Mini Drosera Garden
 

This is what I have been doing the whole afternoon. Most probably I need to add more lighting for them to do well. Here's the species in the garden:

- D. adelae
- D. paradoxa
- D. hartmeyerorum
- D. filiformis (red)
- D. burmanii
- U. graminflolia

I think it'll look better when the utric cover the entire garden. At the moment have to use the black dirty looking sphagnum peat as the topping so that the utric will grow.

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WOW very nice David.
Well done.

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Nice drosera, David.

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hey david thats awesome! looks like u put a lot of effort. what lighting did u use?

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Fantastic David! I saw a thread somewhere (else) where we started discussing creating mini-environments/ecosystems. I was discussing with someone how this was really my favorite way of seeing Cp's and ferns. Your setup is really tastefully done and has a great composition! And the seamless terrarium really adds some class as well. Great job, please keep posting as it fills in!
I tell ya, you guys are going to convince me yet about indoor light setups! :tongue:

...by the way...the plants all look great too! :tongue:

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Thanks everyone for your kind comments. Forgot to mention that I have D. spatulata in there too. After looking at it the rest of the day, I decided to remove one filiformis plant from the mini garden and add U. graminflolia, U. tricolor and U. involvens.

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I use PLL lights

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Hi David

Nice setup!!! Must have taken some time to build that and also how much did you get for that aquarium if thats what it is.....

Ken

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Well done, David! Nice setup, I like it. Now I am thinking of a terrarium, but not enough money......

Cheers

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what does PLL stand for? where to buy ah? does it makan a lot of power?

btw, u grow ur ceph under those lights too right.

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Ken,
Yes it is an aquarium. Got it from Pet Safari in Ikano some time back.

malowie,

PLL lights are a type of lightings used by planted tanks enthusiasts to grow their water plants. It's 2 long tube connected together at the end. Whether it uses a lot of electricity or not depends on the wattage of the bulb or how many you use.

Yes, I grow my cephs and heliam under those lights too.

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so whered you buy the bulbs? i would like to get one.

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Can et from aquarium shops. If you want cheaper, can look for it at Jalan Pasar. Or if just for convenience sake, you can get it from Pet Safari at Ikano but it's more pricy there. Maybe you can check with the planted tanks enthusiasts who are here as well. They will know where to et the best deal.

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Very nice, I have several cermaic pots with mini Drosera landscape. Nothing with such unusual species. Utrics make great 'killer lawn'.
I have got one with a seed grown sarra in it. I have post a photo of it.

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Hi David

Thanks i also got my aquarium from IKANO that place mine 14" long but definitly using for fish.Isn't it too expensive??? I bought mine for rm200+ wo

Ken

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Hi Ken. Sorry, could you rephrase your sentence. I don't quite get what you are trying to say. Thanks.

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Hi

Sorry for the confusing sentence.What i was trying to ask was isn't it too expensive?? I bought aquariums from there and they are around rm200+

Ken

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Hi Khoas,

Lets just hope the plants in my mini landscape grows well and survive. Yes, I remember your thread here. I especially like the third picture. So natural. I repost below. Maybe I should have added more rocks in my pot. Makes it look more rugged and natural. Now that you've mentioned it, I realised that the green stuff on the media is actually utrics. I thought it was moss earlier.

Can show us he rest of your mini landscape Drosera garden please. Thanks. Ok, below is your mini garden that I like.

https://forum.petpitcher.net/attachme...6&d=1220751326

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That's why I said earlier that it is a little pricy but it is more convenient for me compared to the other source. There are cheaper aquarium available. Yours might be more expensive because of its quality and perhaps it also does not have a joint between the glass just like mine. It is more difficult o make that way.

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Wow :wub:..nice setup...this mini garden look so cute and beautiful....:1thumbup:
David...how many days that u will change the water?? It is easy dirty?? :confused:

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Hi

Mine is slightly different.I intend to do it with my VFT and my sarrs.

Ken

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Just like my Drosera set up where all the pots are placed in trays of water, I only change the water when algae growth is bad. Other than that I just refill everytime the water reduces. So I use filtered or RO water to water them to avoid mineral build up in the water trays.

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OIC..David...Thanks for ur kindly reply...:smile:
Maybe I put my drosera outside...My water tray easy dirty and algae easy growing...So I need change water twice or three time for a week....

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Hi David

Got a question to ask I saw ur little garden has rocks in it rite??? So what rock did u use?? I was planning to use the rocks by the roadside is that usable???Or can i use those bigger sized rocks they use in aquariums??

