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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 2, 2007 4:47:13 GMT
Is Triphophyllum in cultivation? I have seen pictures with one in a pot so I'd assume so... but they must be awfully rare. Does anyone here currently have one in their collection? They seem to be very interesting plants.. seeing as how they have multiple stages of growth where they appear to be completely different plants.
I wonder how difficult they are to grow?
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Post by marcel on Jun 2, 2007 6:30:58 GMT
The only plants i know that are in cultivation are in the botanical gardens of Bonn.
As i understand it, it is not so much that the plant is difficult to keep but more the very large size of an adult plant which make it hard to grow (if you would be able to get it in the first place).
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Post by maraxas on Jun 2, 2007 12:05:22 GMT
You forgot a Y.  Triph Yophyllum Maybe if you have the CPN database CD or old issues of CPN you could look this up: (Taken from Barry's FAQ here: www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5560.html)"The only reliable information on cultivating the plant appeared in the March 1999 issue of Carnivorous Plant Newsletter." He also mentioned that the Germans seem to be able to get it to flower but not produce viable seed. Hope that helps. |
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Post by Aidan on Jun 2, 2007 12:14:21 GMT
I wonder how difficult they are to grow? When you build your hundred foot tall terrarium, you may be able to give it a go... |
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Post by rsivertsen on Jun 2, 2007 13:27:54 GMT
I wonder how difficult they are to grow? When you build your hundred foot tall terrarium, you may be able to give it a go... .. but that would be called a "greenhouse" and a rather large one too! |
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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 3, 2007 1:09:12 GMT
So... I guess it's a kind of tree then.. or at least in its final form it's like a tree? I didn't know that... I'd suppose that that would be a very good reason for it to not be in cultivation.  I just got a CD with my last issue that contains all the older issues so I will have to take a look at that later. Thanks for the information. (BTW, I fixed the spelling error, sorry 'bout that.) |
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Post by Clint on Jun 3, 2007 1:10:51 GMT
No, the adult form is a liana, or a woody vine.
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Post by SilverKiento on Jun 3, 2007 1:42:23 GMT
Interesting... I think it's time I went looking for some pics of the flowers.. they seem to look pretty much like normal flowers to me. I was kind of expecting something like a passiflora flower. :/
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Post by shartmeyer on Apr 23, 2008 8:41:12 GMT
Editing our new DVD (Triple "E" meets Triphyophyllum) which becomes a lecture for the EEE in Mira (Italy), I can show now first screen shots. The first picture shows the trapping leaf of a T. peltatum growing at the Botanical Gardens of Bonn (Germany). The solarize-effect highlights some details (yellow: tentacle-stalks, red: tentacle head, blue: mucilage remains). The second picture was made with our new USB-microscope, showing an uncurled Drosophyllum leaf to demonstrate the eye-catching similarity of the mushroom-like glands of both genera, which are very different from Drosera glands.   Proceeding editing I will post some more screen shots during the next months. |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Apr 23, 2008 9:21:59 GMT
Thanks Siggi! This is one plant i've been longing to see get established well in cultivation.
I can't wait to see some photos...
Happy Growing,
Brian.
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Post by fischermans on Apr 23, 2008 19:41:50 GMT
Hello Here are some pictures: 1  2  3  Alexander |
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Post by Brian Barnes on Apr 23, 2008 20:20:47 GMT
Nice pics, Alex! Interesting...The leaves of this species look just like a form of native strap-leaved fern that grows in the Fahkahatchee swamp in south Florida. Very nice! Thanks for sharing with us... Happy Growing, Brian. |
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Post by shartmeyer on Apr 25, 2008 10:25:59 GMT
Hi Alexander, we obviously shot the same plant in Bonn ;D. Some more of our video screen shots of this plant (and others) will follow ... Haha, this is about my comment in our film: "The primary leaves look much more like a fern, than a large climbing liana", however, the tertiary leaves with two hooks look different. So earlier than expected by myself, here are two more screen shots:   |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 25, 2008 23:57:55 GMT
so it is that large carnivorous vine that grow really tall...or does it have different branches that do that?
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Post by Aidan on Apr 26, 2008 21:35:25 GMT
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TriphYophyllum 
