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Post by fredg on Jul 7, 2015 20:54:27 GMT
I think the video title explains it all.
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Post by fredg on Jul 22, 2015 15:01:35 GMT
The plants that attempted the escape has been enjoying itself in it's 3½" Long Tom in the middle greenhouse and sent up a couple of inflorescences. Please excuse the background but I am unable to move the pot to a better location, the sphagnum has spread and plants from other pots are growing through it.  OK corky, you've seen mine, now show us yours.  |
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Post by corky on Jul 22, 2015 16:07:45 GMT
any excuse to show off these lovely flowers. Did you ever get seeds Fred , I have tried to pollinate quite a few flowers , I only have plants of the same clone. The stigma seem to fan out on the second or third day and I presume that's when there receptive , and I used pollen when it had gone fluffy so thought it would be ripe, time will tell but I wondered if you had tried.On a side note , all my pics are taken with a phone , unreal to me how technology moves , must be getting old:-) |
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Post by fredg on Jul 22, 2015 16:26:52 GMT
Getting old is better than the alternative corky.
I've never tried to pollinate them, I don't have a tuning fork. I do believe that two clones are necessary though ( I am open to correction).
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Post by corky on Jul 23, 2015 16:11:26 GMT
Hehe certainly better than the alternative , and I hope to prove you completely wrong , in the nicest possible way. I have tried to find as much info online and apparently it is possible with one clone , so fingers crossed
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Post by fredg on Jul 24, 2015 13:46:02 GMT
I hope to prove you completely wrong , in the nicest possible way. Shades of Kenny Everett there corky.  Good luck with the prospective seeds. Did you note the different stigmas? The ones on mine are pink whereas your's are white. |
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Post by corky on Jul 24, 2015 16:32:19 GMT
Oh yeah I see , but doubt I would of ever noticed without you pointing it out , and all done in the best possible taste ( damn just kicked my coffee over)
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Post by fredg on Jul 28, 2015 18:05:08 GMT
Whilst I was doing a bit of repotting about couple of months ago I found I was left with a few spare roots. Suddenly this last week all these little green things keep popping their heads up.  They look familiar  |
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Post by fredg on Dec 2, 2015 17:03:09 GMT
Drosera regia in dormancy, now don't they look sad.
The leaves completely die off, the mature plants usually by the end of September. Some can go earlier.
It's nothing to worry about, they'll be poking their heads up by the end of March, early April.
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Post by fredg on Mar 5, 2016 12:44:56 GMT
This is the re-potted attempted escapee. The winter bud is beginning to open so I've removed the excess Sphagnum from the pot to allow more light to the crown.  It's a little on the pale side ( some would say peely-wally) Now here's the Sphagnum I harvested from the pot. A half tray of spare from a 3.5" long tom in less than a year. This particular Sphagnum species is a bit on the vigorous side.  Half Seed Tray Dimensions: 9" (23cm) Length, 6.7" (17cm) Width, 2.4" (6cm)Depth. |
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Post by fredg on Mar 22, 2016 15:32:32 GMT
Photos taken for a post elsewhere but may as well use them Drosera regia winter resting buds in dormancy.  |
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Post by corky on Mar 22, 2016 16:58:45 GMT
Nice range of colours , I have trouble keeping the buds alive all winter,this year out of my two outside pots ( well in an open fronted propagator) one pot still has 2 out of 4 buds still green and I think starting to move, and the other pots only bud didn't make it. I think its down to air movement and botrylis, when really windy weather is forecast I shut up the front and this seems to coincide with mould and bud death. I still have a Fred G 1988 doing very well under lights in the house as I wanted to propagate it and have backups before overwintering outside
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Post by fredg on Mar 22, 2016 18:27:25 GMT
You'd possibly do better with mould and botrytis if you left the mini-greenhouse open as you say. Low temperatures aren't a problem, the FG1988 has been to -18C (0F)
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Post by corky on Mar 22, 2016 21:27:02 GMT
I agree, but in high winds my poor little propagator would be in orbit, its only closed for a couple of days , is that long enough?
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Post by fredg on Mar 23, 2016 8:25:42 GMT
I wouldn't have expected having it closed for a couple of days to be detrimental.
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not here it isn't