I agree that there are different clones. I have grown a clone of U. longifolia for about 5 years and it has never flowered. Then, last March I received a small Utric plug that was labeled U. alpina. It grew well, but imagine my surprise when it flowered in early December and turned out to be U. longifolia, not U. alpina.[b said:Quote[/b] (JanW @ Feb. 14 2005,6:14)]There are very different clones of U. longifolia
[b said:Quote[/b] (ludwig777 @ Feb. 14 2005,6:37)]I hope mine does that some day.
It is in sphagnum, peat, perlite, and fine orchid bark, and it is flooded at all times.[b said:Quote[/b] (christerb @ Feb. 16 2005,2:55)]ludwig777,
Sorry for jumping in here, but seeing that your specimen grows so well, I just have to ask you what growing medium you use and how wet you keep it.
Regards,
Christer
Yours doesn't look much like mine, especially the new growth where mine comes out and reaches some length as a thin spike before it widens...doesn't look like yours behaves this way. (Look closely at my second picture, directly in the center of the plant is a reddish spike: this is a new shoot still not widened).[b said:Quote[/b] (adnedarn @ Feb. 16 2005,8:33)]Simply awesome ludwig. I used to grow this plant very well. Then it came down with mites so I drowned it. ...in the dark. It didn't like it too much and I lost it. I think this is the same clone that bobz recieved as "U. alpina" as that's what mine was called. Now I can't keep my new current plant barely alive.
Andrew
I had great result when simply cutting all infected leaves. As all leaves were infected I removed the complete overground growth and the plant did a great job in growing those parts again in no time. Its just like D. capensis.[b said:Quote[/b] (adnedarn @ Feb. 15 2005,11:33)]Then it came down with mites so I drowned it.
I'm sure mine grew almost one of a kind. This was grown indoors sat off about 3 ft to the side of all my flourecent tubes. So, the wide leaves was probably for the lack of light? I loved the way it looked though!! I do currently have some longifolia outside that hasn't done crap all winter, but maybe it'll start growing now that it is getting warmer and will show some more growth like yours.[b said:Quote[/b] (ludwig777 @ Feb. 15 2005,8:45)]Yours doesn't look much like mine, especially the new growth where mine comes out and reaches some length as a thin spike before it widens...doesn't look like yours behaves this way. (Look closely at my second picture, directly in the center of the plant is a reddish spike: this is a new shoot still not widened).