D. lucitanicum, los barrios and Acala de los Gazules

[meizwang]

Some recent photos of my D. lucitanicums. For an in-depth discussion on how to keep these alive for more than 2 years, check out this thread: sarracenia.proboards.com/thread/608/drosophyllum-lucitanicum-dewy-pine


Here are some plants from "Los Barrios, Spain." Photos taken earlier this year before they bloomed:












Here are some photos of the plants during the flowering period.
I was surprised to see the variant from "los barrios" has red capsules! Pics taken 5/11/13:


Here's a different variant from Acala de los Gazules, Spain with typical green capsules, growing in the same tray, same soil, etc:


Blooms open in the mornings sometimes before the sun comes up:



And a blurry overview of the plants:






Last but not least, some recent photos, taken today, 8/11/13:

[teinkes]

Superb plants!

Any secret to grow that big plants? Did you changed the pots? It seems like the first pots are smaller then the last pictures. And dou you have a secret recipe for the potting media? Looks like the plants are really healty. congrats for that growing

regard

Christophe

[John Brittnacher]

There is no secret recipe for Drosophyllum soil mixes. The trouble is you need to figure out what ratios of peat, sand, and perlite complement the type of pot you use and how you water the plants.

I use plastic pots, use no more than 30% peat, 12 mesh sand, and perlite. If I used 30 mesh sand I would use less peat. I have to do it this way because I don't hand water my outside plants. They get watered every day during the seasons my garden irrigation system is running. Mike uses more peat because he hand waters and is willing to check his plants often.

I have kept Drosophyllum alive and well for over three years producing seed for the ICPS Seed Bank and probably could have kept them longer but they get too big and lanky to overwinter in the space I have available in my garage. Last fall I left a large plant outside and started new ones in the garage. Needless to say the one outside did not survive.

Since I have perfect soil (to the extent you can call decomposed granite "soil") for Drosophyllum I am planning on planting out some small plants next spring. The hard part is keeping small pots at the right moisture level in the garage where I do have to keep and eye on them and water accordingly.