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Pic of D. scorpiodes baby

Today, I decided to take a pic of one of my little scorp babies. This one is the largest that I have growing currently:

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-Ben
 
Cute little guy! I'm still waiting for mine to produce gammae (they're over a year old....what going on here?!?)

Great camera work!
 
I think that you need to decrease the # of hours that you give it light, which would trigger its gemmae making. But I'm not really sure. Oh, and thanks for the compliment 'bout the little guy. I can't wait til he gets bigger!

-Ben
 
Great looking little dew, Ben! Seems to be growing great for you.
 
Awwwwwwwww aint that a cute baby dew..
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My D. scorpiodes gemmae are just now starting to grow i cant wait till they get larger.
 
oh mine are only begining to peek out to the world
 
Hehehe, very cool shot. Cute little bugger.
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I'll post pics of him when he's a bit bigger.

-Ben
 
mine looks similar to that
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just the "branches" are all pointing straight up and not sideways... not yet
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  • #10
How long does it usually take the gemmae to start growing? Mine were sown about a week ago. I know that's too soon, but I'm impatient.  
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I'm ready for full-grown plants and some gemmae production of my own!! (I know I have quite a wait, but a fella can dream, can't he?)

Jason
 
  • #11
I also sown mine about a week ago and they at least trippled-quadrupled in size since then... so I dunno really... few months I'm guessing
 
  • #12
[b said:
Quote[/b] (Dimka @ Dec. 29 2005,12:31)]I also sown mine about a week ago and they at least trippled-quadrupled in size since then... so I dunno really... few months I'm guessing
These little guys definitely grow fast! I'm sure they'll be full size in no time
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  • #13
Well, here's an updated pic of the little guy:

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It seems to already be developing a tiny stem.

-Ben
 
  • #14
What is that white hair thing around sundews, and what is it used for?
 
  • #15
I forget what it's called, but I know some cacti have that kinda stuff all over them (hence the name 'old man's beard cactus'), and I think that they use it as a sorta 'sun protection'. In the case of the pygmy sundews, I would assume that since they live in a hot dessert, they grow that hair stuff up around the new growth to protect it from the hot sun.

-Ben
 
  • #16
Here is my little baby.

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Chris
 
  • #17
[b said:
Quote[/b] (PiranhaPlant @ Jan. 03 2006,8:01)]What is that white hair thing around sundews, and what is it used for?
"During the long hot summer their leaves die but the leaf stipules remain as a shiny white bundle of hairs or bristles at the rosette center. This reflective bundle presumably keeps the plant cool."

--http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5250.html
 
  • #18
I notied the same hair with D. spatulata
 
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