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« Thread Started on Mar 6, 2007, 6:40pm »
Ok, Zak. You said to take some pictures of my byblis. Here are the pictures...






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« Reply #1 on Mar 6, 2007, 7:59pm »
Wah, it's getting much bigger since I last saw it!
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« Reply #2 on Mar 6, 2007, 9:27pm »
Ah yes just as pretty as I remember~ I so want one haha.
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« Reply #3 on Mar 8, 2007, 1:44pm »
See the gowing tip! see the growing tips. You can see a flower bud coming up. When I get home today the flower bud would have blossomed. It is blue colour
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« Reply #4 on Mar 8, 2007, 11:47pm »
Congratulations, David. Any pollinator or it will pollinate itself?
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« Reply #5 on Mar 9, 2007, 12:03am »
Wow David, now i envy u! haha
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« Reply #6 on Mar 9, 2007, 8:53am »

Quote:Congratulations, David. Any pollinator or it will pollinate itself?

According to savage garden it will polinate itself but will produce better seed set if we tease the flowers a little with a toothpick.

Can't do that. When I got hoem the flower already close. Same as the intermedia plant I have. The flowers seems to only last a day and closes at night.
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« Reply #7 on Mar 9, 2007, 10:46am »
Wah Envy
Is it a difficult plant to grow?
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« Reply #8 on Mar 9, 2007, 5:21pm »
Seems prety easy to me. But I read that they do not like to be disturb or transplanted. They die from shock easily. So far, I've tried as much as possible not to touch it or move it around.
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« Reply #9 on Mar 30, 2007, 10:29pm »
Updates on the flower stalk. It has given me some seeds. It made my day. The plant has almost doubled in size since those pictures that were taken above this thread. There are three plants in the pot and two are flowering perfusely.

However, the funny thing is a few other flower has died. I waited and the flower stalk also turned brown and died. So no seeds from these.

I think I must tease the flowers a little to make sure they produce seeds. Problem is the flowers only open for a few hours in the morning.

Tomorrow is a holiday. I'll try and see if the few flowers on the plant now will give me more seeds.

Love this plant! It is continuously producing flowers every week. There are at least about 5 flowers on the 2 plants now.

Will keep you guys updated. Maybe can offer some seeds to forum members if there's a lot. But I suspect there will be since it keeps giving out flowers.
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Re: Byblis liniflora
« Reply #10 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:15pm »
I want~ Are they perrenials or annuals? Do they need dormancy? Either way I want some hehe. Sorry if I sound greedy~

Btw, I read this one wiki :
"The pollen release of B. gigantea and B. lamellata is only triggered by the resonance frequency of a landing pollinator, helping ensure cross-pollination with other individuals."

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« Reply #11 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:23pm »
You make me laugh Zak!

They are actually annuals growing during the rainy season. But where they grow, there will be a season of dry spell and the plants die off. When the rainy season arrive again the seeds sprout into new plants.

However, in our hot tropical climate, it can be kept alive for 2-3 years if it's media is always kept wet. Do not let it dry out of the plants will die thinking that drought has arrived.

It will flower profusely throughout it lifespan and grow from seed to adult in a matter of months.

I realised the pot I use is too small for the three plants I have in there. The roots are growing out of the pot. So when you grow them from seeds make sure the pot is big enough.

I'll have some seeds to spare when the next flower gives me seeds. Will post on the forum
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Re: Byblis liniflora
« Reply #12 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:26pm »
Peter D'Amato says that for liniflora, it will self polinate when the flower dies. Afterall the first flower gave me some seeds by itself.
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« Reply #13 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:30pm »
I book seeds! Haha sorry again~ Well since it's an annual I can grow it in my tank But I will keep some in a pot, wet all the time to get as many seeds as I can. Then If I get too many i'll start giving them away hehe. They'll be like little trees in my tank hehe

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« Reply #14 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:43pm »
They should be able to take full sun like sundews. However, mine is grown under artificial lights.
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« Reply #15 on Mar 30, 2007, 11:46pm »
Ok good. Because my tank has flytraps and they need that light. The medium stays really wet if I water it every morning. I just put 3 flytraps into the tank medium tonight actually
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« Reply #16 on Mar 31, 2007, 12:20am »
Count me in for the seeds, David. Will be happy to grow that little Christmas tree!
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Re: Byblis liniflora
« Reply #17 on Apr 11, 2007, 6:13am »
To keep them alive for ages you'l need a big pot. They will do very well in full sun, lots of people grow them that way here
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« Reply #18 on Apr 11, 2007, 9:43am »
BIG POT? Full Sun? they can? In Singapore or Malaysia??
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Re: Byblis liniflora
« Reply #19 on Apr 11, 2007, 11:31am »
Well their natural habitat is north australia and lower indonesia. Gets pretty sunny there.