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Post by corky on Apr 23, 2017 12:03:12 GMT
More flowers than last year , tried to count them , think there's twelve but went cross eyed  hoping for an increase in pitcher size |
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Post by fredg on Apr 23, 2017 13:39:57 GMT
Count them before going to the pub
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Post by corky on Apr 23, 2017 16:24:06 GMT
After a sober count it's twelve
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Post by corky on Jun 4, 2017 17:07:59 GMT
New pitchers Attachments:
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Post by corky on May 10, 2018 16:38:22 GMT
One less flower than last year, but I ain't complaining  |
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Post by corky on Jun 8, 2018 16:04:55 GMT
quite a poor year for some of my plants but the darlingtonia are looking really good so far . New pitchers are on the way   |
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Post by corky on Jun 30, 2018 17:08:50 GMT
Quick couple of update pics   |
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Post by fredg on Jun 30, 2018 17:24:29 GMT
That sphagnum looks a little on the dry side corky.
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Post by corky on Jul 1, 2018 8:38:11 GMT
Certainly is Fred , it's now had a good watering, crazy drought,glad I bought a water filter the other year (And not on a meter)
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Post by corky on May 11, 2019 15:42:35 GMT
Forgive the untidy tray ,old dry pitchers need a good trimming, but a record twenty flowers,slugs felled a couple of stems before I had chance to get a pic  |
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Post by dvg on May 13, 2019 1:46:25 GMT
Nice work Corky!
Very impressive flower display.
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Post by corky on Apr 2, 2020 15:23:29 GMT
A few seed grown,seeds courtesy of Fred, they hopefully should pick up speed now I planted them in a milled sphagnum slush , they were sown on a peat based mix and maybe neglected a little  these are the largest so far ,still tiny but slightly more developed  |
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Post by dvg on Apr 2, 2020 15:40:31 GMT
BCP usually has some Darlingtonia seed listed as coming from a hardy UK clone.
Not sure if that seed came from Fred or not, but last year a vendor from Belgium was selling the Fredg strain of Darlingtonia seeds, so I imagine that those initially began from material provided by Fred at some point in the past.
Best of luck with your seedlings Corky!
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Post by corky on Apr 3, 2020 13:05:35 GMT
weird description, I was under the impression all darlingtonia were hardy for UK conditions , don't suppose they'd be hardy for you DVG with those crazy cold winter temps, I'll add a picture of the largest plant I've grown from seed so i can watch it hopefully grow over the next few months , record keeping isn't my strong point but either four or five years old from a selfed plant  |
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Post by dvg on Apr 3, 2020 17:06:45 GMT
Corky, the winters here can be cold, but our springs are nice.
Right now outside, it is a balmy -12°c, and if one can stay out of the wind, there is still some feeling left in the face.
And no, Darlingtonia are definitely not winter-hardy in these parts.
But hardiness can run to the opposite extreme as well, as in certain plant being heat-hardy.
And that's where the Fredg strain finds its strength - the Belgian vendor claimed that his Fredg strain of darlings endured a few days of 40+°c heatwave weather, without missing a beat.
Now Fred here may claim otherwise, but the Fredg strain of Darlingtonia is being promoted as a very heat-tolerant plant.
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not here it isn't