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Post by cactustts on May 22, 2007 23:50:50 GMT 8
Hey David, This is the madagascariensis you gave me. Hope it grows seeds, so I can grow more to return some to you. Cheers TS  |
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Post by 3sgjeffery on May 22, 2007 23:54:01 GMT 8
 Wah! Nice... too bad i have no luck in Seeds... Or else i will sure... hehe...
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Post by tarence on May 23, 2007 8:34:20 GMT 8
Wow, that`s beauty. I guess it grows outside ? under semi shade ? One of my dream droseras. Actually , all unusual droseras which i don`t have are my dream plants.
David: i didn`t see that in your place that nite........yours didn`t survive ?
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Post by David on May 23, 2007 9:17:23 GMT 8
TS... Waa, it has grew much taller huh? I think you're the only one that has this now. Guard it with your life man!  I am glad I gave you one (or was it 2, can't remember) or else all of them would have died. I would be glad if you can give me the babies in the future. Tarence, I have 4 more but it just died  a few weeks ago. I suspect it was the water because during that time I got lazy and use tap water to water it. It's ok if you use tap water outdoors as you can allow the water to flow out or the rain might wash the media once in a while but in a terrarium it's different. Also I increased the speed of the fan blowing over the light ballast. That might have decreased the humidity in the terrarium as the air also flows into the growing area. It turned brown on the leaves. Remember I mentioned to you before that my filiformis leaves are also turning brown at the tips? Now no more since I reduced the speed of the fan and use RO water again. But was too late to save the madagascarinsis. I love this plant for it's unique growing stem. Also, it is the only sundew species found in Madagascar, where it came from. The best thing is it is a tropical plant. I grew these from seeds. Some pictures of my plants before it went to plant heaven. Here's a side view:   |
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Post by tarence on May 29, 2007 16:39:47 GMT 8
Other than having RO water system in our house, can we also buy it from the petrol stations ? any eye dear ? ( or idea ? heheh ) i have a feeling my d.binata which is shooting out 2 new leafs is going to go sour on me if I use tap water on it. I`m running out of rain water.
Help !
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Post by David on May 29, 2007 17:08:46 GMT 8
I buy RO water, those bottled ones and also from those automatic vending machines. Works ok for my sundews and byblis
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Post by tarence on May 29, 2007 17:30:11 GMT 8
Bottled ones from the hypermarkets/ supermarkets ?
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Post by piscesilim on May 29, 2007 21:31:44 GMT 8
Other than having RO water system in our house, can we also buy it from the petrol stations ? any eye dear ? ( or idea ? heheh ) i have a feeling my d.binata which is shooting out 2 new leafs is going to go sour on me if I use tap water on it. I`m running out of rain water. Help ! Can use tap water if leave it over night. |
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Post by David on May 30, 2007 8:44:48 GMT 8
Bottled ones from the hypermarkets/ supermarkets ? Yupe, RO or distilled drinking water from hypermarkets/supermarkets |
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Post by cindy on Aug 8, 2007 17:18:20 GMT 8
Hi David, I have two young plants that died under lights. My problem with the species is that it kept going into "dormancy". And that was even before it starts growing the stem.
Fortunately, I managed to sprout leaf cuttings and now there are another two plants.
TS, how do you grow your plants?
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Post by cactustts on Aug 8, 2007 22:56:57 GMT 8
Hi Cindy, I placed it at a bright spot with 2 - 3 hours of direct morning sun, it grow super fast when it acclimatised to the growing condition. But I found this plant grow very slow in it's initial stage, but once it reaches about 2 to 3 cm height, the growth start to pace up.
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Post by David on Aug 8, 2007 23:06:52 GMT 8
Hi Cindy, madagascarinsis goes into dormancy? I thought they are tropical plants and do not go into dormancy. Gee, I did not know that. What triger the dormancy then?
Hi Lim, I am always a little doubtful about water that are placed over night, whether the chlorine evaporates overnight. You can try and see. Maybe keep it for a few days. I did that once. Had a huge pail that I fill up with tap water. Keep it there for a few days before using it to water my plants. One thing I notice is that tap water is after a few days the water have a certain smell. Bacteria has started to grow. Also I feel the minerals and other desolve metals will still be in the water.
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Post by cindy on Aug 9, 2007 1:10:47 GMT 8
Heat dormancy, I think. I know some sundews do go dormant in prolonged heat e.g. D. capensis. The madagascarensis plants which died are my first so I am not familiar with them.
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Wah! Nice... too bad i have no luck in Seeds... Or else i will sure... hehe...
I am glad I gave you one (or was it 2, can't remember) or else all of them would have died. I would be glad if you can give me the babies in the future. 
a few weeks ago. I suspect it was the water because during that time I got lazy and use tap water to water it. It's ok if you use tap water outdoors as you can allow the water to flow out or the rain might wash the media once in a while but in a terrarium it's different.