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Post by gj on Jun 8, 2020 22:22:54 GMT -5
Started some burmannii from seed a while back. Interesting to see the variation in colour and growth. Thinking maybe I should have spread them out over a couple pots though haha. Whoops.  |
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Post by perrywing on Jun 22, 2020 19:30:41 GMT -5
Looks awesome! I love seeing little tiny plant babies - so cute!! It's interesting to see the most reddish-coloured ones are clustered nearer the centre of the pot. I don't mean to hijack the thread, but I also planted some seed a while ago (u. alpina from Cole) and I think I also could have spread them out a bit. We'll have nice green (sticky, in your case) carpets in a few more months though!    |
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Post by gj on Jun 22, 2020 20:49:34 GMT -5
You can hijack with baby plant pics anytime haha. I've not done a whole lot of reading on utric germination yet, but it looks like you've got things figured out!
It's interesting that not only are the red plants certainly more present closer to the center of the pot, but they are also clearly slower growing. You can sort of see the difference in size in the original post, and I would say the size difference is slightly more significant now. I remember reading once that with some Drosera (which I believe included burmannii), if not fed, tend to turn red, but when fed, they tend to turn green. I have misted them once or twice with some weak Maxsea, so I'm wondering if by some strange circumstance, when I misted, the mist landed more on the plants on the perimeter than in the center, which is why they are not only green, but also why they are growing faster. Or it just is what it is, I'm not sure haha.
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Post by dvg on Jun 23, 2020 12:09:36 GMT -5
Wow! Look at all of those U. alpina seedlings...all seed grown and all unique!  Nice work with germinating all of those Perrywing! dvg |
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Post by perrywing on Jun 30, 2020 20:55:57 GMT -5
Wow! Look at all of those U. alpina seedlings...all seed grown and all unique! Nice work with germinating all of those Perrywing! dvg Thanks! They're actually the first CP seeds I've tried, and I must have done something right I guess! I do notice that they're taking forever to grow, however. I think it'll be quite a while before they get any real height to them. |
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Post by perrywing on Jun 30, 2020 20:59:39 GMT -5
gj Interesting! I definitely would have thought the plants in the centre would grow faster, but that's not the case. Any way, they all look happy and healthy! Great job! I've yet to try my hand at germinating drosera - maybe someday soon!
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Post by dvg on Jun 30, 2020 21:11:02 GMT -5
Thanks! They're actually the first CP seeds I've tried, and I must have done something right I guess! I do notice that they're taking forever to grow, however. I think it'll be quite a while before they get any real height to them. Haha, they may be slow now, while they're colonizing the pot with underground growth, but it's well worth the wait. Besides, if they were popping up in flower everywhere, you'd have subulata in your pot.  dvg |
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Post by gj on Jul 1, 2020 10:12:00 GMT -5
I guess there's an advantage to being clustered together: teamwork!   No big surpirse, but the pot is looking much more red with the time it has been getting outside in direct sun. |
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Post by muckydoo on Jul 1, 2020 14:32:49 GMT -5
So jealous of those !!! Mine are... meh... I tossed them and restarted.
I just sprouted a few new ones in water, and have transferred them to media, so we'll see how they do.
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Post by gj on Jul 1, 2020 16:13:30 GMT -5
That's too bad, hope the new ones do well for you! A while back I discovered a seedling from the D. burmannii 'Humpty Doo' I got from kell27 that had managed to sneak its way into the pot with the spatulatas I also got from her, so I plucked it out and gave it its own pot. It's definitely well ahead of my seedlings in terms of maturity, but I'm looking forward to seeing whether there is any obvious variation between it, and the seedlings as my little guys mature. Here's the 'Humpty Doo' as of today:  |
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Post by dvg on Jul 1, 2020 16:16:53 GMT -5
Those are coming along nicely GJ. Muckydoo, i do like your idea of germinating the seeds first and then spacing the sprouting seedlings out in the pot. One time, i poured a lot of collected D. capensis seed on a 4" pot, and had a carpet of them covering the top of that pot. The only problem was they were so overcrowded, that they stayed tiny for a long, long time. I ended up pricking out a couple of the larger ones, and then sent the rest of that "seedling mat" to another member on our previous forum.  dvg |
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Post by muckydoo on Jul 1, 2020 16:36:03 GMT -5
It's a new experiment for me, so I'll see how it goes!
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Post by kell27 on Jul 2, 2020 21:48:47 GMT -5
That's too bad, hope the new ones do well for you! A while back I discovered a seedling from the D. burmannii 'Humpty Doo' I got from kell27 that had managed to sneak its way into the pot with the spatulatas I also got from her, so I plucked it out and gave it its own pot. It's definitely well ahead of my seedlings in terms of maturity, but I'm looking forward to seeing whether there is any obvious variation between it, and the seedlings as my little guys mature. Here's the 'Humpty Doo' as of today: It could also be a D. sessilifolia as I was also growing those at the time! I was told a while ago that they're very closely related. I'm glad to see it's doing so well! |
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Post by gj on Jul 2, 2020 23:05:01 GMT -5
kell27 Ah that's good to know! I'll have to watch to see if I can pick up on any differences. They both are incredibly similar from what I've seen, in basic shape, and with those neat little "flick traps". It appears to be the case that burmannii tends to get larger than sessilifolia, and has a skinnier petiole, so I'll have to see if I can pick up on that as the plant matures. Maybe I'll go spend some time looking at flower structures as well to see if there is anything there I can use to confirm the species if/when it gets to that stage.
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Post by kell27 on Jul 13, 2020 15:07:30 GMT -5
Someone once told me that they're pretty much the same species but I do see a difference. Under my lighting the sessilifolia always had that red outline and stayed small while the burmanni started out green and eventually got some colour when it gained some height and size.
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