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Post by dvg on Nov 21, 2008 19:09:01 GMT -5
Hi all. Finally after a bit of searching and some poking around here and there, I have successfully sourced and today received five Drosera falconeri plants. So if all goes well and I am able to propagate a few of these this winter, I might have some of these 'dews available for trade next summer. Keep your fingers crossed. It is nice to see these finally in cultivation in Canada, as they have not not been readily available up til now.
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Post by mabudon on Nov 21, 2008 19:18:22 GMT -5
Crazy man, nice work getting hold of them things- truly best of luck/skills making them prosper, if you can do the same for them as you have for your other plants, they're gonna kick butt. Do post pics if you can manage and congrats on adding this species to the "master list"
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Post by lloyd on Nov 21, 2008 21:32:15 GMT -5
Sounds great. I'm hoping you succeed.
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Post by dvg on Nov 22, 2008 8:36:27 GMT -5
Thanks for the words of encouragement. I've been searching on the net and finding that some growers put these plants into terrariums with heat lamps hovering over them to keep them very warm and toasty. Apparently, the trick to growing these is to keep them quite warm.
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Post by sdeering on Nov 29, 2008 13:59:41 GMT -5
Hey save one for me dvg. Stephen
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Post by tom on Nov 29, 2008 20:25:23 GMT -5
Wow congrats on this find! Good luck with propagating, I'll be an interested buyer for sure once things will settle down here I second mab on pics request
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Post by cteichreb on Dec 1, 2008 14:17:58 GMT -5
I grew this species and several others about 5 years ago before moving and passing them along to others. I obtained my original stock from Petiolaris Sean in California (not sure if anyone remembers him or not). Anyways, as far as sundews go, they aren't super hard to grow, but are a little picky in terms of growing conditions. They do like to have deeper pots, sandier soil (I think I grew them in about a 4:1 sand:peat mixture) and lots and lots of heat. Be careful transplanting. The roots are fairly fragile. Also, the petiolaris complex does have a semi-dormancy period (likely responding to natural hot drought conditions in Australia). You'll need to cut back on watering when you see them dieing back, not like a tuberous sundew, but less watering to avoid rot. Yeah, I had some great hard to find sundews back in the day; D.regia, schizandra, petiolaris complex, etc. Now with my job and family, I need to focus on the easy to grow ones instead !
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Post by dvg on Dec 9, 2008 21:06:24 GMT -5
I've been watching these 'dews everyday now for the last couple of weeks. Initially, they lost their bigger traps, which dried out to a brown color. I chalked that up to transplant shock, with them being sent in a large clump, not long out of tissue culture. I pumped up the humidity and a few have some smaller dew covered leaves. Their leaves are quite similar to vft's before they open. They should all be looking very good in a month's time or so. Once they are looking presentable, I'll try and get some pics posted.
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Post by dvg on Dec 14, 2008 21:16:34 GMT -5
In my observations, these falconeri plants are making decidedly smaller leaf petioles and traps. I'm guessing this signals my plants are going to be taking a bit of a respite from the luring, entrapment and doing in of mostly innocent insect citizens. I'm hoping this dormancy doesn't last too long.
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Post by pops on Dec 23, 2008 16:45:01 GMT -5
i bought a flat of falconeri this feb.2008 from a disributor here in vancouver,,they came from agri-starts in florida,,they seemed to do pretty well at first,,but then they started dying,,i tried terreriums,less light more light,,i tried letting some dry out a bit,,some with more water,,the last one made it to sept.i was warned that they are difficult to maintain,,but they look so cool,,,i sure hope yours will grow good for you,,if any one has gotten more than 2 years out of them ,,please let me know,,,the flat had 72 plants in it,,they were not very old,,mybe the trick is getting hold of more mature plants,,,
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Post by dvg on Dec 23, 2008 19:48:14 GMT -5
Hey Keith sorry to hear of your struggles with these. I too tried different growing conditions for some of my falcons. And the results were quite dramatic. Once I found the environment that some were suited the best, at least for the small groups I tried, I moved all seven of my plants into the same 'micro niche'. I have been giving mine very high humidity, high heat during the day, and bright flourescent and UV light. I haven't been able to sustain the high heat during the night, probably because my lights contribute to most of the daytime heat. Most of mine appear to be either in dormancy or kind of hovering on the perimeter of it, undecided for the moment. I'll have to see how they adapt for me. Do you have any of yours left or were you able to sell any to the general public? I'm hoping someone will fall upon or come up with a successful cultural protocol for growing these plant jewels .
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Post by mabudon on Dec 25, 2008 10:25:56 GMT -5
Well, yesterday DVG sent me some pics to fix up and post (I THINK he wanted me to post them for him- I just can't wait) Here's one of the D.falconeri as of very recently- looking good!!!
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Post by lloyd on Dec 25, 2008 11:41:54 GMT -5
Very nice plant.
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Post by dvg on Dec 26, 2008 2:57:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Lloyd.
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Post by dvg on Dec 28, 2008 22:09:19 GMT -5
Some good news to add. Of my seven falconeri, six of them have started producing larger leaves...longer, more robust petioles and larger traps. This has occurred since my adding extra heat, to bring the daytime temps up to between 95 and 100 Fahrenheit. It makes me happy to see them happy. ;D I'll post pics in a few weeks to show the difference.
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