Other Plants

# Darlingtonia

Darlingtonia californica (cobra lily) has proven extremely difficult in Genoa’s Mediterranean climate. Four plants from different sources were all lost.

4 acquired · 4 lost · ~€66 invested

# Aquatic plants

Water lilies, irises, and floating species — pond and balcony pots, year-round outdoor.

5 acquired · 3 alive · 2 lost · ~€85 invested · 2 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Nymphaea 'Perry's Baby Red'	Water Plants Italy	€18	Mar 2020	lost	Balcony	Pianta a radice nuda (bare root)
	Nymphaea × 'Snow Princess'	From growlist (May 2020)	See notes		lost	Balcony	Vendor/date unknown
	Nymphaea 'Indiana'	Arborea Farm	€16	Apr 2020	alive	Balcony	Pianta fornita a radice nuda (bare root)
	Nymphaea 'Perry's Baby Red'	Eta Beta Vivaio	€18	Feb 2025	alive	Balcony
	Nymphaea pygmaea 'Helvola'	Vivai le Georgiche	€33	Mar 2020	alive	Balcony	Vaso Ø14cm

2 acquired · 2 alive · ~€4 invested · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
+4	Iris louisiana 'Bout Midnight'	From growlist (May 2020)	See notes		alive	Balcony	Vendor/date unknown; confirmed in growlist
	Iris versicolor	Water Plants Italy	€4.5	Mar 2020	alive	Balcony	Pianta con zolla di terra (with soil)

3 acquired · 1 alive · 2 lost · ~€10 invested

1 acquired · 1 alive · ~€4 invested

1 acquired · 1 alive

1 acquired · 1 alive

# Slipper orchids and other orchids (not in terrarium)

Slippers, cymbidium hybrids, and intermediate-warm orchids that don’t fit the highland regime.

3 acquired · 1 alive · 2 lost · ~€145 invested · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Paphiopedilum micranthum x self	Celandroni Orchidee	€25	Nov 2019	lost	Indoors
	Paphiopedilum sanderianum	Großräschener Orchideen	€119.95	Jun 2016	lost	Indoors	Vendor/date unknown
	Paphiopedilum delenatii vinicolor	From growlist (May 2020)	See notes		alive	Indoors	Vendor/date unknown

2 acquired · 1 alive · 1 given · ~€100 invested · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Cymbidium Kiwi Midnight 'Geyserland'	Celandroni Orchidee	€60	Dec 2020	given	Balcony	Christmas gift
+1	Cymbidium goeringii 'Tian Cao'	Piante Pazze	€40	May 2026	alive		Orticola 2026 — substitution day-of dal pre-ordinato 'Da Tu Yuan'. Cultivar Amakusa, foglia variegata cream-margine, fragrante. Vernalizzazione 0–14 °C necessaria.

1 acquired · 1 lost · ~€60 invested · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Fredclarkeara After Dark	Celandroni Orchidee	€60	Nov 2019	lost	Indoors

1 acquired · 1 lost · ~€18 invested

# Hardy / terrestrial orchids

1 acquired · 1 alive · ~€39 invested · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Calopogon tuberosus	Gartenbau Carow	€38.8	May 2019	alive	Balcony

1 acquired · 1 alive · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Habenaria radiata	From growlist (May 2020)	See notes		alive	Balcony	Vendor/date unknown

1 acquired · 1 alive · ~€6 invested

1 acquired · 1 alive

# Ferns

2 acquired · 2 alive

2 acquired · 2 lost · ~€12 invested

1 acquired · 1 lost · ~€35 invested

1 acquired · 1 lost

# Miscellaneous

Conifers, roses, sub-carnivorous Western-Australian Byblis, Catopsis, Drosophyllum, Roridula — the not-quite-CP companions and the outdoor accents.

1 acquired · 1 alive · ~€55 invested

1 acquired · 1 alive · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
+3	Rosa 'Sorbet Fruité'	Meilland (Yacht & Garden, Genoa)	See notes	2019–2020	alive	Balcony	In-person purchase at Yacht & Garden show; exact year uncertain (2019 or 2020)

2 acquired · 2 lost · ~€14 invested

1 acquired · 1 lost

1 acquired · 1 lost · 1 photographed

	Taxon	Source	Price	Acquired	Status	Where	Notes
	Drosophyllum lusitanicum	Rita Corino	See notes		lost	Balcony	Grown from seed (da seme); from growlist

1 acquired · 1 lost · ~€49 invested

# Photos

Sarracenia 'Hurricane Creek White' clone F Sarracenia flava var. flava 'Goldie'+7 Sarracenia flava var. ornata FO6 Filiformis (V. Bordin), aberrant form+2 Sarracenia × moorei 'Leah Wilkerson'+4

4 taxa photographed in Sarracenia. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Dionaea muscipula 'Alien' Dionaea muscipula 'Dracula' Dionaea muscipula Pom Pom

3 taxa photographed in Dionaea. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Rosa 'Sorbet Fruité'+3

1 taxa photographed in Rosa. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Iris louisiana 'Bout Midnight'+4

1 taxa photographed in Iris. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Nymphaea 'Indiana' Nymphaea pygmaea 'Helvola'

2 taxa photographed in Nymphaea. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Drosophyllum lusitanicum

1 taxa photographed in Drosophyllum. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Calopogon tuberosus

1 taxa photographed in Calopogon. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Habenaria radiata

1 taxa photographed in Habenaria. Click a tile to view full-size; every image is CC BY-SA 4.0.

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