Kew Gardens (London)

I spent some days with my girlfriend in London, including a visit to the Kew Gardens which I really recommend. I did not know if there where CPs in them, until I discovered a little room in the Princess of Wales Conservatory where they are all grown. There are also some Nephentes in the Temperate and the Waterlily House.

There are many Sarracenia and Drosera species and a few Nephentes, Dionaea and Utricularia. I could also see some healthy specimens of Roridula gorgonias and Drosophyllum lusitanicum.  There is a small Cephalotus follicularis in a corner and some Heliamphora nutans, with some clumps of large specimens.

Enjoy the pics!

Nepenthes ampullaria red pitcher, in the Waterlily House

Tuberous Drosera sp.

Roridula gorgonias with flowers

More Roridula gorgonias with flowers

Macro of leaf from R. gorgonias, showing hairs and glands

Leaf tips of R. gorgonias, showing hairs and glands

A big clump of S. purpurea

 
Drosophyllum lusitanicum (yes, exactly the one I did not find in my trip in Spring '08)

Closed flowers of D. lusitanicum

Macro shoot of D. lusitanicum leaf, a bit blurred

Nice clump of H. nutans

More H. nutans