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Post by Brian Barnes on Mar 26, 2008 21:07:07 GMT
Hey Barry. Speaking of B. filifolia, here's some plants of mine grown from seed. The germination rate was very high and much quicker than B. liniflora, which after hearing of such rapid germination rates with B. liniflora, i theorize that the two maybe getting confused sometimes in cultivation and seed being distributed as B. liniflora...I've never had B. liniflora germinate for me in any less than 4 or 5 wks. These guys were up in about two weeks. BTW, the beer in the photos served as a tasty cold treat after the shoot!  A perfect day poolside with Byblis.....and...a beer! ![]() i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee320/drosera5150/byblisandbeer030.jpg[/IMG]     Happy Growing! Brian. |
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Post by BarryRice on Mar 27, 2008 16:27:10 GMT
Nice photos, although a Foster's might have been a more appropriate size reference for these Australian plants.
Keep an eye on the flowers when they germinate. The structure of the flowers is important in keying them out. This genus is harder to puzzle out, now that there's more than just B. liniflora and B. gigantea!
B
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Post by wadave on Mar 30, 2008 12:29:01 GMT
Fosters?  Nah, a good Aussie is cultured enough to try other beers when overseas. Brian, you seem to have quite an extensive collection, byblis is one that I would really like to ad to mine but do you think any of the local Aussie CP clubs has it in their seedbank??? Quite frustrating really. Dave. |
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Post by Sean Spence on Mar 30, 2008 13:13:10 GMT
Dave, you're not asking the right people.  |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Mar 31, 2008 9:47:52 GMT
Actually, There was a Budweiser in the fridge as well, but i wouldn't dare display such nastiness next to such beautiful plants! ;D
Bri.
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Post by Randy Zerr on Apr 29, 2008 1:47:31 GMT
How did you get these plants to stand upright? Give 'em beer? About 15 years ago I grew a plant that looked like this, from seed also from Allen. The plant was called Byblis liniflora "Kununurra". Is this the same plant? How many Byblis species are there now? There was only two then. The plants I grew would only grow upright for about 10 inches then needed a shoulder to lean on. Great pics Brian.
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Post by ICPS-bob on Apr 29, 2008 2:13:35 GMT
There are now 7 recognized species:
Byblis aquatica, filifolia, gigantea, guehoi (new), lamellata, liniflora, rorida.
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Post by Brian Barnes on Apr 29, 2008 9:55:36 GMT
Hey Randy. Yes indeed, sp. "Kununurra" is now B. filifolia. Actually, all i did was tell them to "say cheese" before the pic and they stood right up! ;D (They all have thin wooden supports behind them, out of view... ) Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by joshua on Apr 29, 2008 23:54:01 GMT
Very nice!........Let me know when they seed. |
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A perfect day poolside with Byblis.....and...a beer!
Nah, a good Aussie is cultured enough to try other beers when overseas.
