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Post by rocketcaver on Nov 16, 2009 19:26:12 GMT
I'm getting some sandersonii in the mail this week.
The fellow said he is sending bare stolons.
I'm new to utrics so not sure exactly how I should plant these.
All suggestions appreciated.
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Post by jesser on Nov 16, 2009 20:32:59 GMT
I'm new to utrics so not sure exactly how I should plant these. All suggestions appreciated. This works for me: I put the stolons flat on a pot filled with peat moss. Then I fix them by sprinkling some silica sand over the stolons just to fasten them to the ground (stolons partly covered with sand and partly not) and stand the pot in an environment with very high humidity (terrarium). |
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Post by rocketcaver on Nov 17, 2009 0:25:16 GMT
Jesser,
I suppose you lay them flat to insure maximum contact with the media, yes?
So do new plants form sort of like with dews, or do the old stolons eventually take hold and stand up?
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Post by w03 on Nov 17, 2009 0:32:32 GMT
Stand up? What do you mean?  (Sandersonii grows flat to the ground...) I've grown livida cuttings, and from my experience, using jesser's method will make the stolons sprout rosettes/leaves like sundews. Unlike sundews, the old stolon doesn't die away, it starts spreading, and you soon have a pot full of it! |
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Post by rocketcaver on Nov 17, 2009 0:45:50 GMT
Thanks for your info, I'm just learning about these cool little plants. Didn't realize that sandersonii grow horizontally. Makes sense now.  |
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Post by jesser on Nov 17, 2009 8:01:01 GMT
Jesser, I suppose you lay them flat to insure maximum contact with the media, yes? Yes, that's all. Just let them have contact to the wet substrate and light and a high humidity they will start to grow. The stolons will develop leaves towards the direction of the light and roots growing in the opposite direction. And they will develop side shoots flat on the ground, so the pot will get filled with U. sandersonii as times goes by. |
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Post by rocketcaver on Nov 17, 2009 17:51:07 GMT
Thanks folks for all the good info.
Would it be a good idea to keep the media extra wet until they get going, as for starting sundews from leaf cuttings?
I keep my dew media pretty much flooded until they get established and they really take off.
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Post by w03 on Nov 18, 2009 0:37:58 GMT
It is a good idea to keep the cuttings wet; even adult plants grow in flooded conditions.
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(Sandersonii grows flat to the ground...)
