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Post by artificialive on Jun 22, 2007 23:38:34 GMT 8
Yup, agree with TS. VFTs and cactus (light loving plants) also tends to grow with such behavior when they dont receive enough light..
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Post by zakhren on Jun 24, 2007 0:12:53 GMT 8
Your capensis, how do you keep it? You moved it into full sun? How were you keeping it before? Should always be in full sun. Mine are doing fine, means it's not our climate. Haha you can grow filis and binatas (Which I want zomg XD ) but the beginner plant capensis you can't grow. So weird hahaha.
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Post by tarence on Jun 24, 2007 2:11:16 GMT 8
Zak : I just got it from Wilson 3 weeks ago....I put it in semi shade before this & that`s when the flower stalk turned black & fell apart. Yeah, mebbe it`s sun deprived. It`s in full sun now, looks like it`s recovering as I finally see dew on its leaves. I never had much luck with d.capensis....
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Post by tarence on Jun 24, 2007 12:12:15 GMT 8
updated my final drosera pic.......the acclimatising d.capensis...
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Post by wilson on Jun 24, 2007 18:07:22 GMT 8
Isaac,
Regarding that 'tall' burmanii, it's actually elongated. Lack of sunlight.
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Post by cactustts on Jun 24, 2007 18:29:04 GMT 8
My capensis grow happily under direct sun light. The only disadvantage is the rain water will wash away the dews.
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Post by tarence on Jun 24, 2007 22:49:47 GMT 8
TS: yah ? ok noted.....but like my d.spatulatha, it recovers very quickly from rains. In fact during the rainy season, it seems to grow even faster, provided there`s time on between to `re-charge` its dews & catch insects.
I guess it should be the same for the d.capensis....Is yours a bush or just single plants ? I am dreaming that one fine day, I will have d.capensis clumps & also d. binata clumps, similiar to what I have for the d.spatulatha...
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Post by zakhren on Jun 24, 2007 23:18:58 GMT 8
Capensis clumps would be easy. Just let it flower and dont do anything. You'll get clumps in every pot around it XD I grow my sundews under a plastic sheet in a cage. I'm afraid cats would eat another plant so I keep them all in a cage or on top of the cage. The cats can't get on top.
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Post by tarence on Jun 24, 2007 23:46:14 GMT 8
Is yours in clump yet ? Do post a pic if it is.....thx.
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Post by cactustts on Jun 25, 2007 12:27:11 GMT 8
Mine used to be in clump, but after it flowered, suddenly all wilted and die, luckily still managed to get one survived. Now I have only one left. But recently I have successfully propagated two babies, hehe.
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Post by tarence on Jun 26, 2007 8:18:56 GMT 8
TS : mine was in the midst of flowering when it dried up......is the flowering process so energy zapping ? do we need to cut off the flower stalk like in VFT ? mmmm....
Zak : is yours in clump form yet ? do share a photo if it is. Hey, with your `new` digicam, I would have expected more photos. *wink* btw, wats `XD` ?
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Post by cactustts on Jun 26, 2007 10:02:42 GMT 8
Yes Tarence, the flowering actually exhaust the plant, it will usually die after flowering.
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Post by bifurcatum on Jun 26, 2007 16:28:31 GMT 8
All my small D.intermedia is growing out flower stalk after I repot them. They r still young, only 1'' in diameter. Shall I cut it off?
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Post by tarence on Jun 27, 2007 13:07:57 GMT 8
I think the smaller rounder droseras are ok after flowering...my d.spatulatha flowers for months without any size or health loss. They die after that but it does take a few months. My d.burmanii is also flowering, all 3 of them. I`ll let them flower though, doubt it`ll kill them.
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Post by bifurcatum on Jun 27, 2007 21:08:12 GMT 8
Hi Terence. Are you sure they wont die after flowering? They are not stable yet after repot, all the new traps have no dews, but it still growing.
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Post by cactustts on Jun 27, 2007 23:04:17 GMT 8
Hi bifurcatum, if you are worry, just snip them off. Flower stalk will grow back soon after they grow steady. My d burmanni always send out flower stalk even they are still very small right now, I just cut them away to allow the plants to grow stronger, I can always get seeds when I think they are big enough.
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Post by tarence on Jun 27, 2007 23:21:28 GMT 8
Or try with one plant first......rite now. all my 3 new d.burmanii are flowering & i`m letting them. I just cut off my d.binata flower though, coz Savage Garden said it own`t have seeds if it`s a single flower & it would stress the plant out. They didn`t say anything abt cutting off d.intermedia`s flowers though.
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Post by tarence on Jul 1, 2007 11:11:40 GMT 8
My 3 d.burmanii s are flowering at the moment. The flowers are tiny but cute, it`s too windy to take a good shot early in the morn`...you know what, when I tried again at 10:30 a.m., the flowers were already closed ! what laaa ! heheh, looks like it `open shop` for business only in limited hours. Here is the update pic of the plant...it`s grown quite a bit from the old post. I`m feeding them with a lot of mozzies to sustain their energy levels as they flower. Hopefully it`ll help....  |
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Post by zakhren on Jul 1, 2007 11:37:54 GMT 8
Haha no mine hasn't flowered yet. I got the plant wuite small a few months ago. But now It's tripled it's size but still small. The leaves are about 2 inches long. Full grown is 6 inches. Not sure when it'll flower. I'm too busy to take pics and stuff haha. So much work! I'm squeezing my time coming onto this forum already. Btw 'XD' is an emoticon face. X being the eyes D being the mouth. Hehe
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Post by cosmoking on Jul 9, 2007 2:49:14 GMT 8
My D. burmanni are also flowering, well the biggest one is but the rest will do soon. Shoudl get loads of seed.
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