growing plant

Gerry Wildenberg

Mathematical and Computing Sciences


The carnivorous plant collection is rapidly improving. More here as plants become photoworthy.

mexican butterwort
This lovely Mexican butterwort is waiting for some summer gnats to alight on its sticky leaves.
mexican butterwort
Another view of the same Mexican butterwort
judith finn nepenthes
This Judith Finn Nepenthes (a cultivated variety of tropical pitcher plant) already has a large pitcherlike trap.
orchid
Looking down into the same terrrium containing the carnivores, we see an orchid is blooming.
orchid
I wasn't able to get this orchid to bloom again until I used the terrarium. Here it is a few weeks later when, in full bloom, it was removed from the terrarium.