U. quelchii

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The flower of U. quelchii "Auyán Tepui" is even more vivid than this picture can show! Some plants just have to be seen up close.

[dvg]

A true delight,

So very bright!



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[labine]

Wow, what a nice specimen!!!

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This recent U. quelchii "Auyán Tepui" arrival came as a clump, and was then split up into two cultures when it was received here.

There is not much to see at this point in time, save for the odd leafy stolon or mossy bits,



but there is some new green growth started and on the way for some future progress reports.











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[dvg]

A few progress pics to share.

This U. quelchii is slow to get going, and starts by sending up small spoon shaped leaves, along the outer edges of the pot, probably sent up from rhizomes, circling the inside pot perimeter.



Once it gets going, it can and will send up multiple stolons, in small clumps.



Then, the subsequent leaf stolons being produced, will continue to increase in size,



until this bladderworts eventually puts up leaf stolons on petiole-like stems.



Meanwhile, this plant's older leaf stolons begin to self-propagate plantlets from their "leaf" tips.













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[gj]

DVG, I was hoping you were going to do an update on your U. quelchii after you mentioned it was starting to propagate from the leaf tips. Thanks for sharing!

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These leaf stolon's plantlets seemed to remain in a state of stasis, before they came into contact with live Sphagnum moss.

One leaf stolon, which broke off from its supporting stem, when placed on live Sphagnum, took little time to take advantage of its moist media, and began to rapidly propagate itself.

I had expected it to begin making traps, but that was not what happened.

It surprised me with its first order of business by growing out about eight tiny tubers in a ring around the "leaf" tip.

The tubers were very small, smaller than a grain of pearl barley, pale opaque green in color, and shaped like an acorn or hazelnut.

Then tiny photosynthetic stolons popped up from the larger tubers, so tiny that they resembled a stray strand of wispy moss.

So far, haven't observed any traps being formed yet, but they can't be far off now.

Will try to take a macro pic or two in the near future, to show you what i've been observing here.







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[dvg]

Snapped a pic of the tubers forming a ring around the tip of a detached U. quelchii leaf stolon.



There are also three small leafy stolons in there as well.




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[dvg]

The photosynthetic leaf stolens have grown out a bit more in size, since the last post, here.



And bladder traps are now being made, with more being sighted when I was pushing away the moss that was threatening to overgrow everything.



With the cooler winter temps, all of my Utrics have slowed in growth,



but this quelchii is slowly and steadily making larger sized leaf stolens.








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[dvg]

An update on this U. quelchii from Auyan Tepui, now mounded in a mass of moss.



This clone is sending up its most mature, as in largest, leafy stolons since i acquired it last year.



It has yet to flower, but hoping it will be mature enough to bear some of its breathtaking blooms next year.



Until then, i'll continue to enjoy the taller, wider green stolons now emerging.

















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[bonfield]

U. quelchii "Ilu Tepui"

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"Auyán Tepui"

[dvg]

Always happy to see one of your new quelchii blossoms, Cole - such wondrous beauties!












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[funkmaster]

Beautiful flowers, the difference in shape and color between the various locations is fascinating!

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A new leaf stolon rising up in front of an older one; i was surprised and impressed by the pitting of pores on the older leaf stolon.



This was the best side shot of the new spoon shaped stolon, but can see a wart shaped bump on top and some hinting of the developing veins.



A shot showing the hollowed underside of the "spoon", with the veining more evident.



This is the clone from Auyán Tepui.
















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