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Post by lisham on Sept 5, 2007 10:43:39 GMT 8
And dont forget Jedi Lisham came to the rescue with a pair of tweezers... to pick on the bits and pieces of spag moss on the drosera tentacles to aid to the total digestion of Tarence skywalker.....
But nowdays always black out so no electricity. No electricity means no artificial lighting, which only means the plants cannot thrive well and the droseras went dormant and Tarence skywalker got away, half-digested and in desperate need of a plastic surgery/face tranplant....
(Later in the movie, we see the half-digested Tarence putting on the Darth Vader mask.... What happened at the end of episode 3 shown in cinemas was just a dream....)
Ok or not?
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Post by artificialive on Sept 5, 2007 11:30:40 GMT 8
Hahaha! There must be some time before the fight that Supergran Tarence was in time to propagate his droseras.. and in the last episode, his boy, Tarence junior learns the Jedi fighting skills from Obi (Naj)wan Kenobi and fights against him. Haha!
Tarence Jr, may the force be with u
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Post by tarence on Sept 6, 2007 18:56:33 GMT 8
Thank you Naj.....errr, i think....getting confuse with so many scriptwriters. heheh.
May the force be with us in our CP growing !
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Post by lisham on Sept 6, 2007 23:12:08 GMT 8
errr.... who will be princess amidala? but IMHO it doesnt have to be a female becos the character wear too much make-up and doesnt show any emotion when all dolled up anyway.... someone small and petite male/female will do...
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Post by tarence on Sept 11, 2007 12:42:34 GMT 8
Ezrena ! or Jac....a.k.a. mukaketupat....
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Post by tarence on Sept 16, 2007 16:35:38 GMT 8
I let my binata flower & it was kinda not worth draining the poor adult plant.....never again ! the flower stalk even almost dried up half way which resulted in this half-baked effort. i tried pollenating it with some spatulatha pollen & also indica...heheh, hope something good comes out of it.  the adult plant looking drained  |
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Post by tarence on Oct 1, 2007 14:08:58 GMT 8
the adult d.binata has since gone into dormancy or collapse altogether. fortunately, i managed to get some cuttings to salvage it.
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Post by artificialive on Oct 1, 2007 14:40:20 GMT 8
Hi Tarence,
Can D. Binata propagated thru stem cuttings?
Or.. when we cut the stem, will new shoots grow from the main stem (that is attached with the roots)?
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Post by tarence on Oct 1, 2007 15:02:57 GMT 8
Naj, you can look at page 3 of this thread....those binata plantlets were from a single leaf cutting. i got about 7 baby plants there. so yes, leaf cutting = binata propagation can-do.
haven`t seen any new shoots from the adult plant...but savage garden reports that binata can also be propagated via root cutting. i daren`t try coz have to sacrifice the whole adult plant.
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Post by artificialive on Oct 1, 2007 15:41:39 GMT 8
Tarence,
I mean if we cut the stem, between the leaf and the roots - the middle. Then we plant the stem cutting, can it grow?
Yup, most droseras can propagate thru leaf cuttings except burmanni ;D
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Post by tarence on Oct 1, 2007 16:20:50 GMT 8
plantlets always seem to appear from the dew area of the leaf cutting. i don`t think a stem would work at all. i`m curious Naj, why would you want to plant the stem & not the leaf ?
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Post by artificialive on Oct 1, 2007 17:11:16 GMT 8
Haha Tarence, its just a question  Well, probably because IF we can produce two plants from a single stem, why not? then we will have 2 adult plants - like propagating neps ;D |
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Post by tarence on Nov 9, 2007 9:06:22 GMT 8
i cut up my d.binata`s roots after the whole adult plant collapsed from flowering ( after some consultation with Cindy ).....plantlets have sprouted after 3 weeks. this is a photo from last week, i saw 2 more plantlets coming out today. wheeee....  |
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Post by venusflytrapman on Dec 9, 2007 20:23:10 GMT 8
Sounds like what happened to me. I bought a huge D. binata that had loads of flowers, then its helath declined, so I took the flowers off, but it was too late. There is not one healthy leaf on it anymore. I took a root cutting though and it seems to be working. Like you said, never again will I let it flower. Does anyone know what is going to happen to the mother plant? I can only remember how good it used to look.
P.S. all the sphagnum in the pot also died a mysterious death...
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Post by tarence on Jan 4, 2008 12:46:32 GMT 8
hi vftman.....i actually chopped up ( brutal i know ) the whole plant so there was nothing left of it. oops, correction, after the mother plant collapsed from producing a SINGLE ( hilarious ! ) flower, there was nothing on top on the media except for a black stump. so i went for the roots to get my plantlets....
what has happened to your mother plant ?
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Post by ameliepoulain on Jan 4, 2008 20:11:59 GMT 8
i cut up my d.binata`s roots after the whole adult plant collapsed from flowering ( after some consultation with Cindy ).....plantlets have sprouted after 3 weeks. this is a photo from last week, i saw 2 more plantlets coming out today. wheeee.... how do you cut the roots to get plantlets? Do you just go snip snop randomly? Or do you just make scores on the roots? I'm getting very nervous, my binata from Lim is flowering, he said to just let it be  So I'm preparing for the worse, just in case  As for leaves cutting, do I take the whole leaf complete with the stem, or I need just the forked part. |
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Post by piscesilim on Jan 4, 2008 20:53:24 GMT 8
Mine is still ok although it got flower. I means the multifida variety.
But my T form gone after flowering. Ha ha...
If you are worry about it, just snip the flower. Because it won't self pollinated.
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Post by ameliepoulain on Jan 4, 2008 21:33:57 GMT 8
If you are worry about it, just snip the flower. Because it won't self pollinated. Lim, can I try to cross it with other droseras that's flowering too? Like spatulatha, burmanii or the intermedia? Btw, the intermedia I got from you is which form? |
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Post by tarence on Jan 4, 2008 21:38:36 GMT 8
Athene : wash off all the medium.....look at the roots. Healthy roots would have white tips. Cut those into a few pieces of about 1-2" in length. Plant those on peat moss & lightly cover with LFS.
Leaf : take whole leaf with the stem. snip will do, no need to pull white part out. Lay on same medium as root cutting. I cover the end of the stem more as it seems to keep the leaf in fresher condition. Plantlets sprout from the dewy parts.....
All the best...btw, my experience is for T form but it s/be the same.
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Post by piscesilim on Jan 4, 2008 23:19:21 GMT 8
If you are worry about it, just snip the flower. Because it won't self pollinated. Lim, can I try to cross it with other droseras that's flowering too? Like spatulatha, burmanii or the intermedia? Btw, the intermedia I got from you is which form? I haven't try cross breed. I prefer pure breed. The location for D. intermedia is Great Swamp. I told you before, right? |
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So I'm preparing for the worse, just in case 