Good evening,
sadly posting in special fora has become out of fashion and as a matter of fact this place has also gone asleep. Except of Aidan posting news from the nursery and science. So, one may wonder why I start a new thread. Perhaps I can draw a few buddies from the woodwork with this thread who still know me from the better times....![:grin:]()
Unfortunately I don´t have a good enough digital camera for plant macro photography anymore. The Panasonic TZ 31 I used before is defective as the aperture cannot be regulated anymore.![:angry:]()
Of course this happened shortly after warranty had expired.
My stepfather gave me a smaller camera which he originally obtained for my mother and her 'snapshotting'! However the simpler camera´s still too complicated for my mother... Frauen und Technik!![:whistle2:]()
So, we cannot expect much from this camera! It hasn´t even a setting for macro photography!![<_<]()
But I thought my first flower of a seed grown Drosera cistiflora is worth making and showing some pics.![;)]()
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What a surprise: A WHITE flower! I have expected a pink one as I have grown these plants as D. cistiflora 'Moedverloor' all the time. The Moedverloor location form should have pink flowers. Unless there really is a white flowering form at this location. But it could also be I mixed up the labels.
I had three seed packs of D. cistiflora: 'Nieuwoudtville', 'white flower' (Hermanus) and 'Moedverloor'. Tragically almost all seedlings died during their first six weeks in life! I was able to rescue only four seedlings. Those were in the pot with the "Moedverloor" label.
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The flower has a nice size indeed!![:i-m_so_happy:]()
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All plants in one pot. First summer rest with the thin storage roots was critical. I lost one of the plants. But this season they are four specimens again. I will have a second flower as you can see.
The plants - still not mature of course - are three years old now.
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The leaves are quite narrow at this young age.
For comparison: This is how the seedlings looked in 2014 (their second season).
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These images have been gone lost due to a server crash in 2014 I guess.
And this is one of Aidan´s favourites or at least has been.... ^^
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This chap is believing 'he' is a tree! ^^
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Drosera hilaris' crown.
This is also a seed grown plant. The only grain that germinated at all. *phew*
The plant made a short summer rest in 2015. It didn´t die overground totally, it only produced extremely short leaves incapable of trapping prey. The flowers in spring were splendid. Too bad I had no camera at that time!
I apologise for not offering you more professional photos. But actually I have given up in photographing awhile ago.![:negative:]()
Thank you for your attention!
Andreas
sadly posting in special fora has become out of fashion and as a matter of fact this place has also gone asleep. Except of Aidan posting news from the nursery and science. So, one may wonder why I start a new thread. Perhaps I can draw a few buddies from the woodwork with this thread who still know me from the better times....
Unfortunately I don´t have a good enough digital camera for plant macro photography anymore. The Panasonic TZ 31 I used before is defective as the aperture cannot be regulated anymore.
Of course this happened shortly after warranty had expired. My stepfather gave me a smaller camera which he originally obtained for my mother and her 'snapshotting'! However the simpler camera´s still too complicated for my mother... Frauen und Technik!
So, we cannot expect much from this camera! It hasn´t even a setting for macro photography!
But I thought my first flower of a seed grown Drosera cistiflora is worth making and showing some pics.
What a surprise: A WHITE flower! I have expected a pink one as I have grown these plants as D. cistiflora 'Moedverloor' all the time. The Moedverloor location form should have pink flowers. Unless there really is a white flowering form at this location. But it could also be I mixed up the labels.
I had three seed packs of D. cistiflora: 'Nieuwoudtville', 'white flower' (Hermanus) and 'Moedverloor'. Tragically almost all seedlings died during their first six weeks in life! I was able to rescue only four seedlings. Those were in the pot with the "Moedverloor" label.
The flower has a nice size indeed!
All plants in one pot. First summer rest with the thin storage roots was critical. I lost one of the plants. But this season they are four specimens again. I will have a second flower as you can see.
The plants - still not mature of course - are three years old now.
The leaves are quite narrow at this young age.
For comparison: This is how the seedlings looked in 2014 (their second season).
These images have been gone lost due to a server crash in 2014 I guess.
And this is one of Aidan´s favourites or at least has been.... ^^
This chap is believing 'he' is a tree! ^^
Drosera hilaris' crown.
This is also a seed grown plant. The only grain that germinated at all. *phew*
The plant made a short summer rest in 2015. It didn´t die overground totally, it only produced extremely short leaves incapable of trapping prey. The flowers in spring were splendid. Too bad I had no camera at that time!
I apologise for not offering you more professional photos. But actually I have given up in photographing awhile ago.
Thank you for your attention!
Andreas