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I am a hobbyist who loves heliamphora (and other weird plants).
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This beast boasts semi spherical nectar spoons, gold hairs and rigid long lasting pitchers. It's very vigorous and grows quite large...

Heliamphora ionasi RG x pilosa 2 - AW 🌱

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Plant tetris! I've been shuffling plants and this plant is in the front row. I know many of you are hard core species snobs but this hybrid is undeniably beautiful! This beast boasts semi spherical nectar spoons, gold hairs and rigid long lasting pitchers. It's very vigorous and grows quite large... Heliamphora ionasi RG x pilosa 2 - AW #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plants #terrariumplants #plantaddict #plantporn #plantoftheday #plantsofinstagram #plantsplantsplants #indoorjungle #foliage
July 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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I've been watching this plant unfurl for over a week and it has really captivated me. This mesmerizing beauty is a massive plant, with sprawling gangsta-lean pitchers that push everything else around. Surreal color graduation as well... Heliamphora ionasi "Yellow Stripe" Chuck Lyons 🌱

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I've been watching this plant unfurl for over a week and it has really captivated me. This mesmerizing beauty is a massive plant, with sprawling gangsta-lean pitchers that push everything else around. Surreal color graduation as well... Heliamphora ionasi "Yellow Stripe" Chuck Lyons #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
July 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Some plants just speak to me, and this one is yelling! This electric colored heliamphora is the largest pulchella in my collection, rising to over 7" and it hasn't slowed down yet. It's an absolute unit, has crazy venation and colors that absolutely sing. Heliamphora pulchella Amuri AW1 🌱
Some plants just speak to me, and this one is yelling! This electric colored heliamphora is the largest pulchella in my collection, rising to over 7" and it hasn't slowed down yet. It's an absolute unit, has crazy venation and colors that absolutely sing. Give this post a share and I'll roll a random raffle (next week) for someone to receive a clone of this (Has to be USA - sorry!). Heliamphora pulchella Amuri AW1 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
July 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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his is certainly one of the most distinctive hybrids, heliamphora sarracenoides x minor 'Burgundy Black'.

It has a graceful, spiraling nectar spoon that is so just so pleasing to watch unfurl. 🌱

#carnivorousplants #heliamphora #plantphotography
This is certainly one of the most distinctive hybrids, heliamphora sarracenoides x minor 'Burgundy Black'. I have three different forms of this cross, but this is one of my favorites. It has a graceful, spiraling nectar spoon that is so just so pleasing to watch unfurl. It is a vigorous grower for me, with a healthy clumping habit. A spectacular plant. #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
July 4, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Fresh pop on a flowering size h. glabra AW.

I've had this flower twice in the last 4 months and it keeps dividing. Such a stunning and unique plant. 🌱

#carnivorousplants #heliamphora #pitcherplants
Fresh pop on a flowering size h. glabra AW. I've had this flower twice in the last 4 months and it keeps dividing. Such a stunning and unique plant. 🌱 #carnivorousplants #heliamphora #pitcherplants
June 24, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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It's officially Summer! Happy Solstice everyone.

I've been busy collecting pollen and pollinating some plants. I hope all is going well with you and your gardens... Heliamphora pulchella Churi 🌱

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It's officially Summer! Happy Solstice everyone. I've been busy collecting pollen and pollinating some plants. I hope all is going well with you and your gardens. This diminutive plant produces some of the largest hair length to leaf ratio in the collection. Heliamphora pulchella Churi #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
June 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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One of the most beautiful plants in the collection. A freshly opened Heliamphora ceracea from @andreas.wistuba 🌱

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One of the most beautiful plants in the collection. A freshly opened Heliamphora ceracea from @andreas.wistuba #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage #plantsofinstagram
June 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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This peculiar flower has dashing sepals which bend with age... I caught this mid to late in its blooming display.

A gorgeous plant, Lepanthes felis. 🌱

#orchids #plantphotography #horticulture
This peculiar flower has dashing sepals which bend with age... I caught this mid to late in its blooming display. A gorgeous plant, Lepanthes felis. 🌱 #lepanthespecies #lepanthes #orchidspecies #orchids #orchidphotography #plantphotography #miniatureorchids #miniatureorchidsofinstagram #orquideasminiaturas #orchidsofinstagram #flowers #foliage #natureisbeautiful #beautifulplants #orchidaddict #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #heliamphora #botany #horticulture
June 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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I really enjoy watching the pitchers inflate and this one ended up making a balloon later on before it burst open. I had high hopes when I received these as juveniles and now that I'm getting mature pitchers and massive leaf jumps I am absolutely thrilled. Heliamphora "Cyclops" 🌱

