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  • #202
well mine have always flowered in pretty shallow pots,but maybe it helps in a hotter climate,but i have took your advice NAN and am now growing a couple of hamiltonii in very tall (9" long white gutter down pipes) to see if they grow better than those i have in shallower pots,so far they are looking good
 
  • #203
Have you tried the "yesterday's pollen - today's stigma" trick with D. slackii? Sometimes that works if it is a matter of dichogamy (pistils and stamens ripening at different times). Pluck off a few anthers and save them for the next round of flowers. Or just reuse the paint brush without cleaning it between rounds.
 
  • #204
Cheers NAN.Could i pull the petals off yesterdays flower that would be closed and use the anthers,I was thinking of doing this.
 
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  • #205
first time flowering this for me,i hope to get a better pic at the weekend,it seems to be opening just when i leave for work,d.cuneifolia
 
  • #206
this cuneifolia flower is a bit more open,i was surprised it was so large at 35 mm across looks like 30 mm in the pic but when measured more carefully without juggling with the camera and flower it was 35mm
 
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  • #207
Cheers NAN.Could i pull the petals off yesterdays flower that would be closed and use the anthers,I was thinking of doing this.

I suppose you could. I've never tried this. I would cut the old flower off from the stem and slice it open with a scalpel or x-acto knife. Probably be a lot easier doing it that way.
 
  • #208
thanks for your response NAN,i have already tried it the other day so fingers crossed
 
  • #209
Two hybrids, D. spatulata 'Tamlin' x sp. Lantau Island on the left, and sp. Lantau x capensis "typical" on the right

D. spatulata "Beenak, Victoria AU"
 
  • #210
Nice shots!
 
  • #211
D. capillaris long arm Tate's Hell Swamp, FL aka "Ivan's Long Arm"
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This wasn't intentional, but the flower stalk got snagged on a leaf or other flower stalk and twisted about like those "lucky bamboo" plants

D. cistilflora
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I had to leave so I didn't get the flower fully open. Some other time

D. nidiformis
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D. helodes
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D. callistos
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D. hookeri
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  • #212
Awesome photos!
 
  • #213
The color of the pink D. cistiflora is very nice.
 
  • #214
Well nearly fully open. The second shot was an error, didn't set flash sync speed, but kind of a nice effect. Bottom shot is the same flower the day before.
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  • #215
A few D.slackii pics, the planets have aligned and I have a bit of dew , living jewels indeed
 
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  • #216
D. kaieteurensis
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  • #217
This seems like a good thread to ask the question what triggers flowering in sundews light cycle or age
 
  • #218
This seems like a good thread to ask the question what triggers flowering in sundews light cycle or age

depends. some are very seasonal. I suspect those have environmental cues. Day length, temp. etc. winter growing, tuberous, areas with discrete wet and dry seasons. Others are ever blooming and I suspect age might be the most important factor.....
 
  • #219
Drosera kaietuerensis - shot with my Lester Dine (Kiron) 105mm f/2.8 macro. The first two shots using a Pringle's can snoot over the built-in in flash, the rest using the Lester Dine (Yuzo) ring flash at 1/16th power. These flowers are very ephemeral and in the time it took me to change to the ringflash the flower closed some. Say about 5-6 minutes. Managed to catch it wide open for once :)

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ringflash:
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  • #220
Wow 5-6 minutes is really fast! I find it interesting that different species of Drosera have their flowers close at different speeds. Venusta flowers seem to last the longest for me as they stay open for several hours. Also, I'm glad I was able to see the cistiflora flower in person last week. It was amazing.
 
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