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Post by tarence on Aug 22, 2007 8:37:29 GMT 8
i use salted fish to attract flies for my vft ...but last weekend used fish head instead & caught enuff to feed all my 32 vfts.....heheh, managed to feed even the small ones coz caught flies of all sizes.
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Post by lisham on Aug 22, 2007 9:11:52 GMT 8
Hmmm... fish heads are better than salted fish... let's say the flies managed to feed on the salted fish... there will be traces of salt on them.... Tarence... I transplanted 2 of your "grandchildren", they were growing too close to the mother/father plant base... So before they grow bigger, harder to transplant, better do it now...  |
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Post by lisham on Aug 22, 2007 13:36:36 GMT 8
A little update:
Earlier today, as I was sitting on my fav in my blanket on a chair at my balcony. As I was having my 2 c breakfast consisting of ciggies and coffee, I was looking at my D. indica...
I noticed how it's producing dew and how the tentacles glisten in the morning light... It's bright green leaves swaying in the morning breeze...
I looked at the flower buds and then... And then... I cut the flower buds off...
I'm not ready to let my d. indica die after flowering yet....
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Post by David on Aug 22, 2007 14:09:23 GMT 8
Lisham. your story end so abruptly and so violently. Kinda comical I would say |
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Post by lisham on Aug 22, 2007 16:10:44 GMT 8
that was intentional...  |
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Post by lisham on Aug 28, 2007 21:21:33 GMT 8
Update... D. indica not looking good after second "flowersectomy" still putting out new flower buds.  D. indica sideway view  D. spatulata sideway view  D. spatulata sideway view showing babies  D. adelaea baby (1 of 3) propagated from the leaf-cutting-in-water method potted up  |
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Post by lisham on Sept 2, 2007 20:04:39 GMT 8
Update: D. spatulata cutting in water showing signs of sprouting...
Unlike D. adelaea, 1 cutting of D. spatulata= 1 baby. Anybody managed to get more than 1 d. spatulata from a single leaf?
So sacrifice 1 leaf of D. spatulata, u'll get 1 baby. sacrifice 1 leaf of D. adelaea, more than 1 babies. ;D
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Post by David on Sept 6, 2007 18:17:43 GMT 8
Ok folks, I've moved the disscussion on D. indica to a new thread entitled "D. indica cultivation. Lets discuss there.  |
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Post by lisham on Sept 18, 2007 19:55:37 GMT 8
Update: Baby d. adelaea looking like some fat d. spatulata (leaf cutting in water method- replanted)  D. spatulata putting out some flower buds  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 19, 2007 8:40:03 GMT 8
yep, that`s how adelae looks when they are plantlets......*smile* thx for sharing Lisham.
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Post by lisham on Sept 20, 2007 2:57:43 GMT 8
My pleasure... Anyway... Tarence... Since I got this d. spatulata from you.... What should I do with the flower? I mean how do I deal with it?
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Post by tarence on Sept 20, 2007 8:44:19 GMT 8
errr....just let the flower bloom Lisham. it`ll have about 4 or 5 flower stalks ( or more ! ) in it`s lifetime & it will still last a few months while blooming. it`ll give you many many seeds. to me, spats are among the easiest to get seeds from.
cheers, tarence.
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Post by lisham on Sept 20, 2007 15:25:44 GMT 8
Tq, Tarence...
okay, assuming i got flowers, then the flowers turns to pods, the pods matures.... What am I going to do with it? Leave it there? Or do I need to do stuff like statification (I dont know the meaning ofthis word... seriously)?
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Post by tarence on Sept 20, 2007 15:47:23 GMT 8
you can harvest the seed pods when they turn dark brown/ black. if it`s dry, then you can crush it with your fingers indoors ( not windy area ) and you`ll find some seeds there. If the seed pods are damp, dry them first before crushing. No stratification needed, just sow straight to medium.
Stratification just means duplicating the seeds original growing conditions to enable them to sprout i.e. if usually the seeds go thru winter before germinating, then a period in our fridge could assist to duplicate the conditions & help to soften the the hard seed coat. It isn`t easy tho, that`s why I try to avoid CP seeds which require stratifying. Have to worry about fridge temp, moisture levels, etc etc.
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Post by lisham on Sept 20, 2007 15:52:48 GMT 8
ok ok... Let them turn brown/black. Let them dry, crush it with fingers in windless area, sow straight into medium.
It wont kill the plant right to let it flower?
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Post by lisham on Oct 26, 2007 21:24:53 GMT 8
Updated: 26 October 2007
Added D. burmannii
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Post by lisham on Nov 1, 2007 14:35:43 GMT 8
D. burmanni from Ts Flowering  D. binata from Tarence Flowering at less than 2 inches (Tarence says it shouldn't be flowering at this size...)  Ok... Now About D. paradoxa... The cutting (1 of 2) Nothing happens on this end  I've been so-so in propagating D. spatulata, D. intermedia and D. adeleae. My experience (using the cutting-in-water method) works even if I use tap water (boiled and let cool first of course in plastic food containers). So usually with the previous species, the planlets always appeared on the leaves (D. spatulata and D. intermedia plantlets appears right in the middle of the leaves while D. adeleae always somewhere around the leaves). So last month I plucked a couple of D. paradoxa leaves with the white areas attached and covered them with moist LFS inside plastic containers... Been checking for signs of growth, but nothing happens, the leaves are getting browner and browner everytime I checked. So today, I gave up on my D. paradoxa cuttings (I hate to admit that I threw away the first experiment batch without bothering to check the other end)... I picked up the whole thing and was about to put them in a plastic bag when I saw IT! It sprouted from the white tissue instead of on the leaf... D. paradoxa is really a paradox! The sprouting end!  |
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Post by tarence on Nov 1, 2007 14:49:09 GMT 8
chop it off !!! chop it off ! i mean the binata flower....heheh. my bad experience with my adult binata had taught me to NEVER let it flower. it didn`t seed and the whole plant just keeled over & turned black. flower also very inconspicuously small.
wah, i`ve tried paradoxa from leaves as well but no germination yet....i`ll wait & see some more....thx for sharing Lisham.
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Post by lisham on Nov 1, 2007 14:57:28 GMT 8
hehehe.... It wont set seeds eh? OK... Will chop (chop is such a strong word, I'll gently snip snip the flower bud off instead) later...
I think your D. paradoxa cuttings will start sprouting soon.... I mean if I can do it, then everybody here can do it....
p/s: 1 off topic question... How can you guys let your sarrcenia flower?
It smells like a cats' urine... No... That's an understatement... Lemme rephrase that...
It smells like a cats' urine, the cat who lives on petai all of its' life...
Now that's how bad sarracenia flower smells like....
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Post by cindy on Nov 1, 2007 15:24:48 GMT 8
lisham, flowering set D. binata back a lot. And without another clone or form, pollination will not set seed. Are the paradoxa cuttings place under bright light? Off-topic: It depends on the species or hybrid you have. My sarra flowered three times and each time I poillinated it manually. No smell. I have a very sensitive nose so I guess I was lucky. Even my Nep flowers all only smell like pandan leaves so far.  |
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