonfly with very bold colors.

Dragonfly by Wire Man, on Flickr

One of our treasures. This is the S. purpurea from Caroline county, VA. CHeck out how dramatic that lid is!

Caroline County Purple Pitcher Plant by Wire Man, on Flickr

The resident northern water snake that almost bit Phil on day 2. We found a baby inside of a dead pitcher leaf last week.

Leopard Frog by Wire Man, on Flickr

Pitcher flower by Wire Man, on Flickr

Sarracenia hybrid by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. psittacina again.

psittacina by Wire Man, on Flickr

Central VA Purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

New leaf.

Central Virginia S. Purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr
 
More photos.

A double flowered purpurea.

Double Flowered S. purpurea by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red Petals by Wire Man, on Flickr

Meadow Beauty seed pod.

Meadow Beauty by Wire Man, on Flickr

Working on Gizmos.

Q5180403 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Q5180404 by Wire Man, on Flickr

Gizmos by Wire Man, on Flickr

Leopard frog. Lots of them live in the plant beds.

Leopard Frog by Wire Man, on Flickr

flava ornata top

S. flava var. ornata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Dramatic Sarracenia by Wire Man, on Flickr

A distant observer.

What Are You Doing? by Wire Man, on Flickr

A very nice Cephalotus pitcher.

Cephalotus by Wire Man, on Flickr

Nepenthes alata

Nepenthes alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

The speckled Nepenthes alata

Nepenthes alata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Nepenthes ampullaria

Nepenthes ampullaria by Wire Man, on Flickr
 
The northern most purpurea in Virginia. There are only two left on site.

Dying Breed by Wire Man, on Flickr

Swamp azalea?

Swamp Azalea by Wire Man, on Flickr

I really don't know how this happened......

What? by Wire Man, on Flickr

Froggy by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. purpurea seedling

S. purpurea seedling by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla

S. leucophylla by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla by Wire Man, on Flickr

flava ornata

S. flava ornata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Killer Pitcher by Wire Man, on Flickr

Two Trumpets by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red leuco

Fresh growth by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. leucophylla fresh growth by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. flava ornata by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red Sarracenia by Wire Man, on Flickr

Red Sarracenia by Wire Man, on Flickr

S. rubra flowers. They smell like cherry Kool-Aid

S. rubra flowers by Wire Man, on Flickr
 
Adult five-lined skink.

Skink by Wire Man, on Flickr

A baby northern water snake that was just a few weeks old, at most. I found it inside of a dried pitcher leaf.

Small but Aggressive by Wire Man, on Flickr
It tried to bite me, twice.

Feisty by Wire Man, on Flickr

Building the corduroy road

Instructions by Wire Man, on Flickr

Corduroy Road by Wire Man, on Flickr

Corduroy Road by Wire Man, on Flickr

Guess what this is?

Roots by Wire Man, on Flickr

A fruiting spore

Fruiting Spore by Wire Man, on Flickr

Fun with the chainsaw

Chainsaw by Wire Man, on Flickr

Bridge Building by Wire Man, on Flickr

Bridge Building by Wire Man, on Flickr

A distant view of the mountain laurel on the 3 acre preserve

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

Closer up.

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

Mountain Laurel by Wire Man, on Flickr

Some beautifully arched trees over the mountain laurel.

Arch by Wire Man, on Flickr

Cutting down an invasive hardwood.

Cutting down hardwoods by Wire Man, on Flickr

We have more D. capillaris in our reserve supply, so feel free to order again.
 
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