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« Reply #20 on Jan 3, 2008, 12:08am »
Quote:Thanks Lim for your information.
Athene, perhaps you could call Lim and check with him where he gets the river sand in Penang 
Ya man! wash it several times. I soak my sand in boiling water for several minutes to kill off any beasties, algae etc. I bought my river sand from a nursery near sg. buloh.
David, not only I call Lim for advice, he even gave some sands to take home!
thanks, Lim for the sand that you gave me the other day. Just wondering, how many time should I wash it if I'm not using any acid or what'snots 
I'm preparing to receive some gemmae soon. What should I have for optimum germination, and where should I place them?
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« Reply #21 on Jan 3, 2008, 12:20am »
I wash it until the water is clear.
Just put the gemmae on the sand. They will sprout in several days.
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« Reply #22 on Jan 3, 2008, 12:31am »
after that where do I put the pot? should I use a water tray?
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« Reply #23 on Jan 3, 2008, 8:18am »
I use a shallow water tray, about 1/4 the pot height. Preferably use deeper pots of 5" to plant the gemmae if you have the space ( errr, wait a minute, you HAVE the space ! ) . The recommended pot height is 12" but well, i`m using the 5" ones & also smaller ones which I think are not so good for their `famed` long roots.
Btw, how to keep sand moist all the time ? I`m using peat moss as topping & the gemmae germinates well coz it`s moist all the time. Sand is just sporadically sprinkled over the peat moss more as decoration ( haha) and to keep the peat moss in place.
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« Reply #24 on Jan 3, 2008, 8:30am »
Here are some updated photos of my ****es......
the scorpioides looks a bit pathetic coz it got attacked by baby caterpillars. they ate all the leaves ! but it`s recovering....
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« Reply #25 on Jan 3, 2008, 12:53pm »
Tarence... they look just like you!!! when I say they looks like you... I mean they're cute like you aaa... 
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« Reply #26 on Jan 3, 2008, 1:23pm »
thx, I think.....heheh. they are so tiny tho....i can`t really tell the diff for the other pygmies except for scorpioides. i have not trained meself yet, so my plant labels with stay in the pot for a while.
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« Reply #27 on Jan 3, 2008, 5:39pm »
Tarence, i've just "sown" about ten pygmy species a few days ago. I really think they are attractive plants.
François.
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« Reply #28 on Jan 3, 2008, 6:10pm »
Good for you Francois...do share the pictures with us when they germinate plse. thx.
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« Reply #29 on Jan 4, 2008, 1:51pm »
Just sharing my pygmies... 
D. ericksoniae x pulchella:
D. echinobulastus:
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« Reply #30 on Jan 4, 2008, 2:00pm »
Aren`t they c-u-t-e ? ........our next stage of progress would be to hope for gemmae to form. heheh. flowers too.
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« Reply #31 on Jan 25, 2008, 1:39pm »
the pulchella x ericksoniae are getting quite large. i`m surprised that they can reach this size despite their pygmy status....nearly the size of a 10 cts coin now...
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« Reply #32 on Mar 24, 2008, 7:02pm »
here are some new updates on the gemmae:
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« Reply #33 on Mar 24, 2008, 7:30pm »
nice.... but, they are really tiny... im wonder, that is their adult size? 
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« Reply #34 on Mar 24, 2008, 7:37pm »
the pulchella x ericksoniae is about the size of a 20 cts coin...not too bad for a pygmy sundew....the scorpioides which is the 1st photo from the 3 i just posted is about 1" high....they are tiny....
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« Reply #35 on May 12, 2008, 1:14pm »
this remains my fav pygmy.....
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« Reply #36 on May 16, 2008, 8:34am »
mmmm...surprise surprise.....my d.ericksoniae x pulchella has started producing gemmae. it was a small miracle of sorts for me. heheh. it`s a new feeling poking into the gemmae `pool` with a toothpick & getting the gemmae out. i`ll post pics later.....coz just saw them last nite & nite pics aren`t clear....
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« Reply #37 on May 16, 2008, 11:22am »
tarence, congratulations... cant wait to see the photo ASAP
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« Reply #38 on May 19, 2008, 10:48am »
here are the pics....
gemmae is in the middle of the sundew....
another pic of another sundew
the end result after poking it with a wet toothpick....gemmae !!!
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« Reply #39 on May 21, 2008, 12:02am »
For fresh gemmae, do I need to give them direct sunlight as others sundew? thanx
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