3 leaves Drosophyllum Seeding

[wingem]

This year is my third year of growing Drosophyllum. Usually my seeding only has two leaves. But this special seeding has three leaves while it sprouting.

I tryed to paste the pictures but fail. Could someone teach me how to paste picture?

Dave, Thanks

Please check the picture below:

[wadave]

Hi there wingem,

take a look at this post that explains posting photos in good detail.

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Give it a go and if you're still having trouble there will be someone very willing to help get you unstuck.

Dave.

[wingem]

Just one day, in this picture you can see the three leaves grow long simultaneously

[wadave]

They look good.

I haven't tried drosophyllum yet, but it's nice to see how they look after they've just sprouted.

Dave.

[wingem]

This is the update for the three cotyledons Drosophyllum. Now they are straight.

[wwang]

Now it is four-month-old.

[chelmuth]

Wow, that Drosophyllum is doing really good. I'm going to have to try these plants sometime...

[wwang]

Survive from hot summer. Usually the summer tempature is around 32 ~ 38 ¢XC here.
The nine-month-old plant already developed woody stem. But grow slowly within summer.

[Brian Barnes]

Hello,
Your Drosophyllum looks good and healthy...
You're starting to develop a nice "skirt" as they call it, aka the dead leaves on the woody stem. You may have flower spikes developing soon, so keep an eye out!
Congrats!
Happy Growing,
Brian.

[kby]

For me it has seemed (although it's not a big sample space) that the woody stem seems more likely to develop in lower light. I had purchasesd a plant a few years ago and had it in sort of a semi-shaded porch situation. Got some seeds and threw them in the freezer, then the mother died in about 6 months. That was a few years ago. Had some trouble with the freezer and found some seeds encased in some ice. Decided to just take my chances and sow them in the same pot the mother had been in in (outside). One sprouted and started to develop a stem within a few months. Then a second seed germinated. By then I'd moved the pot to full sun (which is now kinda open shade due to some high overhead trees). The second seeding has no stem, is about 25% larger than the first, and is more of a "bush" than having the long trailing stem…

The original mother plant also was more of a long creeping (with woody stem on the dead parts) when it grew on the porch. In this case once the pot moved to more open conditions, the stem ceased to elongate and the growing head became more compact/bush-like (similar to wwang’s above)

I have a pic but don't remember how good it is (kinda low contrast outdoors with the thin leaves); if it's worthwhile I'll update this later.-kby

p.s. Yes they are in the same pot and I'm aware of the alleged proximity effect, although with a couple month head start I guess I expected the older one to dominate if anything. They both look OK if you saw them separate from each other; it's just that the younger one looks a lot better than the older.

[Updated with image: One on the right is younger plant although size differential isn't as obvious as it seems in person]

[wwang]

I was afraid to kill my Drosophyllum so I didn't move it too much. But I took it out to see its leaves today, I found some pests on the back of its leaves.(brown color on the middle left). Finally I knew the reason why I always felt the plant was weak and grew slow. -- short new leaves and became black soon.



This is the pest with shell no legs protect by ants.

[gardenofeden]

they look like scale insects, you need a systemic insecticide. Products with imidaclopyrid or related compounds work well but I have never used these with Drosophyllum. I suspect a soil drench would be most effective.

[chloroplast]

It looks like scale. It will weaken and eventually kill the plant if left unchecked (and spread through your collection).

I would avoid spraying the plant. A one-time drench of imidacloprid (25ml/gal) should work well.

Isotox is another systemic insecticide that can be sprayed. It hasn't harmed any of the CPs I've used it on, but I've never sprayed it onto Drosophyllum.

I would also examine all of your other plants for scale, especially those nearby the infested plant.

Ken

[wwang]

Gardenofeden, Ken

Thanks.

I alrady used floss pick (stick)to remove most of the scales. Due to the insecticide is not good for environment so I won¡¦t use insecticide unless it become out of control. The Drosophyllum is a sort of plant that grow very fast. So I can see it workable or not soon.

[wwang]

It¡¦s just healing from attacked by scale. It's now growing long, thick leave and much alive.
It's a special day for our Drosophyllum -- Happy birthday -- it's one-year-old now.