Kramer Chids 2012 (indoor) / 2013 Glog

I really like the Glogs on this forum as it is such a great way to learn and see what folks are doing and growing.

I grow a lot indoors with most of my collection being Parvisepalum Orchids, a few straggler Tillandsia, violets, dyckia, and Cryptanthus. My son is getting a rather nice collection of Carniverous plants going that includs Nepenthes, Sarracenia, Drosera, and Flytraps. I will post pictures of those later.

I focus my growing as organic as possible and grow under HO T5's. I will be starting the following seeds right now for 2012/2013:

Trinidad Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion (Brown) F3 - (Silver_Surfer)
7 Pod Brain Strain (Red) - (Silver_Surfer)
Trinidad Douglah x Butch T (Red) - (Silver_Surfer)
Chocolate Bhut Jolokia - millworkman
Caramel Bhut Jolokia - millworkman
Red Bhut Jolokia (White towards stem) - millworkman
Chocolate Habanero - millworkman
Trinidad Scorpion Moruga - millworkman
Yellow Fatalii - millworkman
Habanero 'Harold's St. Barts' - Dilly's
7 Pod Brain Strain (Yellow) - Dilly's
Primo

So that is it for now. I guess I will throw in a few pictures.

My first seedlings of the year, Trinidad Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion (Brown) F3 & Trinidad Douglah x Butch T

Some Orchid Pics.

 

[kiddc]

nice plants! Where's the pepper pics?

 

[Kramer Chids]

First pic, still in their pods.

 

[ThePepperManiac]

what is that red plant in the last pic

 

[Kramer Chids]

That's a blooming Tillandsia ionantha 'Ron'. They are really beautiful when in bloom and not the typical variety Tillandsia.

 

[ColoradoRonin]

Glad to see you started a Glog.
I'll definitely being following..
Nice to see another Front Range pepper farmer..
Impressive starting line-up too.
Best of luck on your 2013 season!

 

[millworkman]

Some of those orchids are amazing. Following this glog for sure.

 

[Kramer Chids]

Thank you very much, Noah. I have one that's just starting to open up, Paph. Shun-Fa Golden 'Master Yoda'.

 

[ThePepperManiac]

do you grow blooming Tillandsia ionantha from seed where would i get some if thats how they are grown they look super cool

and what about that zebra looking one in the last pic what is that called

 

[Kramer Chids]

Tyler, you can grow Tillandisa from seed but they are sloooooooooow. Germination is easy and you can sew the seeds on a screen or a lufa. They are easier to just purchase as they aren't very expensive. I will send you a PM to a good source. The tiger striped plant is a Cryptanthus 'Cold Tooth'. Like a Tillandsia it's a member of the Bromeliaceae family. They are very easy to grow. I added another picture of my ionantha 'Ron' as it has a couple of more flowers up. I also included a few pictures of some of my son's carnivorous plants and since this is a pepper forum I added a few of my recently planted Primo seeds. I have them in Ocean Forest cut with vermiculite while growing indoors.

Tillandsia ionantha 'Ron'

Cryptanthus 'Cold Tooth'

Seven Primo seeds after a soak and being planted into Ocean Forest to germ.

Some Nepenthes seedlings.

A really nice Paradisia flytrap.

A rather rare Drosera Affinis.

 

[ThePepperManiac]

ok thanks for all the help im going to buy some and grow them they look really cool

 

[Kramer Chids]

A nice little Primo seedling...I had to update this tonight. I had two more Primo seedlings pop today.

I also moved them all closer to the lights.

My son also added to his collection last week starting some new Sarracenia and Nepenthes seeds.

 

[Kramer Chids]

One of my Trinidad Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion (Brown) F3 - 'Sepia Serpent' from Silver Surfer decided to show up today. I'm very excited for this one.

 

[Kramer Chids]

I moved some of my seedlings over to their new 1 liter Air-Pot homes today.

Two Trinidad Douglah x Trinidad Scorpion (Brown) F3s - 'Sepia Serpent' from Silver Surfer

Trinidad Scorpion Maruga from millworkman

7 Pot Primo from pepperlover.com

 

[PaulG]

Welcome to the glogosphere, friend! Looks to me like you have it dialed
in already. Nice catalogue of specimens, very interesting. If you do as
well with the peppers, you will be holding on line classes for us! Good
luck going forward with those seedlings. How old is your son? Cool that
he's interested in horticulture!

Holiday cheer

 

[Kramer Chids]

PaulG - Thank you very much. We love any and all plants around here. My son is 11 and he is amazing with plants. His whole hands are green. I added some pictures below of some new plants in his collection.

I got a great package in the mail today from, Joemamma. Look at alllllll that HEAT. I already have the seeds drying and my mouth is still burning. Thank you so very much, Mr. Mamma.

Some pygmy Drosera carberup gemmae we planted. Gemmae (those little green dots) are a little larger than a seed and are actually a leaf form that is asexually produced and is an exact clone of the mother plant. Growing time to maturity is only four months vs. a year or more from seeds.

Some awesome little Drosera spatulata seedlings.

Some little red flytrap seedlings.

The Nepenthes rafflesenia seedlings are getting bigger.

 

[Kramer Chids]

First off I potted up another Primo seedling today into a 1 liter Air-Pot. These guys are growing fast.

I had 100% germ rate on some Silver_Surfer 7-Pot Brain Strains and Caramel Bhut Jolokia from Millworkman.

Now onto some CP stuff.

A nice little 'Fused Tooth' Flytrap.

One of the Gemmae is already turning into a Drosera. Dang that was fast.

After spending a month long stratification in the fridge some Sarracenia are starting to pop today.

A Sarracenia seedling that's a few months old.

 

[Kramer Chids]

A weekly update.

The peppers are going nuts. Well everything is I suppose.

A Trinidad Moruga from Millworkman.

A Sepia Serpent from Silver Surfer.

The Primo's are growing the fastest of them all.

The standby crew in case another pepper bites it.

A Morgua that was on standby but was growing so great it got it's own 18 oz. party cup.

The Bearded Dragon's organic garden. I think he's the best fed dragon in the mountain region.

The Gemmae are going nuts.

 

[SocalChilehead]

Wow great looking plants and the different varieties good luck with your season and Merry Christmas

 

[Kramer Chids]

Things are really growing LIKE CRAZY!!!

Here are my TS Morugas from millworkman pods.

A group shot of some SUPER hots.

The Primo is just insane.

Also as an update I got some seeds today from Jungle Rain. So I started the following this morning:

7 Pot Primo x Trinidad Scorpion Butch T
Scotch Bonnet TFM (This was a freebie and I'm VERY excited about this one)
Madballz 7
Trinidad Scorpion VV7