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Post by adelea on Sept 24, 2014 22:53:57 GMT
The leaves are also very small for a reniformis, I grow my plants in the greenhouse, full sun through 50% shade cloth from about 9am-3pm year round (I have no true winter), soil is 30:10:60 sand:bark:spag, 25cm tall pot and permanent 4-5cm tray. As you can see it is more prostrate.
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Post by hcarlton on Sept 25, 2014 14:41:27 GMT
Mind you, the large form of "reniformis" is actually U. cornigera. U. reniformis typically produces smaller ground hugging leaves and occasionally shoots up the larger, stalked leaves which still stay far smaller than its cousin.
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Post by adelea on Sept 25, 2014 21:19:57 GMT
My plant is the "typical" form, they also sell a giant form (Not elephant) here which I believe is conigera, but I may be wrong as I don't know much on the larger utric species as most need special care here that I don't have the time to supply. Reniformis and longifolia on the other hand are happy to be abandoned and just checked on every 3-4weeks like most of my terrestrials.
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Post by hcarlton on Oct 21, 2014 0:37:58 GMT
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Post by hcarlton on Nov 3, 2014 16:48:20 GMT
A very special bladderwort has bloomed for the first time in my collection. Famed for that purple bullseye that appears in the middle of the skirt, this is U. pubescens U. pubescens by hawken.carlton, on Flickr U. pubescens by hawken.carlton, on Flickr My mother commented that this second flower looks like the Virgin Mary, with the arms held out to the side and "broken heart".... U. pubescens by hawken.carlton, on Flickr
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Post by hcarlton on Dec 3, 2014 21:09:02 GMT
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Post by hcarlton on Dec 15, 2014 17:59:08 GMT
Thanks to some rearrangement, somewhat increased lighting has brought the furious rabbits back with a vengeance. That scowl speaks of many terrible deeds.... U. sandersonii typical by hawken.carlton, on Flickr
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Post by hcarlton on Dec 28, 2014 22:41:02 GMT
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Post by Dave Evans on Jan 6, 2015 1:52:21 GMT
I am positive that plant is not U. sandersonii... But I don't know what it really is...
I have grown both and I suspect the blue flowered plant is a hybrid with a species that has fewer flowers on the scape than does U. sandersonii. Or a different species all together.
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Post by coline on Jan 9, 2015 13:56:54 GMT
Calcyfida does not like heat or full sun? what do you think, mine flowers, but makes no big leaves
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 9, 2015 16:31:12 GMT
Mine gets some direct sunlight at this time of year, but nothing extremely strong. Most things I've read about it say it's a more shade loving species.
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Post by coline on Jan 10, 2015 12:54:21 GMT
I see, I'll move it to see what happens, is it the same for all the other little terrestrials?
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 10, 2015 16:44:28 GMT
They have little issue with just about any lighting.
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Post by coline on Jan 11, 2015 14:41:09 GMT
I see, then the thing would be the mid day heat that they don't like
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Post by hcarlton on Jan 12, 2015 17:26:06 GMT
Not sure how heat would be much of an effect for others. Many of my species experience temperatures at least during summer upwards of 90F. In other news: U. calycifida now has at least 4 separate stalks growing, and the biggest produced much darker colored flowers than the first stalk I ever got. This means I have at least 2 very different strains in here now. U. calycifida by hawken.carlton, on Flickr U. calycifida by hawken.carlton, on Flickr Also, looking at old pics of my original U. sandersonii "Blue" and others on the internet, and comparing them to my SG plants, I have noticed something important that may suggest hybrid nature: the bifurcation of the upper lip is markedly decreased, to where the famous "ears" are almost nonexistent in the SG plants, while the typical "blue" plants have rather distinct ears.
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