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Post by frederick on Nov 18, 2015 17:37:17 GMT -5
Just thought I could show some of them coming out of dormancy, most of these are new arrivals as well from Dieter (tuberous-drosera.net) I'll try to take better/closer pictures next time if this is possible with my current cellphone ^^ D. ramellosa D. peltata D. tubaestylis 'Brookton form' (it just emerged in the last 2 days) D. purpurascens, this one gets me worried as it is planted like the others but somehow chose to grow horizontally at the surface...does anyone ever heard of that problem? I really wish to see that one thrive as it is one of my favorites D. platypoda (just a tiny red dot at the center, barely emerging) D. rupicola 'Red form' Picture of the setup and one of my ceph growing under the lights (just recently added so the coloration is entirely from the sunlight of my window, curious to see the changes the lights will make over the winter). The big pot on the left of my tuberous dews' tray is a mix of D. nitidula X pulchella and D. scorpioides, will take pics of my pygmies another day!
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Post by Apoplast on Nov 18, 2015 23:06:12 GMT -5
Hi Frederick - They are looking great! Thanks for sharing the photos. I'm excited to see so many folks this year trying tuberous dews! It's a great group of plants, and they are a lot of fun. Regarding your D. purpurascens, it's most common for D. stolonifera to run horizontal to the surface before finally deciding to show itself, but as D. purpurascens is closely related, it can sometimes do it as well. Sounds like all is normal to me. Keep up the good work! I look forward to updates about your success.
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Post by frederick on Nov 19, 2015 18:07:10 GMT -5
Hi Apo!
Thanks for clearing that up, my purpurascens seems to be stalling in growth but I'll keep it as it is with a constant supply of water and light. Did you ever get tuberous droseras that grew like this? If so does it resume vertical growth at some point?
thanks for the kind words I'm eager to see them flourish further in the coming months. I expect the lights to color them nicely, being about 6-7'' inches from the pots. I'll check the surface temps soon if I could only find my laser temperature gun...
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Post by Apoplast on Nov 19, 2015 21:34:21 GMT -5
Hi frederick - Sounds like you've got plenty of light on them. I suspect they are going to be very happy! Yup, I've got tuberous species that often grow horizontally just below or at the surface. I took a shot recently of my D. stolonifera doing just that. It was in this post if you want to see it. Your D. purpurascens should decide to start back up in the very near future. Until then, don't worry about it too much.
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Post by frederick on Nov 20, 2015 0:11:02 GMT -5
Nice, if I had seen that post I guess I wouldn't have worried at all haha
Great I'm happy to hear this. I think I'll post some pictures of my whole setup in another thread/section soon when I'll have the time. It's been a while since I've done so, but my plants weren't very showy as my setup suffered from neglect at some time...
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