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Post by mattopel on Mar 12, 2007 20:41:38 GMT
Hi all! I've been following the CP listserve for years, but mostly lurk. I'm excited about all sorts of carnivorous plants, and their cultivation, conservation, ecology, morphology and evolution. The carnivorous flora of South Africa is an area of special interest for me. I have various degrees in botany, and am employed by the University of Connecticut Biology Greenhouses: florawww.eeb.uconn.edu -Matt |
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Post by sundewmatt on Mar 13, 2007 2:54:51 GMT
Hi Matt,
Good to see you here. Those are some very nice Roridula you grow. Have you had similar luck with any of the S.African Drosera?
Matt
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Post by albusilente on Mar 13, 2007 9:23:59 GMT
Wellcome from Italy!!! ;D
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Post by mattopel on Mar 13, 2007 14:15:59 GMT
Hi Albusilente, SundewMatt! Hi Matt, Good to see you here. Those are some very nice Roridula you grow. Have you had similar luck with any of the S.African Drosera? Thanks! Roridula fruits are just starting to ripen, and I should be able to get some seeds to the ICPS seedbank in a month or so. The UConn collection actually doesn't include many S. African Drosera species. D. regia is starting to grow strongly, but isn't quite mature at about 3 years from seed. We've got the common ones, of course, and we do have locality data for most. D. capensis from Vogelgat (near Hermanus, slightly east of Cape Town) is sort of interesting-- it seems to get larger than the omnipresent random ex-hort. material, and also has much stronger tendencies towards winter growth and summer torpor. -Matt |
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Post by quogue on Mar 13, 2007 15:20:30 GMT
Heya Matt, it's Matt, the guy who comes up once in awhile from Long Island, NY. Good to see you here!
I have King Sundew clones I originally got from Peter at California Carnivores.
Would you want one for the University?
I probly won't be up there again till the BBQ, and then till the show, by that time they should be a pretty good size. Don't have exact location data, but with King's there ain't many places it can be from anyways...
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Post by sundewmatt on Mar 13, 2007 15:49:16 GMT
what is this, a MATT CONVENTION?!?!  matt o, are your s african drosera from other growers or were they collected by a contact in S Africa? theres a lot of variation among S African plants of the same species since theyre often geographically isolated from one another. SUNDEWmatt |
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Post by mattopel on Mar 13, 2007 20:31:40 GMT
Hi Matt, Matt, others, Heya Matt, it's Matt, the guy who comes up once in awhile from Long Island, NY. Good to see you here! I have King Sundew clones I originally got from Peter at California Carnivores. Would you want one for the University? I probly won't be up there again till the BBQ, and then till the show, by that time they should be a pretty good size. Don't have exact location data, but with King's there ain't many places it can be from anyways... Thank you for the very generous offer, but I think that UConn is pretty well set for king sundews (there are half a dozen or so coming along, with locality data, for whatever that's worth with a species with 1 locality  ). what is this, a MATT CONVENTION?!?! matt o, are your s african drosera from other growers or were they collected by a contact in S Africa? theres a lot of variation among S African plants of the same species since theyre often geographically isolated from one another. SUNDEWmatt Some from other growers, some from South Africans (esp. the Saunderses at Silverhill Seeds), and some that I collected seed for myself (under a permit from W. Cape Nature Conservation, of course). I've been to S.A. a couple of times, though most of my botanizing has been in Namaqualand and Bushmanland, which are too dry for C.P! I've also tended to be there in July-August, which is too early to even see much in the way of Drosera flowers, let alone collect seed. -Matt O. |
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Post by sundewmatt on Mar 13, 2007 23:19:39 GMT
matt o, it seems like you may not know that there are supposed to be 2 quite different forms of regia, 1 from the top of the mountain and 1 from the bottom....
matt
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Post by mattopel on Mar 14, 2007 17:35:42 GMT
Hi S-Matt, matt o, it seems like you may not know that there are supposed to be 2 quite different forms of regia, 1 from the top of the mountain and 1 from the bottom.... Interesting... I seem to recall internet reports of a 2nd population. Do you know any details? I've never been to Bainskloof myself. -Matt |
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Post by roridula on Mar 14, 2007 19:44:29 GMT
matt o, it seems like you may not know that there are supposed to be 2 quite different forms of regia, 1 from the top of the mountain and 1 from the bottom.... matt So, are you growing "The King of the Mountain"? |
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Post by Jeremiah on Mar 14, 2007 19:47:36 GMT
I got to see some of Matt’s Roridula at the ICPS conference and let me tell you they were breathtaking. Here was one of his large ones on the Best of Show table.  -Jeremiah- |
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Post by Matt BS on Mar 15, 2007 4:51:07 GMT
Ok, I had to jump in. This is Matt from Oregon. making my first post. This seemed like the matt club, so thought I'd add to the list!
Matt BS
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Post by mattopel on Mar 15, 2007 21:06:34 GMT
Hey Jeremiah! Thanks for posting the Roridula photo... that plant has lost some branches to fungus (summer '06 was downright soupy, and they hate that), and is smaller now, but still hanging in there and producing quite a bit of seed. All the sarracenias and pygmy droseras you sent last year are doing great!
Hi Mattopis! Yup, it's a regular mattopia here at the ICPS boards...
-Matt O.
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Post by sundewmatt on Mar 19, 2007 0:45:27 GMT
hi matt
i dont remember particulars, except that theyre separated and different. i THINK the one down on the bottom of the mountain is more tolerant of hotter temperatures. i also think one may be a lot bigger. ive heard regia spends the winter under snow.
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Post by pinglover on Mar 19, 2007 1:08:23 GMT
Beautiful Roridula.
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