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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 2, 2007 3:02:18 GMT
Haaa wow, and I thought adelaes were bad!
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Post by jm82792 on Jun 2, 2007 7:55:34 GMT
Do you know where you can buy them? I am getting to oregon in 3 days! I think I could grow it outside for the summer, then grow it under grow lights in the winter. Would that work?
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Post by rsivertsen on Jun 2, 2007 14:33:32 GMT
I wonder if these plants would do better in a basket! They also seem to do well in full direct sun almost all day, just like most Drosera (except D. adalae, schizandra and prolifera).
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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 3, 2007 1:49:50 GMT
You can get them from www.carnivorousplantnursery.com . I like 'em cuz they always throw in a "surprise" with your order. Sorry if what I just did is not allowed.
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Post by Clint on Jun 3, 2007 2:29:23 GMT
It's fine here.
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Post by quogue on Jun 15, 2007 3:57:35 GMT
The Regia Knot.... 'Big Easy' style.. The contacting tentacles seem to dry out to secrete the digestive enzymes... I like to call this "The Burn"
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Post by jm82792 on Jun 15, 2007 15:23:27 GMT
What are the temps? In the winter can they How cool is too cool, right now at night it gets like around 45 to 50 degrees farenhite.
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Post by quogue on Jul 17, 2007 22:41:58 GMT
Another couple o' pics of the 'Big Easy' The Plant Some dramtic lighting for ya.. Figured I'd put the effort into taking some good pics for a change... problem is, I gotta old camera Any new info on Regia's? Haven't heard anything in awhile..... And I love that pic ICPS Bob.. Regia's seem to take easily from root cuttings but I've never seen anything like that!
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Post by Dave Evans on Jul 17, 2007 23:53:09 GMT
RE: ICPS--Bob's regia
In their natural habitat, which I have seen in photographs; is very similar that of Darlingtonia, which I have seen in person. It is basically a seep that runs through cracked rock. These plants are designed to hold onto rock, with a bare minimum of soil to help. The shape of Bob's plants, with new rosettes coming out of the holes at the bottom of the pot, is exactly how Darlingtonia also grows. Darlingtonia uses stolons (up to a meter in length) to achieve a high level of asexual reproduction, whereas my Drosera regia uses its roots to achieve a similar level of reproduction.
Bob, if you can see them good, are those plants growing on roots, or stolons ala Darlingtonia?
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Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 18, 2007 0:47:32 GMT
Bob, if you can see them good, are those plants growing on roots, or stolons ala Darlingtonia? They grow off roots. The roots of D. regia are quite fleshy -- similar, but a bit larger than those of D. capensis. The easiest way to propagate is by cutting the fleshy root in 2 cm (more or less) pieces and lay them in live sphagnum. Check out how William Clemens does it: wjclemens.com/cp_images/Drosera/regia/d_regia_propagules.jpg
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Post by jm82792 on Jul 18, 2007 16:15:38 GMT
So roots in lfs plus a ocassional flooding or is that pernimate until sprouting ? So I think I get eh conditons thanks for the piictures I may only be able to get some root cuttings.
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Post by quogue on Jul 19, 2007 17:32:05 GMT
Interesting info Dave, I might try growing one of my little guys in a very rocky mix to see what happens. Have you tried, or heard of anyone trying a mostly rocky mix?
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Post by Dave Evans on Jul 20, 2007 22:06:35 GMT
Well the mixture I am using is about 70% perlite, so yeah, I suppose it could be said they grow in mostly a rock-like material. Most growers I have talked with have poor luck with Drosera regia when using an organic mix, like peat and sand. They always have much better success when using less organic material and more mineral based soils. D. r. would probably do great in a drained bucket filled with course perlite, or even pumice; then top this with some peatmoss and sand for water retention and capillary action so the soil can pull enough water up through the pot. Maybe instead of peat and sand, use Long Fibered Sphagnum_ moss, sandwiched vertically between the pumice pieces...
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Post by jm82792 on Jul 24, 2007 4:52:22 GMT
I have grown cps in pumice (crushed lava rock) well because it was cheaper than perilite. Great results and they grew well.
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Post by killerplants on Jul 27, 2007 1:21:39 GMT
I've been poking around some herbarium records, and discovered a D. regia collection from a site that seems to be near the top of Slanghoekpiek, a mountain 5-10 km southeast of Bainskloof (depending on what part of the kloof you measure from). Perhaps this is the second population that SundewMatt mentioned elsewhere. The specimen looks about the same as the more familiar plants from Bainskloof, with leaves ca. 30 cm long. I wonder how well the area has been botanized by people interested in sundews... maybe there are more populations of D. regia hiding on the peaks? -Matt O. Hi, I actually received seed of "site B' years ago, and sent it to Bill Baumgartl for tc. I can not remember if I sent any to someone else. Travis Wyman thought it might have been Ron Gagliardo from ABG and I was wondering if I sent some to Phill Mann(I can not remember). I never heard if anyone had luck with it. I had talked to Sean Samia at the time about it. Do you remember any of this, Sean? Cheers, Joe
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