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Post by titom on Apr 19, 2008 20:58:22 GMT -5
Very interressting plants rick!
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Post by keehno on Apr 26, 2008 23:58:55 GMT -5
Some more pics Dicotoma Giant 2 1/2 year old B52's. Those are 6" dia x 7" deep pots. Drosera peltata Pinguicula weser flower Strange capensis leaves
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Post by vraev on Apr 27, 2008 3:06:27 GMT -5
fantastic Rick!
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Post by mabudon on Apr 27, 2008 8:16:09 GMT -5
Ahh Rick I remember when I first contacted you years ago and you had all them frustrating flasks of D.peltata- how did that eventually end up man?? Just curious is all, I remember you were having problems getting them to make tubers or something and it went on for several months with no real conclusive results...
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Post by insectivore on Apr 27, 2008 9:00:30 GMT -5
Nice plants Rick! You'll be getting and order from me soon! Cya
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Post by titom on Apr 27, 2008 10:38:20 GMT -5
Oh! You peltata is fantastic I have that specie, but I don't know how to take care of them. I bought seeds from rarexoticseeds.com, and 8/10 sprouted. But, they do a little rosette, and, it's strange. Can you explain me how to grow it? I send you a picture of what they looks like now. I've put the seeds in the soil last summer (august). Some are rosettes And some are starting to climb... Thanks! Tom
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Post by tom on Apr 27, 2008 12:35:17 GMT -5
By what it looks Titom, you got the right thing. Those Drosera grow in 2 stages:
-first, they form a basal rosette, very alike D. rotundifolia although you can tell them apart
- after a few set of leaves (you're not very far from it by what i see), an erect stem will grow from the center of the rosette and the plant will begin to produce peltate leaves (shield shaped).
You can grow it in a standard CP mix (1:2 to 1:1 sand:peat) and it is more resilient to overwatering than the others tuberous sundews. I had a few plants that i even kept in the water tray during the dormancy without any problem and in the end, they almost skipped it, producing new plants/offshots right after the main stem dyied off. Surely the best species to start with when you want to try tuberous sundews. Provide a lot of light to achieve nice golden color and proper growth. Tuberous sundews are also more sensitive to the lack of light and lack of 'feeding'/nutrients, for they have to have enough reserve to go back to their tuber, survive a few weeks/month on those reserves then grow back again.
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Post by keehno on Apr 27, 2008 14:31:57 GMT -5
Ahh Rick I remember when I first contacted you years ago and you had all them frustrating flasks of D.peltata- how did that eventually end up man?? Just curious is all, I remember you were having problems getting them to make tubers or something and it went on for several months with no real conclusive results... Hey Carl. The peltata just sat around in culture and took up space. I finally made a mother flask and in replating it every few months to keep the culture alive I found that the plants eventually developed tubers on their own. The picture of the peltata plant I posted is one that grew from a tuber I pulled from culture. Excuse the blurry picture. It's taken through the jar bottom. Titom, Tom's correct on the stages of growth, just keep the plants away from temperatures over 75 F. and they'll sprout up for you. What I found that works best for the peltata is the same kind of planting mix that's used for cephalotus. In fact, I'm finding that a loose, high sand content planting mix works best with a lot of the Australian CP's.
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Post by titom on Apr 27, 2008 14:44:15 GMT -5
OKay, so, if I understand, I just have to provide a lot of light, and let it grow? Are they okay on a window sill? And if they are very little, and they start to climb, it doesnt matter? The rosettes are more little than a Canadian 10 cent. thanks! tom 2
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Post by Syble on May 2, 2008 11:22:36 GMT -5
Great pics as always rick! I know I've always been happy with the plants i've gotten from you in the past and looking forward to my box this year hehe. keep updating your product offereing and you'll have atleast one customer every season lolha. Those tuberouse sundews always sounded so finaky though, never had the nerve to try them, maybe once the GH is up hehe. As for your mutant capensis, if you can stabalize it, you could have a neat highly sought after cultivar there like the crestate form or what ever its called! Sib
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