Thursday, June 26, 2014

BACPS 2014 Annual Show and Sale Part One: The Juried Show

I was sitting down to put together one post about the BACPS Annual Show and Sale, and I realized that it was way too big for one post. Instead, this post will be of the juried show winners. A subsequent post has a description of the event and other pictures. The categories for the show were as follows:

  • Art
  • Terrarium/Dish Garden
  • Butterwort (Pinguicula)
  • Sundew (Byblis, Drosera, Drosophyllum, Roridula)
  • American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia)
  • Tropical Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes)
  • Other Pitcher (Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, Cephalotus, Brocchinia)
  • Aquatic (Utricularia, Genlisea, Aldrovanda, Polypompholyx)
  • Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea)

 I have names/species for almost all the entries. When the BACPS publishes the results I'll update this post with any corrections.

Let's jump into it! The entries were truly fantastic – I've never seen so many beautiful plants all together in one place.

Art


First: Utricularia humboldtii flower at Mt. Roraima, photograph, Arthur Yin

Utricularia humboldtii flower at Mt. Roraima, photograph, Arthur Yin


Second: Sarracenia leucophylla, watercolor, Dana Gardner

Sarracenia leucophylla, watercolor, Dana Gardner


Third: Nepenthes, metal sculpture, Benjamin Bailey

Nepenthes, metal sculpture, Benjamin Bailey


Terrarium/Dish Garden


First: Dish Garden, Stephen Davis

Dish Garden, Stephen Davis

This amazing entry deserves a second photo. The dish is about 2 and a half feet (~75 cm) in diameter, and the plants are growing on a lovely mound. The border is fine sand.

Dish Garden, Unknown, second picture


Second: Dish Garden, Mixed Species, Dana Gardner

Dish Garden, Mixed Species, Dana Gardner


Third: Ping Trio, Doris Quick

Ping Trio, Doris Quick


Butterwort (Pinguicula)


First: Pinguicula gypsicola, Matt Byers

Pinguicula gypsicola, Unknown


Second: Pinguicula immaculata,  Arthur Yin

This plant is 4 years old.

 Pinguicula immaculata,  Arthur Yin


Third: Pinguicula moranensis, Doris Quick

Pinguicula moranensis, Doris Quick


Sundew (Byblis, Drosera, Drosophyllum, Roridula)


First: Drosera burmannii, Devon Peterson (that's me!). Also second in show.

Drosera burmannii, Devon Peterson


Second: Drosera regia, Drew Martinez

Drosera regia, Dan Martinez

This is another stunning entry that deserves two pictures. It's the dewiest sundew I've ever seen.

Drosera regia, Dan Martinez, second picture


Third: Drosera spatulata, Charlie Simpson

Drosera spatulata, Charlie


 American Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia)


There's a bit of confusion for me in the 2nd and 3rd place winners. They're by the same grower, but appear to have the labels confused (I have pictures of the labels that I'm not including here). According to the labels, second place is S. purpurea venosa x flava ornata, and third place is just S. purpurea. I think it's the other way around. I'm going to label them based on my instincts, but call me out if you think I'm wrong.

First: Sarracenia hybrid, Larry Logoteta

Sarracenia hybrid, Larry Logoteta


Second: Sarracenia purpurea, Dana Gardner

Sarracenia purpurea, Dana Gardner


Third: Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa x flava ssp. ornata, Dana Gardner

Sarracenia purpurea ssp. venosa x flava ssp. ornata, Dana Gardner

See what I mean about the labels?

Tropical Pitcher Plants (Nepenthes)


First: Nepenthes lowii (Kinbalu), Tom Kahl. Also third in Show.

Nepenthes lowii (Kinbalu), Tom Kahl


Second: Nepenthes macrophylla x lowii (natural hybrid), Drew Martinez. This is the worst picture I took of a winning plant, and I'm sorry.

Nepenthes macrophylla x lowii (natural hybrid), Drew Martinez


Third: Nepenthes maxima x talangensis 'Lady Pauline', Will Haines

Nepenthes maxima x talangensis 'Lady Pauline', Will Haines


Other Pitcher (Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, Cephalotus, Brocchinia)


First: Darlingtonia california, Chris Lew

Darlingtonia california, Unknown


Second: Heliamphora neblinae, Drew Martinez

Heliamphora neblinae, Drew Martinez


Third: Heliamphora neblinae x hispida, Arthur Yin
Heliamphora neblinae x hispida, Arthur Yin


Aquatic (Utricularia, Genlisea, Aldrovanda, Polypompholyx)

First: Utricularia alpina x endressii, Matt Byers

Utricularia alpina x endressii, Matt Byers


Second: Utricularia calcyfida 'Asenath Waite', Matt Byers (along with hitchhiking Byblis)

Utricularia calcyfida 'Asenath Waite', Matt Byers


Third: Utricularia humboldtii, Arthur Yin

Utricularia humboldtii, Arthur Yin


Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea)


There's also a bit of confusion in the ribbons shown in this category. The ribbons for first and second place were mis-arranged when I took these photos. Later on in the show they had been swapped, and Fernando Rivadavia (one of the judges) confirmed on Facebook that Larry's D. muscipula 'Ginormous' was actually the first place winner, and Dana's D. muscipula 'Jaws' took home the second. They're both beautiful plants in any case!

First: Dionaea muscipula 'Ginormous', Larry Logoteta

Dionaea muscipula 'Ginormous', Larry Logoteta


Second: Dionaea muscipula 'Jaws', Dana Gardner

Dionaea muscipula 'Jaws', Dana Gardner

Third: Dionaea muscipula, Benjamin Bailey

Dionaea muscipula, (Unknown first name) Bailey


Best in Show

As I said, it was an amazing show. I'll end this post with a recap of the Best in Show winners, with the Dish Garden by Stephen Davis, my Drosera burmannii, and Tom Kahl's Nepenthes lowii in First, Second, and Third respectively.

Best in Show Dish Garden, Stephen Davis

Second in Show Drosera burmannii, Devon Peterson

Third in Show Nepenthes lowii, Tom Kahl

Amazing plants, and congratulations to all the winners.

Thanks to Josh Brown and Fernando Rivadavia for helping me out with some names and clearing up some earlier confusion. Updated 7-9-14 with info from BACPS Spring 2014 Newsletter.

2 comments:

  1. Wow! Great show (and photos)! Thanks for sharing! Now I really wish I could have attended.

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  2. fantastic show. Thanx for sharing all these pix

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