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I really enjoy watching the pitchers inflate and this one ended up making a balloon later on before it burst open. I had high hopes when I received these as juveniles and now that I'm getting mature pitchers and massive leaf jumps I am absolutely thrilled. Heliamphora "Cyclops" 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Anyone sick of me posting pulchella pictures yet? Any guesses which clone this might be? 🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture
Still riding the pulchella train. Any guesses which clone this is? #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Look at this cozy snuggle puddle. Pulchella keeps calling and I keep answering! This beautiful plant is diminutive in stature but is chock-full of personality.

Don't mind the u. humboldtii stolon invading the pot...

heliamphora pulchella Churi 🌱

#plantphotography #botany #carnivorousplants
Look at this cozy snuggle puddle. Pulchella keeps calling and I keep answering! This beautiful plant is diminutive in stature but is chock-full of personality. Don't mind the u. humboldtii stolon invading the pot... heliamphora pulchella Churi 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 27, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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I keep coming back to this plant. It is just so unique and the pictures don't quite do it justice. As the pitchers age they turn so dark, with the contrasting white hairs on the inside and around the rim... it is just stunning. Heliamphora pulchella 🌱

#carnivorousplants #plantphotography #botany
I keep coming back to this plant. It is just so unique and the pictures don't quite do it justice. As the pitchers age they turn so dark, with the contrasting white hairs on the inside and around the rim... it is just stunning. Heliamphora pulchella Akopan 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 26, 2025 at 3:07 AM
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Heliamphora neblinae x sarracenoides is a complete stunner. It grows very slowly, but it has the most surreal nectar spoons and a beautiful rosette form. I can't wait to see this new pitcher open! 🌱
Some people only collect species, but this hybrid is one of my favorite plants... Heliamphora neblinae x sarracenoides is a complete stunner. It grows very slowly, but it has the most surreal nectar spoons and a beautiful rosette form. I can't wait to see this new pitcher open! #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Absolutely stunning bloom on this Lepanthes ortegae. 🌱

#orchids #plantphotography #nature #horticulture
What a tiny miracle! This amazing bloom is a Lepanthes ortegae that I received many months ago from my friend... Plants from friends are the best plants! I've been really enjoying my collection of Lepanthes, they are so sculptural and colorful! #lepanthespecies #lepanthes #orchidspecies #orchids #orquideas #orchidée #orchidee #orchideen #orkide #anggrek #orchidphotography #plantphotography #miniatureorchids #miniatureorchidsofinstagram #orquideasminiaturas #orchidsofinstagram #flowers #foliage #natureisbeautiful #beautifulplants #orchidaddict #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #botany #horticulture #nature
May 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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One of my dream tepui plants and it's finally starting to bulk up, and honestly is probably ready for another repot soon! 🌱

Orectanthe aff. Sceptrum

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #plantphotography #botany #horticulture #nature
This plant and I have been on quite a journey! Well every plant has a story to tell amirite? Well I received this plant as a propagation, it couldn't have been more then 3" across if that... and there wasn't a whole lot of info out there on how to cultivate it so, I put it in my standard heli mix, let it acclimate over months and was ready to put it in with the rest of my helis. A few weeks go by and it doesn't look happy. I'm talking to the plant... what do you need? Do I need to be more gradual with you? Are you hungry? I gave it some root feeding and moved it in a more shady spot. I start getting some good growth, but a lot of leaf loss (which is to be expected as things senesce) but I knew it wasn't super happy and I kept being patient. At this point I've had it for a year and it still hasn't taken off... I decide to give it a new pot, a 6" mesh pot, with loads of live sphag and I move it to an even shadier spot on the edge of the shelf underneath a massive folliculata. I keep it sitting in water and spraying it occasionally with my special sky juice and mostly intentionally neglect it... and now that little tiny plant is almost 9" wide and tall! One of my dream tepui plants and it's finally starting to bulk up, and honestly is probably ready for another repot soon! I really do believe that most plants that are challenging just require us to be patient, observe, listen and let them mostly be! It's beautiful green-gray striated leaves are as gorgeous as they are dangerous! I can't wait to see what it looks like in another 2 years!
May 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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This insanely beautiful and delicate flower reminds me of a starfish! I've been collecting Lepanthes for about a year and I love their size and character... People often dissuaded me from keeping them, but I've found them to be fairly low maintenance w/ my culture. 🌱

