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Post by mabudon on Apr 7, 2006 7:10:20 GMT -5
I guess more explanation just to be sure- What species/genus/whatever do you have the BEST luck with, no matter what??
And if it seems to fit here (or we could make a separate thread) what do you have the WORST luck with??
For me- Sundews are easiest, ( tho I haven't grownany of the supposedly "harder" ones, like tuberous or petiolaris complex ones) I have only ever lost one species (D.biflora, sorry Tom, the thing really wanted to croak)
Hardest- SO far, pings, I have tried 3 species (2 from seeds and one plant, a downright beautiful P. emarginata x cyclosecta)
Sarrs are pretty good to me, and Utrics sometimes act a bit gooffy but they always pull through (my U.longifolia is flowering right now, after having grown it for 1.5 years or so.. I think it's the fact that it's potbound since I've heard a lot of folks don't know exactly what makes that species flower)
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Post by Syble on Apr 7, 2006 7:39:54 GMT -5
Gosh, making me think first thing in the morning, not nice! I definatly seam to do well with sundews... I've dried them out, sun burnt them to a crisp and frozen them solid, and my binata, martsons dragon and capensis collection have all continued to come back and thrive! That was my sundew collection as of last year, it's trippled or more this winter, so we'll see if my luck holds up, hopefully it wount have to! Pings are funny for me, I started a small pot of sethos F2, from start to the time they reached a cm in diameter, they slowly died off till I had one left, which might I point out grows like a gang buster! I've been able to get many babies from this plant (all of which start off past the "critical" size!). I've started lusticanica from seed and still have a couple, but there is something in the soil munching at it, more agressivly then I can imagine fungus gnat larvae can. But the grandiflora I have from gemmae are growing like gangbusters! I even forget to water them occasionally! Neps are good for me unless my parents try and take care of them, last year when they put them out for some good sun, they torched many of them.....can that count as a bane? I guess it's ultrics? I've not been able to get ahold of any plants so I've tried seeds and have never got any germination! Sib
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jimscott
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Post by jimscott on Apr 7, 2006 8:05:37 GMT -5
For me, I would say that D. binata is the best and easiest. I have absolutely no skill whatsoever with U. alpina.
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Post by cchang on Apr 7, 2006 11:17:34 GMT -5
My N. ventricosa and tobaica have survived 2 moves in the middle of winter and 1 major climate change. They're very forgiving of me... everything else died except for the couple of Drosera's I have now.
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Post by Flytrap on Apr 7, 2006 12:04:19 GMT -5
Definitely my N. Alata and N ventricosa; S flava, S rubra and S purp - surviving two house moves, four major renovations and many armies of kids, puppies, cats, raccoons, herons and more kids spanning two generations.
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Post by martin on Apr 12, 2006 19:32:23 GMT -5
It is very clear to me that D. capensis is the best performer of all, so much that it's the weed of my CP collection!
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