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[Doomsday]

Cephalotus follicularis

Drosera sp. "Floating" and a hitchhiker (spatulata?):

 

[hcarlton]

Hitchhiker's definitely spatulata. Love the look of the admirabilis, but looking at pictures recently I've come to wonder: what, exactly, are the traits that separate this species from aliciae? Many seem squatter in general but some have some rather elongate leaves like their relative.....

 

[Doomsday]

Hitchhiker's definitely spatulata. Love the look of the admirabilis, but looking at pictures recently I've come to wonder: what, exactly, are the traits that separate this species from aliciae? Many seem squatter in general but some have some rather elongate leaves like their relative.....

Thanks for the confirmation on the spatulata. I thought my plants were sterile because I never found a seed, but perhaps they aren't or one snuck in when the sp. floating seed I received was getting packaged...

As for aliciae, I haven't grown it but they do seem pretty similar in structure. Based on my sp floating plants, and the pics of drosera aliciae, I'd say sp floating grows densely, and drosera aliciae has a bit more of a spoon shape to the end of the leaves.

 

[hcarlton]

Not the aliciae I grow; leaves are a pretty even tapered strap from one end to the other. venusta and slackii are "spoon" shaped, but I wouldn't qualify either alice or admirab as such.

 

[Doomsday]

Not the aliciae I grow; leaves are a pretty even tapered strap from one end to the other. venusta and slackii are "spoon" shaped, but I wouldn't qualify either alice or admirab as such.

Do your aliciae have indents at the ends of the leaves, giving them a slight scoop shape? My sp. "floating" seedlings don't. Also, how much does aliciae move when fed? These guys move a lot. The entire leaf folds. When I feed them a lot, the whole top layer of leaves folds exposing the second layer... Also, admirabilis is supposed to get tall over time.. due to the layers of dead leaves... Does aliciae do that?

 

[Doomsday]

Dionaea muscipula 'Akai Ryu' explants:

 

[hcarlton]

Do your aliciae have indents at the ends of the leaves, giving them a slight scoop shape? My sp. "floating" seedlings don't. Also, how much does aliciae move when fed? These guys move a lot. The entire leaf folds. When I feed them a lot, the whole top layer of leaves folds exposing the second layer... Also, admirabilis is supposed to get tall over time.. due to the layers of dead leaves... Does aliciae do that?

Most of the time, no; when they do, it's slight. They move just as much as most sundews (entire leaf can roll if covered in enough food), and aliciae does form a column, though I tend to trim dead leaves so it doesn't always last.

 

[Doomsday]

Some new stuff from Europe... Nothing has acclimated or grown any leaves under my care yet. I just potted these up this afternoon.

Bought as Drosera ascendens:

D. falconeri:

Cephalotus follicularis:

D. dichrosepala/oreopodion (mixed them up):

D. dichrosepala/oreopodion (mixed them up):

D. broomensis:

 

[bluemax]

Congrats on the new imports. I am caring for some I received not too long ago myself. I find it exciting to watch plants that are newly out of tc. And you have petiolaris 'dews!

 

[Doomsday]

Congrats on the new imports. I am caring for some I received not too long ago myself. I find it exciting to watch plants that are newly out of tc. And you have petiolaris 'dews!

Thanks, man! I'm pretty hyped about them, haha. So far, they all still look good this morning which is always a good post-shipping/potting sign. Which plants did you get? BTW, I cleared my inbox.

 

[bluemax]

I received D. brevicornis and derbyensis, assuming the i.d.s are accurate. Also D. neocalidonica, kind of out of the blue. So far, so good.

 

[Doomsday]

I received D. brevicornis and derbyensis, assuming the i.d.s are accurate. Also D. neocalidonica, kind of out of the blue. So far, so good.

Ah, awesome! I ordered a derbyensis, but it died in transit.

 

[bluemax]

I killed a seed-grown D. derbyensis last year. This is my chance to do better!

 

[Doomsday]

I killed a seed-grown D. derbyensis last year. This is my chance to do better!

Ah, good luck with it, man! I believe in you!

 

[bluemax]

Ah, good luck with it, man! I believe in you!

Thanks! I appreciate it. I expect to post some photos on my petiolaris thread sometime in the next few weeks.

 

[Doomsday]

Thanks! I appreciate it. I expect to post some photos on my petiolaris thread sometime in the next few weeks.

Nice. I'll be sure to check them out!

I think my stuff looks like it's going to make it, except for the ordensis. It isn't dead, but pretty much all of it's leaves got ruined between shipping and repotting, and it doesn't look great. Idk how good recovery from roots is on the wooly dews. Other dews are usually pretty amazing with their ability to come back from almost nothing, as long as the crown hasn't died.

 

[Doomsday]

Dionaea muscipula seed forming callus in-vitro:

 

[Doomsday]

D. burmannii "Humpty Doo":

D. falconeri:

 

[Doomsday]

Drosophyllum lusitanicum: in-vitro germiation:

 

[bluemax]

Nice!