Forum: Drosera In The Wild
15th October 2012, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 3,628
Re: D Cistiflora in Gordons Bay, SA
thx for sharing zoit...... how did you manage to spot the droseras ? :o) feel free to include pix of your dogs as well... i`m a dog lover heheh.
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Forum: Byblis
29th May 2012, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 5,625
Re: Byblis propagation
Robert, you mean intially ? Bright shaded area i mean.... Mine grows happily in full morning sun + patches of a`noon sun........ doesn`t have problem with heat / sunlite as long as the medium is wet...
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
25th April 2012, 09:39 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 30,950
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
25th April 2012, 09:29 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Re: VFTs
jimmy: try putting some salted fish in the grass / garden + put your VFTs next to it... see if it attract flies for them to catch. it may take a while.
last time i used to catch flies to feed...
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
25th April 2012, 09:24 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Re: VFTs
tzestan: mine all due to dormancy.... + i`m not good at dormancy care, haiz.....
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
25th April 2012, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Re: VFTs
Edwardyeeks: nice, they do seem to grow on their own quite independently until.... dormancy! LOL....
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
18th April 2012, 03:43 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
VFTs
How is everyone`s VFT doing ?
Mine have all dwindled down to one young VFT ( abt 4cm across ) & several tiny ones ( less than 0.5 cm ) ..... used to have HUGE giant ones heheh. Care during...
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Forum: Events
18th April 2012, 03:21 PM
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Replies: 35
Views: 37,926
Re: Visit to Nepenthes Garden in Penang Hill
It`s lovely... if / when i go, i will bring a pair of scissors to trim off all the dead pitchers & clean up the plants for him. LOL. + a small shovel to dig up & throw away all the weeds growing...
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Forum: Projects
12th January 2012, 11:10 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,928
Re: My annual Project update
Gbarce : i echo Casey`s sentiments that it is indeed a lovely garden.
are you doing it on your own ? or is yr spouse/kids helping out ? :o)
will there be a carnivorous plants section in the...
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Forum: Drosera
10th January 2012, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,129
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Forum: Drosera
9th January 2012, 02:20 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,129
Re: Drosera Scorpiodes ( pygmy )
An update : my d.scorpiodes collapsed after being exposed to near a`noon sun. The angle of the sun shifted & i was too busy to notice so the poor things got burnt. I was unable to save them.
If...
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Forum: Cephalotus
9th December 2011, 01:08 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,322
Re: One of my cold Cephalotus greenhouses
Dadetave,
I have to fish out my ruler to see how long 8cm is. Wow! Yeah i know abt the larger ceph clones but I`ve never tried coz even the normal ones don`t exactly flourish here. :o)
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Forum: Cephalotus
7th December 2011, 09:42 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,322
Re: One of my cold Cephalotus greenhouses
Hi Dadetave,
Your cephs are amazing. 6.5cm is huge, the biggest ones we got from our local nursery was only about 3cm at most.
so this is a greenhouse with a chiller & it`s own internal...
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Forum: Drosera
17th November 2011, 10:59 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,732
Re: Drosera Food: Bloodworms
in M`sia, it`s quite difficult to get sunlight on the plants without the heat.
unless we have angled sunlight streaming into an aircon area for a few hours daily which is difficult to find....
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Forum: Drosera
4th November 2011, 01:48 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
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Forum: Drosera
4th November 2011, 09:22 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Re: D. Capensis needs help!
strath76 : not many of us have prolifera or schizandra. i have d. adelae but like you said, it`s a picky sundew in our hot tropical weather. i have a few pots of it growing in 2 parts of my garden. ...
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Forum: Drosera
3rd November 2011, 06:19 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Re: D. Capensis needs help!
Ok yr d. Intermedia is indeed what you say it is.
Your other sundew is most prob a d. Nidiformis...
Go get some Filiformis or Binata or burmanii which totally look diff then there won't be...
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Forum: Drosera
3rd November 2011, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Re: D. Capensis needs help!
Cheng, show us your alleged d.intermedia & we`ll confirm it for you. LOL.
Just to share, my sundews are stacked on a multi tier rack ( tier 2 & 3 from a 4-tier rack ) & protected from direct...
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Forum: Drosera
3rd November 2011, 09:27 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Re: D. Capensis needs help!
They look like d.intermedia to me. But yes, as strath76 pointed out, plants under stress look a lil` diff from a happy one.
IMHO, for our weather, sundews can make do with just half day sun....
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Forum: Drosera In The Wild
18th October 2011, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,881
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Forum: Drosera In The Wild
14th October 2011, 01:39 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 2,881
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Forum: Nepenthes
6th October 2011, 07:45 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 5,743
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Forum: Drosera
29th September 2011, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 5,732
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Forum: Dionaea muscipula
7th September 2011, 02:19 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 3,958
Re: Growing outdoors or under cover
We grow our VFTs mainly in LFS & this doesn`t splash easy even in our heaviest rainfalls. I know of a VFT collector who just places newly separated tiny VFTs into LFS & exposes them to rains etc...
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Forum: Desmodium gyrans / Codariocalyx motorius
23rd August 2011, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 3,097
Re: Anyone still have dancing plant?
Most welcomed TS.....it was good to see you. Lucky we chatted about the pygmy sundew , if not I would have not been able to pass to you. Heheh. Happy growing !
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