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Post by tonyg on Jun 15, 2007 21:02:43 GMT
Here's a photo I took this morning of the U. jamesoniana on my windowsill. I apologize for my lame photography equipment, though I'm not sure the flowers of this plant don't look more threatening and alien-like when slightly out of focus. I'll work on getting a better picture over the weekend, and at any rate I'm bringing the plant to the Bay Area Carnivorous Plant Society meeting next week, where I will beg folks with better cameras to take and share better photos! Regards, Tony Gridley San Francisco, California, USA Newsletter Editor, BACPS ( www.bacps.org)  |
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Post by glider14 on Jun 17, 2007 2:47:06 GMT
beautiful! sooner or later ill be getting the macro utrics... what kind of pot it it in?
Alex
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Post by thwyman on Jun 18, 2007 12:07:57 GMT
Hey Tony,
Curious where you got your plant from. Most all the clones in the US trace back to me so just curious who has done so well that they are able to send out divisions as well. Glad to see it is getting aorund, it is a great plant.
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Post by tonyg on Jun 18, 2007 18:27:43 GMT
Alex: It's just a plain 4-inch plastic green pot. Nothing special -- just like my camera! Travis: Best CP was selling them last fall for a short time. Inspired, of course, by your article last year in CPN, I decided to give it a shot. I asked Joe Mazrimas at a BACPS meeting how he grows his U. quelchii, and he explained his "Oreo Cookie Method" -- basically lots of perlite sandwiched in between two relatively thin layers of sphagnum. So I gave that a shot too, and come spring, hey, I get flowers. I'd been watering all this time with just tap water, but as soon as I saw two flower spikes, it's been getting only the finest gourmet distilled water from the local drugstore..... Despite my lame camera, I'm going to subject everyone to a couple more pictures. Best regards, Tony    |
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Post by thwyman on Jun 20, 2007 11:53:17 GMT
Hey Tony, Well, glad to be an inspiration  And as I said, glad to see the plant spreading and that you are so successful. This is a great plant, one of my favorites in the group. Had not heard of the "Oreo Cookie method" of Orchidioides cultivation. Might have to try it myself on some spare plants. You know if Joe M. grows any othe Orchidioides this way?? |
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Post by Not a Number on Jun 20, 2007 18:01:11 GMT
Joseph Clemens often uses the "Oreo Cookie method" - sandwiched substrate method if you prefer. He had illustrations somewhere but I can't find them at the moment.
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Post by brian on Jun 21, 2007 6:47:52 GMT
Incredible flowers. Nice shots to!
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Post by trimen1000 on Jun 21, 2007 17:43:04 GMT
It really does have incredible flowers.
I've been kinda wondering, do all utrics spread like weeds?
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Post by thwyman on Jun 22, 2007 11:29:21 GMT
Hey Trimen,
Most Utrics do spread like weeds. There are exceptions though and most plants in section Orchidioides fall into the exception catagory. In time Orchidioides can spread to cover a sizeable area but it take significantly longer than it would for something like sandersonii or livida or dichotoma
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Post by treefrog on Jun 24, 2007 17:15:25 GMT
Hi, if anyone has more info on the oreo method, I would be very interested too in seeing pictures and explanation.
Best regards
Math
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And as I said, glad to see the plant spreading and that you are so successful. This is a great plant, one of my favorites in the group.
