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Forum: Drosera In The Wild 15th October 2012, 09:17 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,628
Posted By Tarence
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.
Forum: Byblis 29th May 2012, 09:29 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 5,625
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 25th April 2012, 09:39 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 30,950
Posted By Tarence
Re: Nice Typical VFT

KC, how is this VFT now ? a lot of babies oredi ? heheh
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 25th April 2012, 09:29 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 25th April 2012, 09:24 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Posted By Tarence
Re: VFTs

tzestan: mine all due to dormancy.... + i`m not good at dormancy care, haiz.....
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 25th April 2012, 09:20 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Posted By Tarence
Re: VFTs

Edwardyeeks: nice, they do seem to grow on their own quite independently until.... dormancy! LOL....
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 18th April 2012, 03:43 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,306
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Events 18th April 2012, 03:21 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 37,926
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Projects 12th January 2012, 11:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,928
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Drosera 10th January 2012, 09:25 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,129
Posted By Tarence
Re: Drosera Scorpiodes ( pygmy )

Medium is semi-fine sand (40%) , LFS (30%) & perlite (10%) & peat moss ( 20%).
Forum: Drosera 9th January 2012, 02:20 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,129
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Cephalotus 9th December 2011, 01:08 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,322
Posted By Tarence
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)
...
Forum: Cephalotus 7th December 2011, 09:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,322
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Drosera 17th November 2011, 10:59 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,732
Posted By Tarence
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....
Forum: Drosera 4th November 2011, 01:48 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Posted By Tarence
Re: D. Capensis needs help!

Heheh ok. All d best. Happy growing then.
Forum: Drosera 4th November 2011, 09:22 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Posted By Tarence
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. ...
Forum: Drosera 3rd November 2011, 06:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Drosera 3rd November 2011, 04:56 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Drosera 3rd November 2011, 09:27 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 4,659
Posted By Tarence
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....
Forum: Drosera In The Wild 18th October 2011, 09:31 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,881
Posted By Tarence
Re: Drosera Cistiflora in Greyton area in South Africa

thx for the added info, didn`t realise they were all past their prime.

we have sundews growing in 1 part of malaysia as well, found on a cool hill far away from everyone but it`s a well-guarded...
Forum: Drosera In The Wild 14th October 2011, 01:39 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 2,881
Posted By Tarence
Re: Drosera Cistiflora in Greyton area in South Africa

were there any sundews which were in good condition ? ie green or red, healthy leaves etc.

from your pics, the conditions don`t look very suitable for a sundew, is there like a stream or river...
Forum: Nepenthes 6th October 2011, 07:45 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 5,743
Posted By Tarence
Re: Neps Of October

Love your Lowii x campunalata. Btw nice photography as well. Keep it up.
Forum: Drosera 29th September 2011, 02:06 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 5,732
Posted By Tarence
Re: Drosera Food: Bloodworms

this is the before & after pics of the bloodworm feed ?
Forum: Dionaea muscipula 7th September 2011, 02:19 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,958
Posted By Tarence
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...
Forum: Desmodium gyrans / Codariocalyx motorius 23rd August 2011, 09:31 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 3,097
Posted By Tarence
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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