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Post by sherkas on Mar 2, 2009 19:28:29 GMT -5
So, I washed my plants down quite heavily so it was like a flood, and the D. Aliciae sundew lost most of its (like most of them) however its leafs went red and it started to... well grow weird. It use to for a few months grow in a nice rosette and flower like crazy, now it looks like 5 growth points have suddenly busted out of the middle? Is that whats really happening? then on a side note, heres a better picture of my loved D. Regia.
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Post by labine on Mar 2, 2009 20:05:03 GMT -5
I really like you're picture of the D. Regia, i so need one!
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Post by lloyd on Mar 2, 2009 20:24:22 GMT -5
Washed? I'm not clear what you mean. Why and how would you wash your plants? Dews don't like to have their leaves soaked. It looks like it suffered some damage and responded with multiple growth points after it recovered. The regia looks good.
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Post by sherkas on Mar 2, 2009 20:48:44 GMT -5
I made a new terrarium and didn't water them for close to a week so to clean some of the VFT up and the dews I just gave them a good top watering which washed most low lying dews, dew off. If thats the case... a guess a wash one or twice a year could have good results in growth points!
But that would explain it, cause I dont top water or mist but like I said, I did a heavy watering on top and most of the dew was washed away.
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Post by lloyd on Mar 2, 2009 22:06:56 GMT -5
I just found that dews and pings don't like to be soaked. A light misting might be fine, maybe even good in low humidity.
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Post by khoas on Mar 3, 2009 1:44:32 GMT -5
Alice Sundews will develop mutliple growing points as they mature. Flowering often induces a spliting into two of the growing point. I had one a few years ago that look like a cube.
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Post by blokeman on Mar 3, 2009 5:13:36 GMT -5
i've noticed the sameeffect on the leaves when misted, but i have yet to experience multiple growth points...which i prefer anyways, i like the look it has going, layering leaf after leaf, maybe it'll be a foot tall one day! But yeah, i get redness on the leaves when they get wet!
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