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Post by corky on Feb 13, 2017 18:16:36 GMT
Going to track the progress of my d. Hilaris , don't see many folks growing this one, I've grown this species for about four or five years now. I'll start off with a pic of the plant taken on November 12th 
the plant has formed a tight ( ish) bud over summer  after a late wake up the plant has now split and has two heads off one stem , think after reading a couple of descriptions this is uncommon and is a first for my plant. I shall update as the plant progresses |
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Post by fredg on Feb 13, 2017 19:33:21 GMT
That's looking good corky  |
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Post by corky on Feb 13, 2017 19:59:10 GMT
Cheers Fred, an old pic  |
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Post by nimbulan on Feb 14, 2017 15:43:26 GMT
Nice plant! I have a pack of seeds of D. hilaris sitting here - I was told I should probably wait for fall and sow them like I would D. cistiflora, but I'm not sure.
Your experience is that the plant doesn't die back completely during summer, but forms a protective bud? Do you change the watering at all?
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Post by corky on Feb 14, 2017 17:22:53 GMT
My plant sometimes forms the bud you see in summer , normally towards the end when its had enough battling with the heat. Summers really aren't that hot here as a rule and I could get away with growing the plant year round if I didn't let it experience the full heat of summer ( normally about a month) and took it inside under flo lights where it's cooler. But yeah I keep it moist when in bud mode and wetter when growing . First year I have had it under lights in an unheated room , usually its on a cool windowledge . I too got some seeds when I got the roridula seeds from silverhill , I planted half of them and am going to keep the others warm over summer and plant in autumn, still no sign of germination from anything but its only been two weeks....edit , I've never grown these from seed before and the featured plant has been sat next to and receiving the same conditions as my d.cistiflora:-)
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Post by corky on Feb 16, 2017 17:03:31 GMT
Checked my d.hilaris seeds and they have started to germinate, sown on 28th January, so they're good uns
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Post by corky on Feb 19, 2017 11:41:05 GMT
Just about managed to get a pic of the germinating seeds  ![]() apparently germination is the easy part , getting them to a decent size could be a different story |
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Post by nimbulan on Mar 4, 2017 16:47:34 GMT
I actually got the same idea to plant half of my seeds now before I read your reply. Mine were sown about the same time as yours started germinating, which puts me right at 2 weeks here, so hopefully they'll start germinating any day now. I can certainly keep the temperature down during the summer so I'm hoping that I can convince the plants to grow through the summer like yours does.
I've certainly heard the same story about people having trouble getting them past a certain size, but I've never heard about what conditions people have tried to grow them in. Right now I'm aiming for a natural photoperiod of 14 summer, 10 winter, using 1:2 peat:sand, keeping temperatures below 75F at all times. I don't have much of a temperature drop at night but I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter for these plants.
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Post by corky on Mar 4, 2017 17:12:50 GMT
I'm sure they'll start to germinate soon, I also have d.trinervia and d.cistiflora from silverhill seeds that germinated and think the r.dentata are starting to 
update on d.hilaris , first carnivorous leaves and a couple of tiny bugs have already met a terrible fate;-) |
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Post by nimbulan on Mar 5, 2017 16:01:44 GMT
Good luck raising all of those. I thought I had an R. dentata starting to germinate too but I'm not sure. The seed coat on that seed was split and the opening keeps widening either due to the seed swelling up or the seed coat shriveling up. There doesn't seem to be any sign of growth though.
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Post by corky on Mar 5, 2017 17:25:54 GMT
Yeah that's about the same as my r.dentata , seeds have split but seem to of stalled , fingers crossed they get moving again, I've placed them in a slightly warmer room with a longer photoperiod , either go one way or the other
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Post by nimbulan on Mar 19, 2017 15:49:56 GMT
Still nothing from my seeds. I wonder if it's too warm in here? I generally have high temperatures around 72F and don't think it's gotten below 65F at night since I sowed them. Actually I lied, I just found the first sprout!  Drosera hilaris by Nimbulan, on Flickr |
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Post by corky on Mar 19, 2017 16:48:31 GMT
Excellent, fingers crossed it's the first of many
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Post by nimbulan on Mar 19, 2017 19:56:17 GMT
What temperatures have your seeds been exposed to? I'm wondering if that's why mine have been slower, though I'm definitely not keeping mine quite as wet as yours either.
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Post by corky on Mar 19, 2017 20:42:43 GMT
I think the lowest temperature has been 55f and highest 70f with an advantage of 63ish , things are warming up now though so I will have to see how it plays out, the option wasn't there at the time but I wish I'd of got the seeds earlier
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not here it isn't