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Post by dvg on Aug 1, 2019 15:15:53 GMT
This bladderwort, with its hybrid vigor, is a real beast. Its stolons can stretch out clear across a standard 1020 tray and in lower light conditions, its leaves can get as large across as a man's hand.  Leaves of this clone also exhibit the same superhydrophobic qualities of U. reniformis and especially so if grown outside of a humidity dome, in regular room air.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Dec 4, 2019 3:39:31 GMT
Had been growing this plant under a 7" high humidity dome, but found that the upper growth would push up against the dome's ceiling, and then coil itself around inside the dome. This cone shaped leaf stolon formed inside the dome.  It had two slits built right into it that served the purpose of draining water away from the leaf surface, letting light in to the growth below and allowing air flow between the upper and lower leaf surfaces.  Or maybe, i'm overthinking this and it is just a deformed leaf stolon. Anyway, it is no longer under the dome, instead being housed in a taller glass enclosure, allowing the photosynthetic stolons to rise straight up, without the restrictions of the shorter headspace of the dome's enclosure. dvg |
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Post by dvg on Apr 9, 2020 19:48:43 GMT
I've grown very fond of this vigorous beast since receiving it last year.  It sends out exploratory adventitious stolons that can be used to propagate itself, wherever it can reach to, elsewhere, and it has a long reach.  Sensors in the tendril tips, draw these stolons toward moisture.  Once these tendrils hit the water dish, they begin to make a lot of bladder-traps.  I let one grow in the water dish for about 5 inches, where it made a lot of traps and eventually sent up a long leaf stolon. Once the leaf stolon had fully unfurled, I snipped the original stolon at soil level, and harvested the whole dang she-bang: stolon, traps, leafy stalk and all, and potted them up in a shallow four inch pot on February 29, 2020. The first growth coming from it now is a sturdy little flower stalk, now over an inch high. dvg |
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Post by dvg on Apr 16, 2020 14:58:23 GMT
This is the aquatic growth that occurs once the stolons reach the water dish.  This adventitious stolon, later sent up a leaf/photosynthetic stolon, which was harvested and potted up into a pot of its own, and is now sending up a flower stalk.  And good sized traps on this hybrid too.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Apr 20, 2020 16:45:31 GMT
This is the plant material, now potted up, that resulted from the trap-laden stolon in the prior pic, here in this thread.  The traps, as well as the stolon, were placed on the media surface, and circled around the pot's inner perimeter. Then live Sphagnum moss was placed over some of the traps and stolon sections, while leaving some traps and stolon sections openly exposed to light and air. The first active growth to emerge after the repotting, was this flower stalk.  The mother pot hasn't flowered yet, but a stolon propagation, once in a fresh pot (potted up on February 29), decides to push up a flower as its first order of business - yeah, go figure.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on May 5, 2020 15:40:50 GMT
Another update on this plant and its developing flower stalk.  This plant has added a new leaf stolon to the furnishings of its new pad.  A closer peek.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on May 12, 2020 16:00:10 GMT
Another update on this flower stalk, from a windy day.  Turning the other cheek...  It's hard to fathom how the small leaf stolon can provide the energy to power this flower stalk.  The original leaf stolon has browned and faded, yet the stalk keeps progressing towards flowering. dvg |
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Post by dvg on May 27, 2020 6:22:55 GMT
Hi Steve, While we're waiting on your reniformis , here is how my ren-nel was looking with the fourth flower trying to elbow its way into the grouping.  Cheers, Doug dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on May 27, 2020 6:55:39 GMT
That’s a good looking bunch!
Cheers
Steve
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Post by dvg on Jun 4, 2020 19:10:13 GMT
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Post by dvg on Aug 7, 2020 17:33:30 GMT
Once they dip into the water dish, these ren-nel stolons waste no time setting up shop.  These ren-nel offshoots share the water dish with what used to be a large thriving Daphnia population, which has taken a hit in its numbers, as of late.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Jan 5, 2021 1:43:32 GMT
My ren-nel is flowering again...  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Apr 30, 2021 22:51:49 GMT
A recent "ren-nel" leaf stolon showing less ren and more nel.  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Sept 3, 2021 16:48:43 GMT
This leaf stolon is displaying more traits from its reniformis mother...  dvg |
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Post by dvg on Oct 4, 2021 16:16:13 GMT
Noticed another growth arising from the dark corner of the ren-nel pot and thought it was another leaf stolon, but upon closer inspection, that first assumption turned out to be in error.  It is a new flower stalk instead. dvg |
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not here it isn't