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Post by fredg on May 1, 2009 18:12:44 GMT
Sorry but I had to post these Mother colony Spring 2009 Thirty flowers on it this year  Junior colony spring 2009.  The colonies I have outside are not yet flowering. The furthest from opening flower/s is from Siuslaw National Forest. Any opinions as to why? |
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Post by Jefforever on May 2, 2009 0:05:56 GMT
Beautiful plants, but I cannot answer your question.
In general, you people in UK do way better with these plants than the U.S. west coast growers here, like me.
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Post by ICPS-bob on May 2, 2009 0:45:15 GMT
Fred, do you have location information on your other clones? I would guess that your Siuslaw National Forest clone is possibly from the coastal population near Florence. If Darlingtonia flowering is triggered by daylength or temperature clues, knowing the location of your various clones might help answer why. An interesting problem.
The indoor/outdoor flowering timeing suggests a temperature clue, unless you use artificial lights for the inside plants.
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Post by kulamauiman on May 2, 2009 3:05:20 GMT
The indoor/outdoor flowering timeing suggests a temperature clue, unless you use artificial lights for the inside plants. Maybe degree day model? X number of days above a certain temp to flower (after flower initiation )? |
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Post by fredg on May 2, 2009 19:54:22 GMT
Bob,
I'm afraid that apart from the Siuslaw clone I have no idea of location.
The inside colonies and one outside are the same and I've had this clone since the early 1980s, 1983 I believe.
Plants didn't come with location details that often then, at least not in my direction.
One other colony I just snapped up cheaply on ebay last year.
As for the flowering, I have the 3 different clones outside and Siuslaw is behind the other 2.
My old clone is the furthest on.
So if Siuslaw is coastal and used to higher temps and the other 2 are from colder climes it could explain it.
Anyone else growing Siuslaw and finding a difference?
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Post by jimscott on May 12, 2009 15:57:26 GMT
Enviable.... simply enviable!
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Post by stevebooth on Jun 5, 2009 12:57:08 GMT
Hi Fred,
What a superb plant! do you keep it undercover all year? or does it go outside about this time of year? I'm just jealous and trying to pick up some hints. It looks great
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Post by fredg on Jun 5, 2009 20:41:38 GMT
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Post by fredg on Jun 9, 2009 13:36:09 GMT
The colonies I have outside are not yet flowering. The furthest from opening flower/s is from Siuslaw National Forest. Any opinions as to why? I thought I'd better update. The colonies are doing extremely well, pitcher production is good. Both my own clone and the " EBay" clone flowered well outside in their bird/squirrelproof cages and have put on a lot of good growth The Siuslaw clone didn't flower, the whole plant looks like it's going backwards. The flower stem died back and there is as yet no new growth, very odd for this time of year. I have therefore had to take this plant into the greenhouse and hope the extra heat will pull it through, I will continue to post on its performance. |
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Post by fredg on Jul 10, 2009 19:56:30 GMT
The colonies are now well into pitcher production. Junior is now taller than Mother. July 2009 Mother colony  Junior colony July 2009The Siuslaw clone I took into the greenhouse to give more protection and the extra heat is now shooting in two points. One close to the main plant and another which must be from a runner. It looks like this one prefers the warmer conditions, that probably means that MrsG will lose even more room in the top greenhouse  . |
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Post by fredg on May 29, 2010 12:27:07 GMT
A quick update for this year. Mother colony 2010 Junior colony 2010 which is now outstripping its mother for flowers.  |
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Post by tommyr on May 31, 2010 16:12:32 GMT
WOW! Simply OUTSTANDING! Gorgeous plants!
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Post by seedling on Jun 1, 2010 13:21:19 GMT
awesome man.. they look so gorgeous !!!
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Post by meadowview on Jun 1, 2010 13:47:55 GMT
Hi Guys:
I'm so proud and envious of your ability to grow Darlingtonia. We received a donation of coastal and mountain Darlingtonia from Sarracenia Northwest about two months ago. We set them up on the dripping wet concrete floor of the greenhouse (soil temp of 69F - upper limit for Darlingtonia in my book). Greenhouse has evaporative cooler and shade cloth. Well, forget the mountain clones. They briefly started to grow, stopped, and blackened. The coastal plants produced pitchers but they got attacked by fungus and all the plants are now dead.
I really wonder what the difference is in cultivation between England and eastern U.S. I'm very suspicious of an indigenous pathogen but who knows.
Sincerely,
Phil Sheridan
Meadowview
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Post by wwoehrle on Jun 29, 2010 19:29:21 GMT
this looks amazing. congratulations!
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