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Post by kltower on Sept 9, 2007 22:44:18 GMT 8
Like a few of you, I bought a D. adelae from TC Lim back in January this year. The plant grew vigorously and within a few months it grew a side shoot. I transplanted the new shoot into another pot and it also grow very well. Here is the picture of the of the transplanted plant.  But what amazed me was, yesterday, I found two plantlets on the same pot. How did the plantlet get get. The plant had never flowered nor had I cut any of its leaves and let them on the pot.   Any theory as how the plantlets got there? Choong |
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Post by hongrui on Sept 9, 2007 22:51:33 GMT 8
D. adelae will 'self-propagate' from its roots.  |
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Post by tarence on Sept 9, 2007 23:13:02 GMT 8
yep, my plantlets comes up by the dozens actually. give the d.adelae more sun & you`ll get more babies.
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Post by lisham on Sept 9, 2007 23:35:44 GMT 8
any idea why D. adelaea babies looks like some other kind of drosera? My small pup is growing more and more like a fat spatulata/rotundofolia.... Why like that yeah?
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Post by artificialive on Sept 9, 2007 23:59:26 GMT 8
Hi Lisham, baby adelaes will have a roudner leaves compared to the parents. Once it gets more matured, the leaves will grow longer and slimmer  Choong: Your adelae seems to suffer from low lights. From my limited experience, the 'wavy' leaves suggest that. |
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Post by tarence on Sept 10, 2007 0:17:40 GMT 8
Lisham, usually the ones which i put in semi-shade due to lack of space tend to put out round leaves. give it more sun.....
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Post by kltower on Sept 10, 2007 21:42:54 GMT 8
Thanks Hongrui and Tarence. I didn't know they can reproduce from the roots.
Tarence, the trees by my side have been cut down. The plants are enjoying direct morning sun till about 1 pm and thereafter bright light. Shouldn't that be enough?
Choong
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Post by lisham on Sept 10, 2007 23:36:05 GMT 8
Lisham, usually the ones which i put in semi-shade due to lack of space tend to put out round leaves. give it more sun..... The big adelaea now is growing in a bright spot. I'm referring to my baby d. adelaea. It looks more like a fat version of d. spatulata/rotundifolia thingy rather than d. adelaea. It's growing with at least 4 hours of scorching langkawi morning sun. The leaves are round... |
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Post by tarence on Sept 11, 2007 9:36:55 GMT 8
Choong : yep, i figured that much, about the improved sunlite levels i mean coz your adelae has now red patches, it used to be all green & very long ( not quite a natural look for it, heheh)...it`s also sprouting babies coz of the new sunlite levels. Yes, your current sunlite levels should be good enough. But some folks put it in whole day sun & they`ll grow very red & their leaves will be short & lance-like...i prefer mine to have similiar sun conditions like yours which will give it about 3 " leaves & a nice reddish hue...all-red to me looks a bit stressed out. my personal opinion only about the all-red leaves yah ?
your other CPs are enjoying the sun now too ? like the sarracenia rubra, VFT, d.spatulatha ? they are direct-sun-loving & sun-reliant-for-growth CPs......
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