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Post by David on Jan 17, 2008 23:07:38 GMT 8
Just to share some pictures... Here's a new fella in my grow chamber. ;D Just got it last weekend from Cindy. Thanks to Choong for hand carrying it for me to KL and Cindy for the plant. Guess what it is... It is covered at the moment until it establishes itself. Not taking the risk again. Already killed 2 a couple of months ago...  Ok laaa, show you guys what it is. My little "cabbages"... as how Cindy would call them, heh, heh... ;D They're still stress a little as they came bare root. Wish me all the best and hope I do not kill these this time.   D. schizandra  D. anglica (Canada) from leaf cuttings...  Baby D. binata var. multifida f. extreme, also from leaf cuttings...  D. indica plantlets from Jon. Doing well...  D. indica plants...  D. ericksoniae x pullchella. Much bigger now compared to the last time when i post a picture. Love them.  My all time favourite, D. paradoxa...  D. rotundifolia starting to grow. Slowly but surely...  D. spatulata...   |
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Post by caseyhoo on Jan 17, 2008 23:11:12 GMT 8
Wauh... Chinese New Year coming... May bring my pricess to yours house. You dont need give her angbao. Just D. will do...  |
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Post by jonathan on Jan 17, 2008 23:49:22 GMT 8
Hey bro...
I like your spatulata so red so envy.....
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Post by David on Jan 17, 2008 23:59:14 GMT 8
caseyhoo, sure you can visit us. Yaa man! Would love to see you little princess. I can't remember, how many months is she already? Waaa, how could you? Your daughter is only a couple of months old and you already "poison" her with the CP bug.  I might have just the right antidote for her "poison"  Hi jon, actually lately they've turned green a little. The leaf blade itself use to be red too. As you can see it has turned greenish. I wanted to cool the air further in the grow chamber, so I moved them a little further away from the lighting. I think they should get use to it and turn red again. Maybe I should increase the hours the lights are turn on from 16 hours to 18 hours, maybe... |
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Post by piscesilim on Jan 18, 2008 1:07:12 GMT 8
Nice D. schizandra! Now you still need 1 sister to make it complete. Ha ha...
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Post by David on Jan 18, 2008 8:30:03 GMT 8
Nice D. schizandra! Now you still need 1 sister to make it complete. Ha ha... Ya man! ;D Anybody have it... D. prolifera? Been looking for this for a while too. Then I can place them together in a corner of my chamber and place a tag there, "The Three Sisters of Queensland" |
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Post by tarence on Jan 18, 2008 8:46:24 GMT 8
very nice sundews, David......i hope our pygmies will flower & have gemmae in the near future.....
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Post by kltower on Jan 18, 2008 11:28:08 GMT 8
Waa, David now I must get the cabbage. I was wondering why it cost so much. Now I know.
Choong
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Post by David on Jan 18, 2008 14:03:33 GMT 8
Choong,
A couple of months ago I bought from Triffid Park, Aus. It costs more than what I got from Cindy if you also add the postage etc. This little cabbage is so simple but so expensive.
Just hope and hope that this time around it'll not die on me. As of yesterday, still no dews yet on the leaves.
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Post by David on Jan 18, 2008 14:06:41 GMT 8
Hey guys/gals,
I noticed yesterday that my D. ericksoniae x pullchella is giving out flower stalks. Still short. Will post pictures when they flower. I understand that it is difficult to get seeds from pygmies in cultivation. Is it really true? Is there something that I can do to increase the chance of seeds?
Can't wai't for the flower to bloom. It seems pygmies flowers has a nice scent.
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Post by David on Jan 26, 2008 0:09:34 GMT 8
I've decided to seperate the 2 D. schzandra and place one in a bigger pot in my one feet terrarium. Very humid in there but with air circulation from aquarium air pump. The other is in my 4-feet grow chamber, but covered still. "Pet" schzandra is with one of her sisters... D. adelae...   However, don know why both still does not produce dews. Can see a new leaf slowly developing tho'. Any suggestions or theories? |
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Post by David on Jan 27, 2008 23:04:53 GMT 8
Cindy! HELPPP...
Lim! HELPPP...
