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Post by hcarlton on Jan 4, 2014 6:58:06 GMT
Hello all, So I started a colony of Darlingtonia "Mountain form" seeds a while back, and decided to make a thread about one of them in particular, since I finally have the first mature leaf forming! A picture below of when I first found it:  As it grows out, I'll post more pics, but it's amazing just how different these mature leaves look even when just starting to grow out... ~hcarlton |
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Post by Apoplast on Jan 4, 2014 15:50:18 GMT
Hi HCarlton - Congrats! Interesting to see a photo of the initiation of a first mature leaf. Thanks for sharing, and good luck.
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 9, 2014 5:37:57 GMT
Updated pic: the next leaf is also showing up, and you can see more of the details now:  |
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 22, 2014 15:28:25 GMT
The first leaf has opened fully now:    It's only about 1.5-2" tall,but seems to have a very large number of big areoles. We'll see what kinds of color it gets once fully grown. |
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 22, 2014 16:21:18 GMT
Gotta love that unmistakable "tongue".
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 29, 2014 15:29:53 GMT
I was wrong: it wasn't quite fully open. The hood flattened out a bit more, and the tongue's bigger   |
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Post by sykosarah on Jan 29, 2014 15:32:28 GMT
They really do look like snakes XD
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Post by hcarlton on Mar 22, 2014 23:06:38 GMT
It's getting bigger, and color is starting to show. I find it interesting how this is the only one yet that has formed mature traps.   You can see in this shot the color infusing the tongue  |
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Post by hcarlton on Apr 22, 2014 0:56:11 GMT
A few tall pots were moved out of the way, so some of the plants are getting more light. You can see the result:  Tongues are turning red, and there's red streaks on the side of the dome. |
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Post by sykosarah on Apr 22, 2014 19:07:53 GMT
They have a bit more color now.
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Post by barefoot on Sept 24, 2014 14:57:40 GMT
Im curious how old were these plants when the photos were taken? The plants look nice and healthy. Are they growing in live sphagnum? I have some seedlings started and have learned that they seem to be very very slow growers.
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Post by hcarlton on Sept 24, 2014 15:11:24 GMT
They are rather slow growers, these plants were well over a year old at the time the photos were taken and are now approaching 2 years without a lot of size increase. There is live sphagnum on the soil surface, but the main soil is dead LFS and perlite.
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Post by barefoot on Sept 25, 2014 2:29:20 GMT
The cobras I started are obviously not in optimal growing conditions when compared to yours. Mine are much smaller really never change in size.
I just placed some more seed in the fridge to be stratified for sowing in October. Will have to try something different but not sure what exactly. Mine were planted in a mix containing too much peat therefore the soil is not too breathable. This will have to be changed for the next batch to be planted. Im not sure what to do about the light levels and watering. What do you do for light and watering?
My seeds were started under some fluorescent lighting which turned the plants a fairly deep red early on so this could indicate lighting being too intense and may have stunned the growth somewhat. For watering mine sat in a shallow tray of water most of the time.
Did you sow your seeds on the top layer of live sphagnum or was it added later after the seeds sprouted?
What temperature are they kept around? Do you use artificial lighting? Tell me more please as those are very nice looking plants!
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Post by hcarlton on Sept 25, 2014 14:40:06 GMT
Deep reds mean your plants are getting very good lighting. Remember, they experience full sun in the wild. Mine are under actually rather dim artificial lighting right now, I hope to move them to somewhere brighter eventually, and I hand water from the top every other day. The pot has holes all around the side, so they're always aerated too.
As for the sphagnum, I neither added it nor were the seeds planted in it. It sprouted on its own sometime after the plants germinated.
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Post by hcarlton on Mar 28, 2015 15:37:13 GMT
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