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Post by hcarlton on Mar 10, 2014 14:58:52 GMT
More shots as things progress The biggest auriculata is now nearly 5 inches tall, still going too  D. platystigma "A" is about to flower, and after only a couple months growing! These have almost metallic orange flowers  Dewy field of D. roseana  Here we see 2 of the 5 D. regia seedlings I have growing. these are much older than the others, and the one on the left is producing 5" leaves   D. brevifolia  |
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Post by hcarlton on Mar 22, 2014 23:15:25 GMT
Went through a major feeding/repotting/everything this week, and of course had to photograph some plants while I was at it... D. tracyi flower  The whole pot   And the second split leaf  So many climbing D. auriculata. Which reminds me, one of them flowered today, and it was pink!  Double leaf on D. aliciae  D. roseana  D. scorpioides "Pink flower"  D. platystigma "A"  One recently produced this, too    D. affinis net  New plant, a nidiformis x natalensis hybrid soon to be named 'Tom Turpin'  D. tomentosa looking immaculate, as always  I know, it's not a sundew, but I had to share: I find it fascinating how the entire corolla on Byblis liniflora just pops off in one piece  D. burmannii 'Pilliga Red', both of my big plants   And the current big plant of D. burmannii "Humpty Doo"  |
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Post by hcarlton on Apr 4, 2014 14:22:41 GMT
Continuing on: D. trinervia continues to get bigger, but no flowers this season yet.  And the D. capensis "alba" always seem to do the best out of my varieties  spatulata 'Tamlin' x tokaiensis "B": major difference between this one and my other Tamlin x tokai cross- this one has wider lamina, and lighter flowers  spatulata "white flower" x 'Tamlin'  first fully open flower in a long time on aliciae  And anglica Oregon waking up  |
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Post by hcarlton on Apr 16, 2014 14:30:09 GMT
Still need help on a positive ID for this one: reminds me a lot of something between slackii and cuneifolia, but the leaves are really thin....  roseana always looks nice  The flower on D. spatulata 'Tamlin' x sp. Lantau Island. Colors range from light to very light pink, and the flowers are large compared to the plants at the moment.  D. anglica Oregon are now fully grown out, and flowering  D. sp. Lantau Island  And lastly, the pot of prolifera  |
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Post by hcarlton on Apr 22, 2014 1:03:52 GMT
Okay so I still really need help ID'ing these plants: These ones are definitely looking like either slackii or a close relative due to the wider lamina tips  Whereas these plants in the same batch have leaves similar to aliciae, but slightly thinner, and the plants stay smaller, so I'm still thinking admirabilis for these  D. aliciae made a double leaf, and this guy has been flowering recently, so I made a few new crosses!  and it made a mutant 6-petal flower too  And I still have 3 D. regia doing well, one struggling, and a couple more seeds sown. Maybe I'll get a whole colony soon! The big one is making leaves consistently around 6" now, and should get larger soon.   D. spatulata 'Tamlin' x sp. Lantau Island, showing off the flowers  D. tokaiensis "B" x spatulata "white flower" really need to be thinned out....   Here we see the bigger, probably mature D. tomentosa, and the seedling I started about 6 months later   D. sessilifolia  And my most recent threadleaf acquisition, and doing well, D. 'Dreamsicle'  |
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Post by tanukimo on Apr 22, 2014 6:15:29 GMT
Is there any red pigment on the Drosera regia? It doesn't look like there is any from your pictures. And I'm curious how the indica seedlings are doing.
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Post by hcarlton on Apr 22, 2014 16:03:54 GMT
There is, but D. regia isn't exactly a very red plant to begin with. As for the indica, they're growing steadily, just not making any dramatically longer leaves, only getting taller for the most part.
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Post by hcarlton on May 4, 2014 2:05:05 GMT
D. regia continues to enthrall me:   The leaves are reaching well over 7-8 inches in length, and with increasing light levels and faster growing leaves for more food, I hope to see some serious size very soon. Capensis typical finally looking good again, usually this one is far overshadowed by the alba...  D. 'Dreamsicle' is flowering, and as filiformis x tracyi crosses are somewhat fertile, and my intermedia are beginning to flower, I hope to make some fantastic hybrida type crosses  One of my creepiest pots: the head full of intermedia Easton, MA  Here's what happens when not all your plants go dormant at the same time and you put them in the fridge anyway: mutant D. rotundifolia. In this pic you can see a double, triple, and a quadruple leaf  As requested, D. indica "Pink scented Flower": they never get wider, just lankier for me, though this is bigger than they've ever been in previous attempts.  |
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Post by tanukimo on May 4, 2014 3:43:45 GMT
Thanks for posting the pic of the indica! They are so thin they look like Byblis. And that head creeps me out, especially with the plants growing out of the eyes sockets.
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Post by fredg on May 4, 2014 9:01:10 GMT
There is, but D. regia isn't exactly a very red plant to begin with. Are you growing your plant well shaded or is this simply a result of overwintering in leaf? My own plants are grown in natural light and display considerably more red pigment than yours. The colour is in the base of the plant, up the leaf centre and in the glands. |
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Post by tanukimo on May 4, 2014 9:30:31 GMT
There is, but D. regia isn't exactly a very red plant to begin with. Are you growing your plant well shaded or is this simply a result of overwintering in leaf? My own plants are grown in natural light and display considerably more red pigment than yours. The colour is in the base of the plant, up the leaf centre and in the glands. Yeah, while mine was still growing on a windowsill it had a fair amount of red pigment, even though it didn't get much light in particular. And it looks like your Drosera capensis 'typical' also lacks red pigment. I thought it was alba at first.
Maybe something is just weird with your camera. It doesn't look like your plants are light-deprived, although I may be wrong.
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Post by hcarlton on May 5, 2014 4:35:22 GMT
To be perfectly honest most of the color is due to my camera (it doesn't catch faint reds/pinks very well). The plant actually has very red tentacles, and developing leaves and usually the midribs stay flushed with red. I'm always strapped for money so I don't have the cash to get really bright lights, but I make up for it by using multiples.
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Post by fredg on May 5, 2014 7:42:05 GMT
I'm sorry but if your plant has all this red in it why did you say it didn't? You are sending conflicting messages.
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Post by hcarlton on May 5, 2014 14:54:22 GMT
What I would consider to be "red" is something that gets significant blushing through the leaves, or like the red capensis turns fully scarlet. The green color of the leaves on regia greatly overpowers most of the red tentacles and the blush in new leaves, so it is not a plant I would say is "red."
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Post by hcarlton on May 20, 2014 2:05:29 GMT
D. capensis 'Albino' flower: I've attempted a number of crosses on my plant, though may have to redo a lot, since on the first few flowers even the selfed flowers often didn't take, so only a couple of the spatulata crosses worked out. The reverse, however....  D. brevifolia. Small plant, but prolific  D. regia, again. Hey, what can I say, it's getting big, and that means pics  This one ticks me off: the 'Dreamsicle' is growing fine, but like half the plants in my greenhouse, for no reason the flower stalk just rotted at the top. Anyone know what causes this?? I'm losing a lot of chances for great hybrids because of it...  See if you can spot all the sides to one leaf: D. rotundifolia, the first is a triple leaf, the second is a quadruple   |
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