#orchids #plantphotography
This insanely beautiful and delicate flower reminds me of a starfish! I've been collecting Lepanthes for about a year and I love their size and character... People often dissuaded me from keeping them, but I've found them to be fairly low maintenance w/ my culture. 🌱 Heliamphora ionasi x heterodoxa in the background. #heliamphora #lepanthespecies #lepanthes #orchidspecies #orchids #orquideas #orchidée #orchidee #orchideen #orkide #anggrek #orchidphotography #plantphotography #miniatureorchids #miniatureorchidsofinstagram #orquideasminiaturas #orchidsofinstagram #flowers #foliage #natureisbeautiful #beautifulplants #orchidaddict #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants
May 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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May The 4th Be With You!

“Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. -Yoda 🌱

Heliamphora "Ewok"

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May The 4th Be With You! “Size matters not. Look at me. Judge me by my size, do you? Hmm? Hmm. And well you should not. For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is. Life creates it, makes it grow. Its energy surrounds us and binds us. Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter. You must feel the Force around you; here, between you, me, the tree, the rock, everywhere, yes." -Yoda Heliamphora "Ewok" #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful
May 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Color galore... this luscious and vibrant specimen is none other than heliamphora heterodoxa x minor! This was my very first plant in the genus which ushered me into this serene, peaceful and beautiful rabbit hole. 🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #plantphotography #foliage #natureisbeautiful
Color galore... this luscious and vibrant specimen is none other than heliamphora heterodoxa x minor! This was my very first plant in the genus which ushered me into this serene, peaceful and beautiful rabbit hole. 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #plantphotography #foliage #natureisbeautiful
May 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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I just love the contrast of this new growth with the mature pitchers on this heliamphora pulchella AW - ISC.

It's been a very vigorous grower for me, one of my tallest pulchellas and clumps like all the others. The venation is also spectacular! 🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #plantphotography
I just love the contrast of this new growth with the mature pitchers on this heliamphora pulchella AW - ISC. It's been a very vigorous grower for me, one of my tallest pulchellas and clumps like all the others. The venation is also spectacular! 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
May 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Apparently plants can have good hair days. Moss going bananas as well! Another reminder that spring has sprung. 🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #foliage
Apparently plants can have good hair days. Moss going bananas as well! Another reminder that spring has sprung. 🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #foliage
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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I was rewarded with a magnificent pitcher this week... I've had this plant for a little over 2 years, a beautiful hamata x edwardsiana from @floraecollaborative 🌱

#carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #nepenthes #plants
I was rewarded with a magnificent pitcher this week... I've had this plant for a little over 2 years, a beautiful hamata x edwardsiana from @floraecollaborative Fear not, I have more heliamphora pictures coming! #nepenthes #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
April 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Starting to get some new pitchers from this freshly acclimated heliamphora heterodoxa. Notice the mutated phyllodia in the bottom left? This happens sometimes when plants make new divisions or are freshly acclimating. 🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #plantphotography
I love when these start to inflate! Starting to get some new pitchers from this freshly acclimated heliamphora heterodoxa. Notice the mutated phyllodia in the bottom left? This happens sometimes when plants make new divisions or are freshly acclimating. I've acquired several heterodoxa from various people and they all are stunning green with red edging. It is a beautiful species! #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
March 30, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Several months ago I ventured into growing Lepanthes and I've been rewarded with some amazing blooms! Lepanthes echo

#botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #lepanthes #orchids #flowers
Several months ago I ventured into growing Lepanthes and I've been rewarded with some amazing blooms! Lepanthes echo #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #lepanthes #orchids #flowers
February 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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"The true meaning of beauty is the feeling of joy and peace it brings to the heart." -Rumi

A small collection of Heliamphora pulchella among the moss.🌱

#heliamphora #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plants
"The true meaning of beauty is the feeling of joy and peace it brings to the heart." -Rumi A small collection of Heliamphora pulchella among the moss.🌱 #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plants
February 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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One of the most under rated species of Heliamphora. Upright and vigorous growth, a strong clumping habit and large flag shaped nectar spoons that ooze nectar. Heliamphora chimantensis 🌱

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One of the most under rated species of Heliamphora. Upright and vigorous growth, a strong clumping habit and large flag shaped nectar spoons that ooze nectar. Heliamphora chimantensis #heliamphora #carnivorousplants #pitcherplants #botany #horticulture #nature #plantscience #plantphotography #photography #natureisbeautiful #plantaddict #plants #terrariumplants #foliage
February 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM