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Post by fredg on Dec 20, 2015 20:13:25 GMT
Drosera slackii is a large(ish) rosetted sundew. For quite some time it was regarded as a large form of Drosera aliciae but we now know better. I grew it for many years in my unheated greenhouses but it was never really happy in anything but the mildest of winters. Most years it would have to regrow from the roots after being cut down by the cold. The winter of 2010-11 which saw temperatures dropping as low as -18 Celsius (0F) proved to be too much for it and it became an ex-plant. 
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Post by fredg on Apr 17, 2016 9:23:04 GMT
A generous donation means that this plant is back in my greenhouses. It is also settling in well.  |
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Post by fredg on May 1, 2016 11:07:36 GMT
This/these clone/s are quite a bit redder than my old plants. They're looking good, all that's needed now is some warm sunny weather to get them at their best.  |
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Post by corky on May 1, 2016 14:25:36 GMT
They certainly look happy in their new home , mine are still inside as I'm waiting for warmer weather before they go in a propagator , hopefully in the next couple of weeks the threat of frost will be over.
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Post by fredg on May 28, 2016 10:07:41 GMT
Now they're definitely looking content.  |
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Post by corky on May 28, 2016 12:33:49 GMT
Nice , and looks like a flower forming?
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Post by fredg on May 28, 2016 20:38:58 GMT
These are taken from the same photos as the above. Which do you prefer?  |
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Post by fredg on May 29, 2016 12:19:07 GMT
Macros of the leaves. They do look ready for dinner.  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 21, 2016 10:31:25 GMT
I thought Id post a couple of shots of the flowers on these clones, the petals are fuller than my previous plants. It's not as if the flower is impressive or anything  Top is in sun the bottom in shade.  |
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Post by corky on Jul 21, 2016 16:42:14 GMT
They've done well to flower, the larger ones I sent you were grown from root cuttings off my mother plant and the smaller were from seeds off my mother plant. So I would of thought the one that flowered must be from the root cutting clones. For some reason this year my plants have had a terrible year for flowers , only one stalk and that was on my oldest plant
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Post by fredg on Jul 21, 2016 16:57:02 GMT
They're all the same size now corky
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Post by fredg on Jul 25, 2016 11:02:30 GMT
Sorry, I was forced to take the photo.   |
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Post by corky on Jul 25, 2016 17:14:19 GMT
Cracking pics Fred, and the flowers are quite different, as you say the new clone has fuller petals and also the stigma are much pinker, unless the colour isn't too good in the old pic. Sorry I should of labeled the seed grown from the clones in case of hybrids, well makes it more fun with spot the difference:-)
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Post by corky on Oct 6, 2016 17:54:00 GMT
Thought I'd add a pic of my seed grown , there is a possibility of hybrids but they look true to my untrained eye  |
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Post by fredg on Apr 8, 2017 8:37:36 GMT
The new season's growth is looking good on this pot. Good colour so early.  The other pot didn't enjoy the winter at all. They'll have to regenerate from the roots. Same size pot, same medium, in the same lagoon 4" apart. |
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