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Post by Khelljuhg on May 6, 2007 18:04:13 GMT
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Post by ICPS-bob on May 7, 2007 23:48:05 GMT
Tsukuba Norin Kenkyu? I lived in Tsukuba for nearly year and never realized that D. indica was there.  |
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Post by BarryRice on May 8, 2007 15:37:38 GMT
I'm really fascinated by these photographs of Drosera indica. It appears that the plants are growing in a highly competitive area; it almost looks like an agricultural or weedy lot! Usually you don't see carnivores in such settings.
Barry
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Post by jm82792 on May 24, 2007 8:22:05 GMT
How comon are they in cultivation? They seem interesting to me.......
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Post by Michael Catalani on May 24, 2007 13:38:37 GMT
How comon are they in cultivation? They seem interesting to me....... They are somewhat common in cultivation. They grow as summer annuals, so seed must be collected every year to restart them the next season. In a greenhouse environment, they will sometimes restart themselves every year wherever their seed happens to fall. They are a fast growing scrambler, and one of the largest growing annual sundews. |
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Post by SilverKiento on May 24, 2007 17:01:37 GMT
I had a couple D. indica seedlings waaaayyy back a long time ago when I was still a noob CP grower and my lights were not strong enough. So it did not take long for them to croak.
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Post by jm82792 on May 24, 2007 23:47:55 GMT
I really want to build a 20 gallon lowlander tank with small easy nepenthes byblis and indinca.
Whst is a easy small nepenthes that would be good for a lowlander tank?
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Post by Michael Catalani on May 25, 2007 0:12:39 GMT
Whst is a easy small nepenthes that would be good for a lowlander tank? N. truncata - The pitchers can be huge, even on a small plant, and its growth habit keeps it relatively compact for a long time. It will eventually outgrow a 20 gallon tank though. N. gracilis - a very easy plant that will grow a vine that will wrap around the tank a few times. You'll have to keep an eye on it once it starts vining, because it will grow over and overwhelm Drosera. DO NOT attempt to grow something like N. bicalcarata, because it will rapidly outgrow a tank of that size. So will N. ampullaria, although you could keep pruning it back. This may not be practical though, especially in attempts to keep it small enough to remain in something the size of a 20 gallon tank. Your choice of a 20 gallon tank makes it a little tough, because most lowlanders are either rapid growers (N. gracilis) or get gi-normous in size. Also, lowland Nepenthes normally take far less light than Byblis or D. indica, so mixing these plants may pose another problem as well. |
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Post by jm82792 on May 25, 2007 2:30:37 GMT
I heard that N. bicalcarata grow like crazy I won't put that in the tank.
I will take your advice and probably get N. gracilis because I like the pitcher coloring.
I may just buy a bigger tank like 40 gallon or something of that size that would work
better on side could have less light while on has more. Maybe I will just have a nepenthes
drosera setup with things that don't need tons of light. What ever terrarium setup I do it would
in the living room so I will have to make it look extra nice.
Thanks for the help!
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Post by matti on May 31, 2007 12:21:35 GMT
Thanks for hijacking the thread.
I grow Drosera indica outside, it only grows during the summer usually, I have a couple of small seedlings that germinated in late summer that are in limbo at the moment, once summer kicks in they will grow like weeds.
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Post by jm82792 on Jun 30, 2007 5:35:43 GMT
How do you start them from seed I am considering getting some seeds.
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Post by Clint on Jun 30, 2007 13:53:58 GMT
It's very easy to grow D. indica from seed. Just sow them on a sandy media (I like 2/1 sand/peat) in a warm environment and wait.
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