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Post by brokken on Mar 24, 2008 16:46:07 GMT
S. alata with the first open pitcher of the season!  That is, S. purpurea var venosa notwithstanding - since it kept its pitchers intact throughout (our California) winter.
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Post by Alexis on Mar 25, 2008 16:58:26 GMT
And no picture? Tut tut
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Post by ICPS-bob on Mar 25, 2008 19:38:11 GMT
critter.net seemed to be down for a while -- the photo is again showing at this moment.
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Post by unstuckintime on Mar 26, 2008 23:12:01 GMT
Look at that forest of Drosera! What species is that? It looks like Capensis from here, but i could be very wrong.
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Post by brokken on Mar 27, 2008 0:01:32 GMT
Look at that forest of Drosera! What species is that? It looks like Capensis from here, but i could be very wrong. Yeah, it's capensis. It grows there in great numbers without my intervention. In early spring, they act as aphid traps for pests that would suck on the newly emerging sarracenia leaves. |
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Post by Clint on Mar 27, 2008 16:11:06 GMT
I wouldn't count on them for your aphid problem. I'd use pesticides if I were you.
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Post by Dave Evans on Mar 27, 2008 20:35:40 GMT
Ditto from me. Drosera can eat fungus gnats/flies, but aphids eat Drosera.
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Post by trimen1000 on Mar 27, 2008 21:01:16 GMT
S. flava 'all red' x x ? 'lamentations' was the first for me.
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Post by brokken on Mar 28, 2008 16:41:28 GMT
I wouldn't count on them for your aphid problem. I'd use pesticides if I were you. I never said I had an aphid problem.  However you can see plenty of them stuck on the leaves of my little drosera forest surrounding most of my planters. They catch the aelates that fly around during spring. Obviously it will do nothing once established on a leaf. |
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Post by Randy Zerr on Apr 30, 2008 1:55:21 GMT
Fantastic planter growing! Great pictures too. I have a box that looked like that except with S flava, minor & D filiformis. I let nature do it's thing, not moving any plants and the Sarracenias took over and eliminated the Drosera. I wonder if D. capensis, being one of the toughest sundews could maintain in a crowded mass of Sarracenia rhizomes?
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Post by wmgorum on May 1, 2008 20:55:28 GMT
Awesome picture! I love the look of the capensis in there...
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