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Quick Byblis Inquiry

Quick question!

My B. liniflora is 3 months and 12 days old... how big should it be?

I have a suspicion that it is not as big as it should be...
 
My most recent plants never got any bigger than an inch. OTOH, 2 years ago, they were ~5". I think I had better conditions when they were at the lab.

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Oh wow.. I always thought that byblis got to be like a foot tall.. pictures really do massively screw up proportions. I guess mine are fine then. The biggest one might be like 1.5 inches but they still seem to be actively growing. Pretty nice.

Do you always flood them like that? I always thought they liked it slightly drier than most CPs. Just very slightly.
 
Mine got huge last year - after it hit 10-12 inches, it flopped over the side of the pot, but then just kept growing and growing. I got quite a bit of seed, most of which I gave away, then I planted some about 4 or 5 months ago. They're about five to six inches tall now, and the first flower has appeared. I finally got rid of the old plant because it was too bushy and was in the way. I think it might have grown forever. It did like it a bit drier.

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What size of a pot do you use? I just used a 3 inch pot and I'm thinking that may be why they're kinda going a little slowly.. it's been almost 4 months and they're only just barely an inch tall.
 
It's been... uhh like maybe one and a half months and my B. filifolia is only like... a half inch tall.
 
Most of them were "born" in the swamp and the one not sprouted there was moved as a seedling. Basically, they were acclimated in those conditions and weren't messed with... until the Nep pot gave way and crashed into the tub. Then they were toast!
 
Aww that sucks. :/ I hate it when that kind of thing happens.

I also have some filifolia seeds, I'm hoping they decide to germinate sometime soon.. like within a month.
 
The sooner the better. Out of 20 seeds treated with liquid smoke, I got one to sprout.
 
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ahhh!! i want byblis sooo bad. im gonna have to wait untill...whenever people get flowers :(
 
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I have liniflora seeds I have to wait until oregon and get a heated terrarium because oregon is alaways cool good for dralington though,maybe a easy lowland nepenthes and byblis in a tank? Good idea or bad idea?
 
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