Hello,
despite my acknowledgement to slowly back out from growing plants I have tried to grow some plants from seed I´ve got. And these are considered to be kinda challenge. Image may be NSFW.
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This is my first attempt on growing a Byblis from seed:
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This is Byblis filifolia sown in July 2013. To my very surprise the seeds germinated just a week after sowing! Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. I soaked them 24 hrs in gibberillic acid before.
The next contestant I´ve already sown last year in March. Nothing germinated at all but I´ve kept the pot dry from Sept. to July this year and sowed my remaining portion of seed onto the old soil. Thanks God we´ve had this superb sunny and hot summer this year. Germination started after about three to four weeks. Dieter Kadereit believes the seeds sown last year are the ones having germinated. It´s been the same at him.
Image may be NSFW.
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Image may be NSFW.
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They´re growing rapidly. I feed them tiny pieces of fish flakes. *yum* According to Siggi Hartmeyer feeding the seedlings is important for them to survive (and to grow fast enough to adulthood of course). This species from hot Northern Australia is regarded an annual plant.
Image may be NSFW.
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Its most remarkable feature are the "runway lights" - described as such by Siggi Hartmeyer who examined the plant strictly. These semitranslucent macro cells have a yellow center and are believed to attract prey. In good light the whole plant is coloured deeply red, so the yellow "lights" are shining brightly out of the plant... Image may be NSFW.
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Image may be NSFW.
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First I´ve had nine seedlings. I replanted eight of them into a bigger pot keeping the old soil clump around the seedlings´ roots. Unfortunately two of them have died recently! Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. Having talked to Siggi Hartmeyer problems can occur quite fastly if the temperature drops significantly and the light becomes weaker. The seedlings as well as adult plants rot at the base of the stem! *shock* Best is 30 - 40°C and full sun! Too bad we´re already moving towards autumn! I guess I am forced to try to keep the seedlings in my heated lowland terrarium.
Apart from that I´m already happy there have at least some of the 30+ seeds germinated at all. ;-)
Edited: Oh, by the way, this is Drosera hartmeyerorum of course! ^^
Image may be NSFW.
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Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
And here we have Drosera collinsiae - a very beautiful location form from Mbuluzi River, South Africa. The seeds were germinating under artificial lights at the end of December last year. Unfortunately only three of at least 20 seeds germinated and short after germination one seedling decayed. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view. The plants are almost mature now and the first flower stalk emerges from the bigger plant.
Finally my biggest seedling of a dozen of Drosera camporupestris:
Image may be NSFW.
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It´s also about nine months old.
For all shown species it´s my first attempt to raise them from seed. And actually I´m not a very successful grower from seed! ;-) I´ve also sown Drosera cistiflora, Drosera alba and D. hilaris. Nothing of the "Albas" ever germinated. There is a single seedling of D. hilaris in the Camporupestris pot. And of approx. ten seedlings of D. cistiflora only two have survived. B( Maybe some of the Cistiflora will return to growth... But I´ve heard mostly one year old seedlings don´t survive the summer....
Well, I´m curious how old all these "guys" will finally become.
Regards
Andreas
(And I hope there are a few more topic viewers then just Aidan! ;-) )
despite my acknowledgement to slowly back out from growing plants I have tried to grow some plants from seed I´ve got. And these are considered to be kinda challenge. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
This is my first attempt on growing a Byblis from seed:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
This is Byblis filifolia sown in July 2013. To my very surprise the seeds germinated just a week after sowing! Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
I soaked them 24 hrs in gibberillic acid before.The next contestant I´ve already sown last year in March. Nothing germinated at all but I´ve kept the pot dry from Sept. to July this year and sowed my remaining portion of seed onto the old soil. Thanks God we´ve had this superb sunny and hot summer this year. Germination started after about three to four weeks. Dieter Kadereit believes the seeds sown last year are the ones having germinated. It´s been the same at him.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
They´re growing rapidly. I feed them tiny pieces of fish flakes. *yum* According to Siggi Hartmeyer feeding the seedlings is important for them to survive (and to grow fast enough to adulthood of course). This species from hot Northern Australia is regarded an annual plant.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Its most remarkable feature are the "runway lights" - described as such by Siggi Hartmeyer who examined the plant strictly. These semitranslucent macro cells have a yellow center and are believed to attract prey. In good light the whole plant is coloured deeply red, so the yellow "lights" are shining brightly out of the plant... Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
First I´ve had nine seedlings. I replanted eight of them into a bigger pot keeping the old soil clump around the seedlings´ roots. Unfortunately two of them have died recently! Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Having talked to Siggi Hartmeyer problems can occur quite fastly if the temperature drops significantly and the light becomes weaker. The seedlings as well as adult plants rot at the base of the stem! *shock* Best is 30 - 40°C and full sun! Too bad we´re already moving towards autumn! I guess I am forced to try to keep the seedlings in my heated lowland terrarium.Apart from that I´m already happy there have at least some of the 30+ seeds germinated at all. ;-)
Edited: Oh, by the way, this is Drosera hartmeyerorum of course! ^^
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
And here we have Drosera collinsiae - a very beautiful location form from Mbuluzi River, South Africa. The seeds were germinating under artificial lights at the end of December last year. Unfortunately only three of at least 20 seeds germinated and short after germination one seedling decayed. Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
The plants are almost mature now and the first flower stalk emerges from the bigger plant.Finally my biggest seedling of a dozen of Drosera camporupestris:
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
It´s also about nine months old.
For all shown species it´s my first attempt to raise them from seed. And actually I´m not a very successful grower from seed! ;-) I´ve also sown Drosera cistiflora, Drosera alba and D. hilaris. Nothing of the "Albas" ever germinated. There is a single seedling of D. hilaris in the Camporupestris pot. And of approx. ten seedlings of D. cistiflora only two have survived. B( Maybe some of the Cistiflora will return to growth... But I´ve heard mostly one year old seedlings don´t survive the summer....
Well, I´m curious how old all these "guys" will finally become.
Regards
Andreas
(And I hope there are a few more topic viewers then just Aidan! ;-) )