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Oic, thanks for the explaination.. i think i will wait for the seedpods to get more seed to start another batch of burmanii :tongue:
Geez, yesterday raining i think my plants had been splash a bit by the rain since i'm not home, i wonder is that going to give a big effect. Since is working time is hard to predict the rain falls. I think i need to come up on how to make a small auning or something to cover it up when rain.:unsure:
More picture could be view thru the attach files..I suspect my Intermmedia is ready to flower also.:smile:
Anyway, here's some updates on the plant. Btw, on the leaf of adelea it seems to have some white thingy attached on it, i didn't remove, what possible could be that thing ?? Also some of the extra plant that grew within those pot in the burmanii & intermedia, i don't know what plant is that, do i need to remove them ?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...ts/adalea2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...flowerpod3.jpg

Thanks

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Seems you have a new pet on the Adelae. It is called a mealy bug. Get ride of it quick and please check other plants for contamination.

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OMG !!! I still leave it at there for a period liao.. ok, will go back home & get rid of it first.
Usually it just stick on the leaf right ? Cause i'm afraid it hide within those mosses :crying:

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One thing I would like to share about D. burmanii is they can cheat death after flowering. Like what TS said if the plant is strong before it flowers it may survive after flowering. But what I do to make sure it does not die is I feed it alot of insects (I live in an apartment, so have to hand-feed them) and give it lots of clean water and sunlight (in my case artificial lights) after it flower. They will continue to grow for me and try to flower again. The trick is to cut off the 2nd or 3rd consecutive flower stalk after it first flower to help it recuperate.

After that I allow it to flower again and cut of 2 consecutive flower stalk again after that. So far I've done this over and over again with no ill effects on my plants.

If you do this long enough, after a while the plant will look like (TS calls his "mini coconut tree") a celinder growing out of the ground as the old leaves die off and grow taller. The living leaves will be about 1cm above the media supported by the dry leaves below. So usually I'll just fill up with more media to the level of the living leaves so it does not look so odd.

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OMG !!! Disaster strike me liao.. As today i saw some of the pod got some seed is dropping off.. then i use my scissor thought just want to cut that particular, accidentally i cut the whole stalk of the flower.. there's still got a few pod not flowering yet. :crying:
Then i quickly took a 4cm pot, to place some spagnum moss below, & peat moss as the first layer, then pour all those seed [which i hope that i really sharp sharp pour in inside the pot] :crying: that are available to it, i also use a plastic transparent paper to wrap & cover the top of it & poke a few holes on it, but i got sprink a bit of water in it to make it more moist. I hope the seed will grow. This is my first concern.
My second concern is, does the flower pod that i cut off, will still grow ?:crying::crying:

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

i doubt that the flower stalk will continue to grow. however those unripen pods may continue to ripen(darken) and you may still get more seeds.

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Have to try this. Maybe this work with D. indica.

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Its been a long time since last post, & my seed still got no sign of growing.

Any way what is the proper way of harvesting the seed? cause it seems like my intermmedia is going to be flower also. I scare i make mistake like last time.

Any guide to help on ?

Oh ya, btw.. those dead leaf from adelea, do i need to trim it ?

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Wait for the seeds pod to go black, be careful intermedia release seeds easily. I would trim the black leaves off the adelae they potential source of fungal infection.
It takes around 6 weeks for some sundew to germinate.

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usually how u take out the seedpod? cutting it or plucking it by hand ? cause the seedpod even a lil bit of shake, there will be many seed that been released also.