I have been growing carnivorous plants from all over the world for about 20 years. Attracting, catching, digesting animals and benefiting from the resulting nutrients, are capabilities that push far beyond the usual behavioral span of a plant, thus commanding elaborate and spectacular morphological adaptations. Photography is a way to show and honour the extraordinary beauty of these rare, fragile and often endangered plants, and at the same time, document their progression under my care. Left is most recent.
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’
Cultivated variety of Cephalotus follicularis. Southwest Australia.
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ in May 2019
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ in May 2019
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ in March 2019. Grown vertically on a panel made of tree fern roots—a world's first!
Cephalotus ‘Hummer’s Giant’ in August 2017. Grown vertically on a panel made of tree fern roots—a world's first!
Dionaea ‘DC XL’
Cultivated variety of Dionaea muscipula. North & South Carolina, USA.
Dionaea ‘DC XL’ in September 2020
Dionaea ‘Dracula’
Cultivated variety of Dionaea muscipula. North & South Carolina, USA.
Dionaea ‘Dracula’ in February 2020, just repotted.
Dionaea ‘Dracula’ in February 2020. Divisions from two clumps.
Drosera regia
Bainskloof Range, near Wellington, South Africa.
Drosera regia in March 2020
Drosera regia in March 2020
Drosera regia in August 2019
Drosera regia in August 2019
Drosera regia in August 2019
Drosera regia in April 2019
Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata
Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Seedgrown.
Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata in April 2020. The gnat came here by itself, from outside the terrarium.
Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata in April 2020
Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata in January 2020
Drosera tomentosa var. glabrata in November 2018. Seedlings.
Heliamphora ceracea
Cerro Neblina, Venezuela.
Heliamphora ceracea in June 2020. Two different clones.
Heliamphora ceracea in November 2019. Two different clones.
Heliamphora ceracea in June 2019
Heliamphora ceracea in June 2019. Rootless cutting.
Heliamphora macdonaldae
Cerro Duida, Venezuela.
Heliamphora macdonaldae in October 2020. First mature pitcher under my care.
Nepenthes muluensis
Mount Mulud, Borneo, Indonesia.
Nepenthes muluensis in March 2020
Nepenthes muluensis in March 2020
Nepenthes veitchii ‘Candy’ × ‘Candy’
Cultivated variety of Nepenthes veitchii. Borneo, Indonesia.
Nepenthes veitchii ‘Candy’ × ‘Candy’ in August 2020
Pinguicula emarginata
States of Veracruz and Puebla, Mexico.
Pinguicula emarginata in January 2021. Flowers with the leaf rosette coloring the background.
Pinguicula emarginata in August 2020
Pinguicula emarginata in August 2020
Pinguicula emarginata in April 2020
Pinguicula emarginata in April 2020
Pinguicula ‘Kirkbright’
Selected clone of Pinguicula moranensis. Near Oaxaca, along road N°190 from Tamazulapan to Oaxaca, Mexico.
Pinguicula ‘Kirkbright’ in November 2019
Pinguicula ‘Kirkbright’ in July 2019
Pinguicula ‘Kirkbright’ in May 2019. Non-carnivorous winter rosette.
Pinguicula ‘Kirkbright’ in May 2019. Non-carnivorous winter rosette.
Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’]
Horticultural hybrid. Parent species from Southeastern USA.
![Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in June 2020](https://florentchouffot.com/photos/Sarracenia-alata-night-x-leucophylla-x-night-4.jpg)
Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in June 2020. Some hail damage is visible.
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Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in June 2020
![Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in June 2019](https://florentchouffot.com/photos/Sarracenia-alata-night-x-leucophylla-x-night-2.jpg)
Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in June 2019
![Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in May 2019](https://florentchouffot.com/photos/Sarracenia-alata-night-x-leucophylla-x-night-1.jpg)
Sarracenia [(‘Night’ × leucophylla) × ‘Night’] in May 2019, as a new arrival in my collection.
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana
Oakey Mountain, Georgia, USA.
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana in September 2020. There is hail damage on the frontmost leaf.
Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa var. montana in June 2019 just as it arrived at my place.
Utricularia campbelliana
Mount Roraima, Venezuela.
Utricularia campbelliana in April 2020
Utricularia quelchii
Guyana highland region.
Utricularia quelchii in June 2019
Inside the Terrarium
Simulating the climate of tropical highlands (cloud forests, tepuis).
January 2021
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