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Post by vinnymc on Oct 31, 2012 21:16:51 GMT -5
I have a Stylidium debile it has exploded in size to about 4 inches tall (stem not including leaf height. I have taken cuttings from it and they worked really fast I berried a little of the part that connects to the plant and in a week they have long roots now. I use strait peat moss and soak in water in the tray method. I would like to hear how other people do cutting with this species. Also how do you encourage Stylidium debile to flower because with some Drosera certain conditions (cold,heat,drastic temperature change, etc.) encourage flowering I would like to know what conditions encourage Stylidium debile.
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Post by lloyd on Oct 31, 2012 22:27:00 GMT -5
My just flowered a lot when it got to a few inches high. It was under bright fluorescents in room air.
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Post by bonfield on Nov 1, 2012 0:40:40 GMT -5
A dilute(1/4-1/2 min. sugg. strength) general use fertilizer will also help with flowering. Be warned, if you planted this species in a sandbox full of the right soil, it would colonize the whole thing.
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Post by vinnymc on Nov 1, 2012 5:59:52 GMT -5
thanks for telling me and mine has already tried colonizing one day i looked in the pot and three more popped up out of nowhere
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Post by shoggoths on Nov 1, 2012 9:25:30 GMT -5
Mine is bellow 2 X 54W T5HO (15 inches / 15 hours exposure) and is flowering since the beggining of the summer.
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Post by byblisera on Dec 18, 2012 20:56:07 GMT -5
Stylidium Debile is an amazingly resilient plant. Last year a piece of soil must have worked its way into one of my Sarracenia pots. The pot froze solid several times last winter. This summer, while doing some pruning, I noticed what appeared to be tiny pink/purple flowers behind one of the Sarr pitchers. Sure enough - it was debile! Most CPers think capensis is a weed. I beg to differ! For me the plant flowers in the summertime. I grow them indoors under lights in the winter next to winter growing stuff. I think it needs elevated levels of warmth and photo period to flower profusely.
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