D. paradoxa 'Drysdale'

[Cindy]

I have two plants in the same pot and as they push each other away, they are producing roots down the sides of the pot!

[shawnintland]

Nice! Hey Cindy, you have a lot more experience with these guys than me, so I'll ask your opinion; That pair is so nice together that I probably wouldn't risk anything, but I wonder; if you put them in a very wide tray of water (even on a short stand in the tray so they aren't water logged), when the roots hit the water would they start to immediately form plantlets?
I've been playing around growing some stuff in my old hydroponic tables and finding that what I thought were all the 'old rules' have twists to them...Hoyas, which shouldn't like hydro-conditions, if grown that way from seed onwards, thrive! I'm getting really thick plants from seed in no time at all and the new shoots laying in the water are super-rooted and ready for cutting/transplanting in 2 weeks!
I'm thinking/wondering if when the roots find themselves totally immersed would they have a tendancy to start immediately forming plants to emerge into the air?

[Cindy]

Hi Shawn, I have no idea. The roots are about touching the bottom of the container containing water. For paradoxa, I only top up to about 1" of water each time and let it dry out completely inbetween. Maybe I'll let the water stay a little higher and see what happens with the roots. Not sure if the petiolaris complex plants produce plantlets from roots. A number of tropical sundews like D. intermedia and D. capensis do though.

[edmund83]

wuw.... cindy .. i wonder how many pot of paradoxa you having in your house ... heheheheh

So intend to split the mother plant again?

[Cindy]

Hmmm...maybe. But I think ischan has it in TC now. So I can always buy some small plants from him to harden off...and start growing them all over again.

The plants during January this year. I think they look more compact...not so messy.

[shawnintland]

Compact is cool, but I wouldn't mind a few of my plants being as "messy" as yours!