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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 20h

Fameflower developing both its starry pink flowers and bejeweled seedpods
#flowers #plants #edibleplants #botany #horticulture

Tiny pink flowers and bright yellow pods on the loose stalks of Fameflower

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 2d

New newsletter for the business is now available: events of the past month, upcoming expectations, new plants etc. in the Shop, and more
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Carlton Carnivores Newsletter November 2025

Welcome to November dear readers; as I write this, temperatures are preparing to fall below 25 degrees Fahrenheit here for the first time since April. Autumn is fully in motion, everything outside is ...

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 5d

Chilean Glory Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber, blooming away in the basement window.
Lots of seeds in my Shop
#flowers #plants #botany #gardening

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 5d

Moment of time with a sentient dough roll?
This boy and 3 of his siblings still need permanent homes.
#sandboa
#snake #reptiles #herpetoculture #animals

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 5d

Moment of time with a sentient dough roll?
This boy and 3 of his siblings still need permanent homes.
#sandboa
#snake #reptiles #herpetoculture #animals

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 5d

Chilean Glory Vine, Eccremocarpus scaber, blooming away in the basement window.
Lots of seeds in my Shop
#flowers #plants #botany #gardening

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

New video out on the YouTube channel, the first of the Texas days that started producing snakes:
youtu.be/YvUh2Ug957I
#snakes #reptiles #herping #herpetology #nature #wildlife

Texas Turnaround: and Then There Were Snakes

YouTube video by Carlton Carnivores

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

A miniature hybrid, Nepenthes (maxima “mini” x “Miranda”) x (aristolochioides x spectabilis)
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #pitcherplant #gardening

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Malabar Spinach, an ornamental tropical vine that can sub in for spinach during hot weather or in climates where the normal thing will fail.
#plants #edibleplants #gardening #botany

Top view of Malabar spinach showing the intricate leaf veins and red stem bleeding into their bases

Side view showing the brilliant red stems

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Another new edible that’s also ornamental: Talinum paniculatum, the Fameflower or Jewels of Opar. Also tastes like spinach, and makes big cloudlike bundles of hot pink flowers followed by jewel-like red berries.
#plants #edibleplants #botany #horticulture #gardening

The tiny pink flowers that of Fameflower. Fully mature stalks make dozens of these at a time before they turn in to glowing berries

The succulent spinach-like foliage of Fameflower, offset by bright red stems

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Nepenthes sanguinea, a clone that lives up to its name (meaning blood colored).
#carnivorousplants #nepenthes #pitcherplant #plants #botany

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Nepenthes sanguinea, a clone that lives up to its name (meaning blood colored).
#carnivorousplants #nepenthes #pitcherplant #plants #botany

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Another new edible that’s also ornamental: Talinum paniculatum, the Fameflower or Jewels of Opar. Also tastes like spinach, and makes big cloudlike bundles of hot pink flowers followed by jewel-like red berries.
#plants #edibleplants #botany #horticulture #gardening

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

Malabar Spinach, an ornamental tropical vine that can sub in for spinach during hot weather or in climates where the normal thing will fail.
#plants #edibleplants #gardening #botany

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

A miniature hybrid, Nepenthes (maxima “mini” x “Miranda”) x (aristolochioides x spectabilis)
#nepenthes #carnivorousplants #botany #horticulture #pitcherplant #gardening

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 8d

New video out on the YouTube channel, the first of the Texas days that started producing snakes:
youtu.be/YvUh2Ug957I
#snakes #reptiles #herping #herpetology #nature #wildlife

Texas Turnaround: and Then There Were Snakes

YouTube video by Carlton Carnivores

youtu.be

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 12d

Sabal minor seedling, the Dwarf Palmetto Palm. Doesn’t look much like a palm tree right now but does resemble the rest of its relatives: the monocots, grasses and irises and such.
#plants #palmtree #botany #horticulture

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 13d

Sarracenia ‘Leah Wilkerson’, an iconic and old cultivar finally making somewhat recognizable pitchers (naturally right as freezing has started setting in).
#sarracenia #carnivorousplants #botany #plants #horticulture

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 15d

New video out on the YouTube channel, a lizard-heavy feature!
#herping #herpetology #lizards #animals #wildlife #nature
youtu.be/GdhHGFUsEUg

The Lizard Lounge

YouTube video by Carlton Carnivores

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 15d

New video out on the YouTube channel, a lizard-heavy feature!
#herping #herpetology #lizards #animals #wildlife #nature
youtu.be/GdhHGFUsEUg

The Lizard Lounge

YouTube video by Carlton Carnivores

youtu.be

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 28d

Western Plains storms reminding that nature will always have the final word.
#lightning #storms #nature #weather #meteorology

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · 28d

Western Plains storms reminding that nature will always have the final word.
#lightning #storms #nature #weather #meteorology

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · Oct 1

Formosa Lily providing its first bloom this morning, comically large compared to the plant (though that will change when it gets several feet tall)
Siblings available at the shop too: www.carltoncarnivores.com/product-page...
#lily #flowers #plants #botany #gardening

From view of Lilium formosanum looking down the white interior of the petal tube, center framing the pale stigma and golden brown stamens

Side view of the lily, showing the long trumpet shape and pink blushing on the exterior

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · Oct 2

Baby prairie rattlesnake rescue this evening.
#rattlesnake #snakes #reptiles #animals #wildlife #nature

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Carlton Carnivores @carltoncarnivores.bsky.social · Oct 2

Abelmoschus manihot, Aibika or Sunset Hibiscus. The entire plant more or less is edible as well as ornamental.
#plants #educational #flowers #botany #gardening

Slender petals in shades of cream yellow with a red center on a large Aibika flower.

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