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Post by corky on Nov 28, 2019 20:23:35 GMT
Venturing into new territory with tuberous drosera, all three tubers have sprouted so one hurdle out the way  and a closer look at the most advanced of the bunch  |
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Post by dvg on Nov 29, 2019 18:45:19 GMT
It's always an exciting time when new ventures are entered into.
The new leaves are looking very dewy and hungry.
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Post by corky on Dec 6, 2019 19:07:28 GMT
I was thinking of feeding them with some powdered dry blood worms as I've got some ,a couple of update pics, they're doing well so far   , interesting little dews I reckon |
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Post by corky on Dec 13, 2019 18:17:30 GMT
Starting to branch and flowers on the way,these should be seed grown plants so pollinating the flowers shouldn't be a problem, getting seed and germination might be a different matter  |
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Post by dvg on Dec 16, 2019 17:19:14 GMT
They don't waste any time getting down to the business of flowering, do they.
Looking good Corky!
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Post by corky on Dec 28, 2019 14:43:18 GMT
Yeah they grow quickly which makes a change for my plants,one has stayed as a single stem and the other plants both two stemmed plants,  and a couple of pics of a flower I managed to catch open   |
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Post by dvg on Dec 28, 2019 19:48:39 GMT
It is definitely a quick one out of the blocks.
Do you plan to pollinate the flowers to have a go at collecting seeds for this species?
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Post by corky on Dec 28, 2019 20:43:12 GMT
Yeah I might have a tickle, plants have got one flower left on each so I have a small window of opportunity, hopefully they have self pollinated, they only seem to open for a day ,but I'm only going off the one flower I've had so far
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Post by corky on Dec 29, 2019 17:35:54 GMT
Well I was able to rub the two flowers of what I think are two seed grown plants together,time will tell if I'm successful, I seemed to get a good amount of pollen on the stigma when viewed through a magnifying glass
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Post by dvg on Dec 30, 2019 20:32:53 GMT
That's a fine effort to get those flowers pollinated Corky.
With getting that much pollen on the stigmas, you're pretty much guaranteed to have seed.
Good luck to you with germination.
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Post by corky on Jun 7, 2020 13:55:54 GMT
looked through the soil today to see if any daughter tubers had formed and check if the original ones were still healthy looking , technique is described in my d.squamosa thread, found three tubers which is exactly what i planted so no daughter tubers this year, the tubers do seem to be much bigger though and a strange shape now so am unsure as to why ,they were just small and round before i seem to remember ,definitely not like they look now   certainly keeps things interesting |
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Post by corky on Oct 11, 2020 20:10:06 GMT
I posted the above pics on another forum and the shape of the tubers is apparently normal for this species . I dried out the flowers i'd pollinated and left them on the top of a florescent grow light fixture to hopefully mimic a hot dry summer. Looking into this species and its supposed to be difficult to germinate the seed . I've just broke the flowers apart to see what I've ended up with , took some pics but I wont be holding my breath for successful germination  but in the name of science I'm gonna give it a go  exhibit A the dried flower  exhibit 2  seed pods, a proper little pod i had to break open ,no nutcracker required but unusual to me for drosera  exhibit C , a lady like finger with dirty nail for scale  and number D lots of seed , think sow and leave outside to chill on a moist mix and see what happens ,i'll try half the seed and save the other half as i doubt i'll be successful |
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Post by fredg on Oct 11, 2020 21:56:28 GMT
exhibit C , a lady like finger with dirty nail for scale  |
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Post by dvg on Oct 12, 2020 6:19:20 GMT
Those seeds are huge compared to the motes of dust of other Drosera species.
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Post by corky on Dec 25, 2020 15:34:20 GMT
Checked on the d.ramellosa seeds I sowed and I have a few that have germinated "yay", I had read they were notoriously difficult to germinate so after harvested I kept them on top of a fluorescent light fixture to imitate summer heat, then half were sown on peat and sand outside for natural cool wet germination. The other half were sown on tissue paper and watered with a weak 20/1 water / hydrogen peroxide 3% solution , I had read that this was good to germinate difficult seeds as it softened the coats , they are small and don't know if my camera will pick them up, but a nice little Christmas present, outdoor pot still shows no sign of germination
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but in the name of science I'm gonna give it a go 
seed pods, a proper little pod i had to break open ,no nutcracker required but unusual to me for drosera 
not here it isn't