Anybody out there... helpppppp.... !!!
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Post by David on Jan 27, 2008 23:06:42 GMT 8
I decided to shift the other pot into this 1 feet terrarium too because it's leaves are starting to turn yellowish. However, this one in the 1 feet terrarium seems ok. But stilll not dews yet.
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Post by hongrui on Jan 28, 2008 7:19:53 GMT 8
David, i've heard that D. schizandra is a low-light sundew. i do not have it so i can't offer any suggestions on how to grow it
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Post by David on Jan 28, 2008 17:16:07 GMT 8
Yaa, that's what Cindy told me. So I tried one in my 4-feet terrarium and the other in the 1-feet terrarium with only 18 watts lighting. The on in the 1-feet terrarium seems healthier. So now both are in the 1-feet terrarium. The adelae also seems to grow faster in the 1-feet terrarium. I guess it's much cooler too.
Maybe I need not panic so fast. Just wait and see.
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Post by cindy on Jan 30, 2008 13:02:50 GMT 8
Hi David, My computer konked out and I had to get a new one. Popped in several times to read using the labtop at work but couldn't reply much. D. schizandra needs very low light. My largest plant is keep at about 300lux. That is about the amount of light you receive at night with your lights on the ceiling. The other is in a 2ft tank with a 15W light. Putting it with D. adelae is fine but there will be a compromise. If the light turns your D. adelae reddish, then it is too bright for the D. schizandra. They turn light yellowish green with too much light. Cut back the light and the leaves become darker green. Humidity should be near 100%. A sealed tank is great. I still have one plant in the ziploc bag since it arrived two weeks ago with your plants. The fellow has produced a new leaf and is now producing its second! Quite amazing because I was expecting the plant to rot but nope, it is nice and dewy. So far, I have not cooled my plants. They are in shade and temperature should hover around 32C at the hottest. Oh, I forget to add... I am glad you separated the two plants. Once D. schizandra starts growing for you, it would fill up that 5"-6" pot. And don't forget that this species is similar to D. adelae. It puts out new plants from the roots and leaves. So you may find little cabbages in time to come. Both your plants look great in the pics. The dew is not likely to return...at least that is what I noticed about the plants I've got. They will take a while to acclimatise and will not do anything. As long as the whole plant remains green and the growth point is healthy, just leave it alone. The newest leaf produced would be dewy. ;D |
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Post by David on Jan 30, 2008 13:58:43 GMT 8
Thanks Cindy, At least I don feel so panicky now. Thanks for the tip. The adelae has put out 2 new leaves since I placed it in the 1-feet terrarium. The leaves are green. So this means the lighting is just about right for my little "cabbages". Can't wait for them to grow into huge clumps. |
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Post by tarence on Jan 31, 2008 12:21:55 GMT 8
David : your D. ericksoniae x pullchella is sending out flower stalks ? you must be supplementing the lil` buggers` diet rite ? mine got no sign of flower.....
TS : is the gemmae from you or me ? coz i know i gave David this one but he can`t remember....just want to know so that i can start hoping for flowers too.
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Post by David on Jan 31, 2008 18:54:17 GMT 8
David : your D. ericksoniae x pullchella is sending out flower stalks ? you must be supplementing the lil` buggers` diet rite ? mine got no sign of flower..... TS : is the gemmae from you or me ? coz i know i gave David this one but he can`t remember....just want to know so that i can start hoping for flowers too. Yupe I suppliment my ericksoniae x pullchella with dried cubifex worms. Just very little about once every 1-2 weeks. Break them up into dust and sprinkle on the leaves. This is just an experiment I did. Seems to work. The worms were digested within 1-2 days and the leaves produce a lot of dews. i think they like it. However, I notice new leaves grow faster with insects. Tarence, TS also gave me gemmae and some were of the same species that you gave me. |
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Post by David on Feb 3, 2008 16:37:58 GMT 8
Tarence, here's a picture of the ericksoniae x pullchella and its flowers. Having trouble zooming in, so I just take a picture of the whole plant. The picture is a little over expose, so the flowers look white in colour. They are actually pink...  |
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I might have just the right antidote for her "poison" 
