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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 22, 2014 20:51:30 GMT -5
sorry my bad I took it wrong This was meant as away to connect with forum member we would probably never meet and share growing tips Having said that I for one would benefit from this cause there are tons of bits of info I do not know. I was thinking a host being someone who did this for years.
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Post by H2O on Aug 22, 2014 21:50:08 GMT -5
I think this forum is the best way to share and connect with growers. The problem with having a long time grower host is that those long time growers often have lots of plants and those plants take up a lot of time
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 24, 2014 11:21:41 GMT -5
I got D Capensis too not sure if its a cross 1 month after they germinated some leaves are starting to get long and display dew on some leaves the longest leaf is close to a .5 inch they are still very small but this looks like a good sign to me.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 25, 2014 16:25:57 GMT -5
Just transplanted and devided all of my sub tropical sundew, those adelae roots! :eek: As a side note, I hope I haven't killed anything. It did not feel graceful or delicate! I got a lot of D Capensis and Spatulatata to separate because they germinated in a clump..so not looking forward to it lol !!...wish me luck!
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 25, 2014 17:35:24 GMT -5
YAY it sort of gets easier, you just have to get less worried about the plants I wanna make a fish bowl terrarium for just tropical and sub tropical dews but do not know how to water so instead of watering every day I can just add water every week or so Any ideas? Hence the separating and re planting them
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 26, 2014 11:32:41 GMT -5
Does any form of D Capensis have spoon shaped traps or are all of them long vertical leaves covered in dew?
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 26, 2014 14:34:42 GMT -5
I had my D Capensis out in the sun and noticed dew on it when I brought it back inside the dew was gone so I put the pot in a fish bowl on aquarium rocks with some rainwater I also read Cobra lilies do not like direct sun so I put the open pot in a tray of rainwater(they were in the window in a baggie with water and sealed but did not germinate yet) my D Spatulata are doing well so I did this to increase the humidity and hopefully dew on The D Capensis was this ok to do or did I cause more harm than good/?
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Post by hal on Aug 26, 2014 15:54:14 GMT -5
It's never a good idea to take any plant from inside and put it straight out in full sun. It shocks them. While it may not be obvious to the naked eye, light levels outside are far more intense than artifical lights. Plants should be moved gradually from shade to part shade to sun. Even then, some plants can only take a few hours of direct sun. (I have a few burnt Oncidium orchids to prove this)
Your plants will do best if you keep them in the similar conditions all the time, rather than moving them about.
All of the capensis I've ever seen have straight leaves with a slightly rounded tip. The dewy part of the leaf is the same width all the way up. When they are very small the leaves are slightly oval.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 26, 2014 16:08:58 GMT -5
@ Hal
None of my plants are outside,Next summer my Cobra lilys ar going outside in the shade right now they are ungerminated seeds so I don't think moving seeds will hurt plus I was keeping the cobra lily seeds in a window in sunlight in a sealed baggie with purewater then I read they hate high humidity so all I did was move them maybe 2 feet under a lamp and my capensis was not doing well compared to my spatulata seedlings so I put them on aquarium rocks in pure water the fishbowl did not steam up either this is their new home until they are big enough to be planted in the terrarium once I finish it
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Post by hal on Aug 26, 2014 20:52:30 GMT -5
"I had my D Capensis out in the sun and noticed dew on it when I brought it back inside the dew was gone"
..... "None of my plants are outside"
It's hard to offer advice when given conflicting information.
Anyway, my point still stands. If you let the plant get acclimated to your conditions and they are doing well, just leave them alone. You won't do them any good by fussing with them every time you see a minor change.
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Post by Dennis A(cook1973) on Aug 27, 2014 9:14:39 GMT -5
I had all my plants outside in the sun under a garden umbrella to protect them from cooking when I came in so did they
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Post by amanitovirosa on Aug 27, 2014 21:03:16 GMT -5
...this is the weirdest thread ever...
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Post by paulkoop on Aug 27, 2014 21:05:55 GMT -5
Lol. Its comedy if u read it all when liquired. Just read it next time u have a drink haha
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Post by amanitovirosa on Aug 27, 2014 21:09:09 GMT -5
...hahaha, I just did! Cheers
hahahaha
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Post by ng on Aug 27, 2014 21:52:39 GMT -5
+1,000,000
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