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Post by David on Mar 6, 2007 18:38:06 GMT 8
These are the lastest pictures of my D. burmanii that TS gave me. It has grown about 4 times it size since I got it. Soooooo cute. Such a pretty plant. Love it! Burmaniis grow very well for me under artificial lights.   |
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Post by cactustts on Mar 6, 2007 19:51:50 GMT 8
Hey ... David, your plant showed more red then mine, how come? They like artificial light more then natural light? Let me show you mine when I got the shot.
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Post by Robert on Mar 6, 2007 23:34:04 GMT 8
mine have the same red,grown under natural light. I will get a photo tomorrow #edited to post photo These are grown under natural light under nursery shade. Seeds sown in the same pot and already had some germination.  |
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Post by zakhren on Mar 6, 2007 23:52:18 GMT 8
Haha I got a sundew. It's doing great. Looks bigger now. I'll show a pic soon.
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Post by cactustts on Mar 8, 2007 0:04:32 GMT 8
Look at mine, they doesn't show that kind of red like you guys' plant had. Why? I put them under direct sunlight with no shades. TS  |
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Post by Robert on Mar 8, 2007 7:16:17 GMT 8
TS it will eventually,but not for long it will show the red. Mine look greenish like yours at first.
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Post by David on Mar 8, 2007 13:31:27 GMT 8
TS, remember you saw one of mine all green? t si still green untill today. Funny thing is that it has red colours at the tentacles when it was smaller. Then it just started changed and now the whol plant is all green. However, it looks healthy and has a lot of dews just like yours.
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Post by David on Mar 8, 2007 18:25:56 GMT 8
Hey, anyway green is also very beautiful. Actually when I look at your picture closely, the tentacles are pinkish. The one I have that is green is REALLY totally green.
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Post by cactustts on Mar 11, 2007 14:11:14 GMT 8
I think I should also show the flower.  |
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Post by David on Mar 12, 2007 12:41:31 GMT 8
Beautiful flower. Wow! the flower stalk is long huh. I mean if you compare to the size of the plant. Looks similar to my byblis flower. Just that the byblis one is blue and the stalk is not so long. My intermedia flower stalk is also not so long.
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Post by artificialive on Mar 12, 2007 13:14:10 GMT 8
Yup, the flower stalk must be long enough to avoid the insect (to pollinate the flower) turned to be the prey of the plant. hehe
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Post by David on Mar 12, 2007 13:56:02 GMT 8
That make complete sense.
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Post by David on Mar 24, 2007 8:31:21 GMT 8
Hi TS, one of the burmanii you gave me is starting to flower. Saw the flower stalk when I got home from work yesterday. Hope you don't mind, I'm gonna sacrifice this fella for some seeds.
Want to have more burmaniis in my collection. Easy to grow and beautiful. The mother plant is about the size of a 50 cents coin. Should be mature enough to give me a good set of seeds. Hopefully this time I will have better germination from the seeds... fingers cross...
Would be interesting to see if I can keep this plant alive after it flower.
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Post by zakhren on Mar 24, 2007 11:09:32 GMT 8
Hmm just wondering, anyone know what triggers flowering? Does it actually have anything to do with seasons or it just flowers when it feels like it?
Oh also i'm wondering, how much dun does burmanii like? Full sun or bright shade?
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Post by cactustts on Mar 25, 2007 11:18:46 GMT 8
David, of course I don't mind, that's yours now.
Zak, it flower when reach maturity, most probably will die after set seeds. Burmanii like full sun, mine under full sun, protect it from rain with some kind of transparent plastic or class sheet on top of it, or else all dews will be washed away by rain.
Robert, you're right, my plant got redder now!
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Post by David on Mar 26, 2007 8:57:50 GMT 8
TS, guess what, yesterday another burmanii gave up a flower stalk. However, i decided to cut it off and just try on one of the burmaniis first.
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Post by zakhren on Apr 27, 2007 18:29:18 GMT 8
For some strange reason my burmanii isn't doing so well... It just started to look worse... I haven't moved it or changed it's conditions at all.
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Post by David on Apr 27, 2007 22:07:20 GMT 8
How long have you been growing it in that particular condition? Where do you place it? Can show some pictures? Has it flower before?
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Post by mukaketupat on May 30, 2007 15:14:58 GMT 8
heya all. the burmanii that david gave us is flowering. the size of the thing is pretty small, probably about and inch and a half but its sending a tall tall stalk now, and it looks soooo tiny. im not very experience at this, but can someone give me a step by step guide how to collect the seeds? or what happens if decide not to? will the seed drop in the sphagnum and just grow by itself? or will it just die? sorry for many questions. want to know my options.  |
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Post by David on May 31, 2007 9:20:44 GMT 8
Perhaps the other more experience members can give you a better explaination, as I'm still quite new with sundews, but here's my thoughts... The flower will self polinate. Once the flower stalk dries up you can cut the stalk off. The seeds are inside the dried up flowers/pods. Just open the flowers/pods and the tiny dust like seeds will drop out. If you do not collect the seeds, some of it will just drop to the ground/pot, some will be blown away.
What I do is I use a white piece of A4 paper to collect the seeds. Easier to see thsoe tiny seeds in a white background. Careful not to put yor face too near as you breathing would blow the seeds away.
The mother plant might die from flowering as burmaniis are annual plants. In the wild they grow for a season, flower and die. Then the next genration will take over. If you cut off the flower stalk now and don allow it to flower, it will last you for about 2 years according to experienced growers. Mine have not reached two years yet, so this is based on info I've read.
However, I've allowed one of mine to flower twice now and the leaves are dying. Then I quickly fed it with insects. New leaves seems to be growing although smaller. It seem to have revived. Lets see if it survived.
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