Parks Canada planning to cull dozens of deer on historic Quebec island
Parks Canada is proposing to kill dozens of white-tailed deer at a storied historic site near Quebec City, saying the deer population on the island presents a threat to rare plants and the safety of employees flying in. However, an animal-rights advocate is calling for the agency to use non-lethal solutions to deal with the deer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parks-canada-deer-grosse-ile-9.7127828?cmp=rss

Parks Canada planning to cull dozens of deer on historic Quebec island
Parks Canada is proposing to kill dozens of white-tailed deer at a storied historic site near Quebec City, saying the deer population on the island presents a threat to rare plants and the safety of employees flying in. However, an animal-rights advocate is calling for the agency to use non-lethal solutions to deal with the deer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parks-canada-deer-grosse-ile-9.7127828?cmp=rss

Parks Canada planning to cull dozens of deer on historic Quebec island
Parks Canada is proposing to kill dozens of white-tailed deer at a storied historic site near Quebec City, saying the deer population on the island presents a threat to rare plants and the safety of employees flying in. However, an animal-rights advocate is calling for the agency to use non-lethal solutions to deal with the deer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/parks-canada-deer-grosse-ile-9.7127828?cmp=rss

First flower on Pinguicula “Dragon,” a medusina x moctezumae hybrid.
Due to some soil issues I failed with my first one, but that seems to have been fixed now and not only are there a couple buds developing, but all the leaf pullings took so there are several bunches of babies stretching to the sky.
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New video out!
This week's mid-week plant spotlight is...the King of Pitchers! Nepenthes rajah holds a special place among carnivorous plant circles, and for good reason: gigantic, enigmatic to grow, and spectacular to look at.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/WElgaDAxGto

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Much in need of a repot…but despite that, discovered the largest pitcher yet on Nepenthes hamiguitanensis!
This wild Philippines species is thought to have originated as a natural hybrid at one point, possibly between micramphora and peltata, but is fully stabilized now. These chunky lowers will eventually give way to spectacular, often ghostly pale or highly mottled flaring uppers of decent size.
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New video out!
This week's mid-week video is a highlight of one of the larger strangely-contructed Marsh pitchers, Heliamphora folliculata! Much like the previously highlighted exappendiculata, it has some funky things going on with its nectar spoon...but they arose independently of each other!
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/BhlNz-TOR8c

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Been a while since this one made a show, though hopefully that changes when it gets repotted: Nepenthes tenuis, with a lovely little upper.
As far as the “toilet” pitchers go, this is definitely the easiest for me, and still awaiting the maturity of several crosses I made with the pollen it produced a couple years ago.
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #pitcherplant #botany #plants #rareplants #horticulture #botanical #gardening

New video out!
The mid-week extra plant highlight is here, with a new tropical pitcher...not species, but natural hybrid, Nepenthes x trusmadiensis! While mine is small I've luckily gotten to take some shots of larger ones at @jeremiahsplants place so those are used to help highlight just how weird this thing is when it's fully grown.
Find the video here: https://youtu.be/SBn7ElqUOnM

#nepenthes #tropicalpitcherplant #pitcherplant #carnivorousplants #strangeplants #educational #rareplants #nature #plants #botany #horticulture #gardening #carltoncarnivores