byblis, or drosophyllum

7santiago

• Feb 1, 2006

• #1

I sowed a couple of drosophyllum seeds four months ago. After the death of the adult byblis linifolia and my three filifolia i had many other seedlings pop out. But now i have a strange seedling that looks like drosophyllum... how can i distinguish the both? And how can i find out if my seedlings are linifolia or filifolia?


What a mistake...

 

indymental

• Feb 1, 2006

• #2

Once they are grown on a bit it is easier to tell. Drosophyllum grow in a rosette fashion and the stem only forms as the old leaves die off.

http://www.cpuk.org/~vicbrown/images/Drosophyllum/Dros2.jpg

Byblis form a stem as they grow like this,

http://www.fischermans-antik.de/Liste.d....lia.jpg

I can't find any seedling pics of filifolia to compare to Drosophyllum but this is one of a Drosophyllum as a seedling.

http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/4744/drosophyllum33ru.jpg

Byblis will grow a bit of the stem after every second leaf, whereas drosophyllum don't

I don't know if that helps you at all.

 

jimscott

Tropical Fish Enthusiast

• Feb 1, 2006

• #3

Here's a Byblis pic:

An here is a Drosphyllum seedling:

 

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Greg Allan

• Feb 2, 2006

• #4

If subjected to strong enough light, the glands onDrosophyllum seedlings should turn red. This will not happen to a B filifolia seedling however much light it receives. Although the photo is poor, the seedling on the left at the front of the picture is B filifolia (the one on the right is B rorida). I do have some unphotographed seedlings that are growing in slightly better conditions that are more compact and stickier, but otherwise look very similar.

 

7santiago

• Feb 2, 2006

• #5

Oh NO, i have both b. filifolia, liniflora and drosophyllum.... Can they live together in the same pot as adults? Maybe the byblis will live for 4 months and then i can supply more dry conditions for drosophyllum ? Or should i keep the byblis alive just long enough to get seeds...

 

indymental

• Feb 3, 2006

• #6

Sometimes if the plants are not too well advanced you can repot them at such a young age. The roots won't have progressed too far into the peat mix yet so you can take the plant and a big chunk of the surrounding peat mix so the tiny roots are not disturbed then plant the whole thing as a plug. It's risky but it can be done.

 

chloroplast

• Feb 3, 2006

• #7

[b said:

Quote[/b] ]Oh NO, i have both b. filifolia, liniflora and drosophyllum.... Can they live together in the same pot as adults? Maybe the byblis will live for 4 months and then i can supply more dry conditions for drosophyllum ? Or should i keep the byblis alive just long enough to get seeds...

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Byblis and drosophyllum probably won't be able to coexist in the same pot--the former require much wetter soil than the latter. I would attempt transplanting the byblis, simply because I've found their seed easier to obtain and germinate so they're not as "precious" to me as a drosophyllum seedling!
Good luck with whatever you decide to do.

 

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Greg Allan

• Feb 4, 2006

• #8

Byblis seedlings are very easy to transplant successfully. Simply scoop the seedling up with a lot of the surrounding soil, and disturb the Drosophyllum as little as possible. You should have no problems whatsoever.