Regarding collecting plants. Look into the specifics of your state law. Here in PA , if a STATE protected plant species is on private land, the owner of the land can do pretty much whatever he/she wants with said plants, other than selling or exporting them from the Commonwealth. I have a few PA endangered and even extirpated species on my property that were given to me by someone on whose property they were growing. Given what I know about the legal climate in MD doubt you'll be that lucky, but it's worth a look.
I don't know if 'climate' is the word I would use but I understand perfectly
The nursery I get my plants from has a whole program where they grow Md. native plants, and theri prices are usually very reasonable so I think I would rather just purchase from him. It's a win-win-win situation (native population is unaffected, I get plants with little to no trouble, and he gets paid).
Took some more pictures, let me know what you guys think.
Here is the larger half of the original alata plant. I'll probably cut back the big vine soon; it's not really productive.
And the smaller half:
A plantlet coming off of the big one working on a little pitcher. How cute
Little bit closer of a view:
The older plant is producing a few mini-vines. I'm really excited to see how it works out.
Kind of cool little thing I did. I used the top and bottom of a bottle and a PetFart betta container to makes two mini terrariums with sphagnum and a Drosera.
My sphagnum tub. This usually has a lid, but I took it off for photography purposes.
A little plant that was growing in the sphagnum. I stuck it back in. Does anyone have an IDea of what this is? (Giggle giggle, ID and idea combined :grinno: )
And last but not least, a FTS of the terrarium. I stuck a few stalks from the capensis in the sphagnum where the one Nep cutting is, hopefully they'll take root or produce some mini plantlets. I also collected some seed from the spatulata flowers; I'll try and germinate them in a month or two.