Ken

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I use river rocks. Those that you can find in a river. Perhaps roadside rocks/stones might not be a good idea if they have road tar on them.

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Well they are not black like the road..............How bout those in the fields or bushes which are not that near the road.I wasn't really thinking about the road thingy was more on the minerals there is in these rocks.

Ken

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Ken,

I think you'll have to just try out and see the results. I am also just trying out. :)

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Some the green stuff is moss, it jump around via spores. Should mention a little charcoal at the bottom of the container help keep the soil sweet.
The actual 'pot' above is actually the door off a front loading washing maching!

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You actually took a door of a front loading washing machine to do this?! That's creative man! So it's glass right? Just wondering can you could see the roots and traps of the utrics through the glass?

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The washing machine was been dumped so I borrowed the door. The rim took couple of years to rust off. The bladders don't form next the edge and the roots either avoid or start spouting. I would have to put black cardborad around it to form bladders.

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Thanks for your explaination.

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Ultric bladder, where? David, how you can see the bladder? Cannot see it in the pic, strain as I might. Have to buy some eye drops later.

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No laaa... I didn't mean I saw. I was asking Khoas if the traps can be seen since it is glass. :)

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hahaha david ... i saw D. indica survive in your mini garden now...hahahah

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Edmund, that's D. hartemeyerorum not indica. But they are not doing very well in the mini garden as there is not enough lighting. I've shifted the mini garden into my grow chamber about a week ago which receives more light. Lets see what happens

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Is that the one which is too difficult to pronounce hehe....

Ken

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Hopefully it fill work, David. ;)

Cheers

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Its D hartmeyerorum. The species was discovered by Irmgrad Hartmeyer in 1995, so Wikipedia says. So he named it after himself, Drosera Hartmeyer-orum. After that easy to prounounce.

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D. hartmeyerorum is similar to D. indica in terms of its need for high light. I have both species under T5 lights, just an inch away. D. hartmeyerorum colours up maroon in very bright conditions and produces a citrus smell. :1thumbup:

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oh i see... then next time i must pay more attention on that plant again.

Thanks cindy for the tips:)

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Just an update of my mini Drosera/Utric garden. Here's 2 picture I just took. The Utric has covered almost the entire media. Just need to be a little thicker and you won't see any sphagnum peat. Also because I shifted the mini garden in my 4-feet grow chamber where I place the rest of my Drosera, the D. adelae has turned all bronze maroon.

The next one I make, I'll follow more of what Khoas did with more exposed rocks and a terrain that has more steep angles and less leveled.

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Thats impressive, what kind of utric is that?

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Your mini - bog looking good. The Utric almost look like a lawn.

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WOW the urtic is going nuts with your care...(and nuts as in a good way) WOW.......Soooo nice....The paradoxa quite big....Its just nice...What do you feed your urtics?

Ken

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Wow!!! That utric has spreaded so much!!

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Thanks for all your coments.

Hi alcran,
I have U. graminflolia, U. tricolor and U. involvens in the mini bog. You can't see tricolor as it is behind the D. adelae. Not doing very well as I think they need cooler conditions to thrive. The involvens is just infront of the D. spatulata. It's starting to mix with the graminflolia. You can see 3 flower stalks growing up from the involvens and climbing on each other.

Ken,
I do not feed the utric. Don't know how to feed them.

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Hi David

I see.....Anyways have you ever grown U gibba???????? Can it be grown in a peat pot? And waterlogged in water? Anyways does about 5 cm water do good for gibbas? Do they need peat in they water containers?

Ken

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Yes, I have grown U. gibba before, but just like my U. aurea and Aldrovanda, they will thrive for a couple for months and start to decline... Not sure why. Perhaps it's the water chemistry.

So, I'm not the right person to ask about their cultivation. Perhaps it's my growng conditions indoors... to hot I think. But other members I know had great success with gibba. They are just placed in any container/pot/pond/etc in the garden under sun and rain, and they thrive for them.

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I didn't grow U gibba, but they thrive like weed in my aquarium, I have to clear them out every time I get the water changed. :crying:
I saw people grow them in a shallow tray in the garden. Not too sure there is peat in the tray as the U gibba grow so thick at the surface and produced a lot of flowers. What I observed from the wild, the U gibba will flower when they grow thick and stagnant in the pond.
I placed my U. aurea and aldrovanda in the water lily and herbs pot in my garden, they thrive in there. The water is quite cooling as the pot was under some shade. The U aurea produced flowers quite frequently.

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Jut did a new mini Garden in the last few days.

D. capensis "giant"
D. spatulata
U. graminfolia
P. lusitaica
P. primuliflora


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