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Post by curlingguy on Aug 27, 2006 13:30:47 GMT -5
Check out this offer. I'm getting some seeds from Brad. Seems to be a genetic mix of all types. Will be interesting to see the results. Let's all try to respect the simple conditions upon which the offer is made. www.cpukforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16166 |
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Post by sdeering on Aug 27, 2006 21:11:36 GMT -5
Hey thanks CG I begged for some:)
Stehen
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Post by Flytrap on Aug 27, 2006 23:21:17 GMT -5
Hi all... Here's another batch of info on some old VFTs grown by my friend Tom. I took these photos last week. Tom's had these plants and their "ancestors" for over 30 years. Here's a shot of part of his VFTs...note all the seed heads:  close up of a few of the seed heads:  Tom gave me a handful of floral stalks ... I counted 43 stalks he gave me, and each floral stalk had an average of six heads ... and each head contained an average of 10 seeds each. So the math works out to: 43x10x6=2,580 VFT seeds. So folks, I guess there are about 2,500 VFT seeds here! (some more off the photo and some under the Canadian penny):  I've already commited most of these VFT seeds to various people and seedbanks ... some of them will be saved as "prizes" for some upcoming events and "contests" on our OCPS forum. News on this will be coming from Sib and Tom...so stay tuned. The rest of the VFT seeds will be used as classroom material for the new intake of kids starting school in September. Last year I sowed over a thousand VFT seeds, and most of them are about 1cm in diameter now:  |
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Post by curlingguy on Sept 3, 2006 9:30:39 GMT -5
I received my seeds from Brad and have now planted them. 250 or so little VFT bombs waiting to go off.
Great parentage but exact mixes unknown.....will be fun to see what they end up like....some should be qute interesting and worthy of propagation.
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Post by sdeering on Sept 3, 2006 10:03:21 GMT -5
Great. Me next.
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Post by vraev on Sept 5, 2006 23:45:00 GMT -5
wow . the small vft's look cute
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Post by curlingguy on Oct 9, 2006 1:53:59 GMT -5
We have germination!!  |
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Post by vraev on Oct 11, 2006 19:15:15 GMT -5
can I get some too.  . pleaaase... |
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Post by mabudon on Oct 11, 2006 19:36:57 GMT -5
What, germination??  I might have some seeds sometime soon Varun, be patient |
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Post by lloyd on Oct 11, 2006 20:12:45 GMT -5
Mine are coming up too.
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Post by insectivore on Oct 11, 2006 21:35:43 GMT -5
I would be Interrested in some Dionaea Muscipula Cultivars if anybody has some?(seeds or plants)
If so Pm me and I will see what I got to exange or how much $!
cya
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Post by vraev on Oct 11, 2006 22:17:58 GMT -5
lol! thanx carl.  . yeah....trying everything about VFT's. Just need to get dormancy right...and i am good to go |
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Post by Flytrap on Oct 12, 2006 11:47:32 GMT -5
Lloyd- are those the VFT seeds that got lost in the mail and finally found you? If they are, they're also popping up over here too. Their background heritage include typicals, dentes, bigmouths, and unnamed giant forms...all originating from Tom Kahl of Seattle. Truthfully, I can't wait until year three when these little beasts are nicely matured! Where's that time travel machine !?!! As for requests for more VFT seeds, here are a few leads: 1. check with Brad in California www.cpukforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16630&highlight=free+vft+seeds2. Our OCPS man Tom is receiving a small batch of fresh seeds, which may be redistributed 3. I'll check with a few growers to see if they have any for sale/ trade |
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Post by lloyd on Oct 12, 2006 16:26:23 GMT -5
My free VFT seeds came a while ago and there are lots of little guys coming up now. Hopefully I should have lots of nice specimens to trade or give away in a few years.
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Post by vraev on Oct 12, 2006 16:52:26 GMT -5
Thanks for the headsup Flytrap. Good to know. well...I guess I am a newbie with just 7 VFT's in which 3 are in dormancy...but heck...lol! atleast my VFT's are growing and alive....so I guess I did get past the stage of keeping them alive. . I tried a couple of leaf grafts which came off when I recieved the plants. I put one inside live sphagnum...I put one right on peat/...I put another on peat and covered with peat. Gotta see which one lives. |
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. pleaaase... 
. yeah....trying everything about VFT's. Just need to get dormancy right...and i am good to go 