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D. adelae plantlets mystery
« Thread Started on 9 Sept, 2007, 22:44 »Like a few of you, I bought a D. adelae from TC Lim back in January this year. The plant grew vigorously and within a few months it grew a side shoot. I transplanted the new shoot into another pot and it also grow very well.

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But what amazed me was, yesterday, I found two plantlets on the same pot. How did the plantlet get get. The plant had never flowered nor had I cut any of its leaves and let them on the pot.

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Any theory as how the plantlets got there?

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« Reply #1 on 9 Sept, 2007, 22:51 »D. adelae will 'self-propagate' from its roots. Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlooking for different forms of N. ampullaria, N. rafflesiana and N. xhookeriana.

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« Reply #2 on 9 Sept, 2007, 23:13 »yep, my plantlets comes up by the dozens actually. give the d.adelae more sun & you`ll get more ****es. Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedlisham
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« Reply #3 on 9 Sept, 2007, 23:35 »any idea why D. adelaea ****es looks like some other kind of drosera? My small pup is growing more and more like a fat spatulata/rotundofolia.... Why like that yeah? Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedartificialive
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« Reply #4 on 9 Sept, 2007, 23:59 »Hi Lisham,
baby adelaes will have a roudner leaves compared to the parents. Once it gets more matured, the leaves will grow longer and slimmer

Choong: Your adelae seems to suffer from low lights. From my limited experience, the 'wavy' leaves suggest that. « Last Edit: 10 Sept, 2007, 0:01 by artificialive »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged[Naj Grow List] --- [Naj Wanted List]tarence
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« Reply #5 on 10 Sept, 2007, 0:17 »Lisham, usually the ones which i put in semi-shade due to lack of space tend to put out round leaves. give it more sun.....

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« Reply #6 on 10 Sept, 2007, 21:42 »Thanks Hongrui and Tarence. I didn't know they can reproduce from the roots.

Tarence, the trees by my side have been cut down. The plants are enjoying direct morning sun till about 1 pm and thereafter bright light. Shouldn't that be enough?

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« Reply #7 on 10 Sept, 2007, 23:36 »
Quote: Lisham, usually the ones which i put in semi-shade due to lack of space tend to put out round leaves. give it more sun.....



The big adelaea now is growing in a bright spot. I'm referring to my baby d. adelaea. It looks more like a fat version of d. spatulata/rotundifolia thingy rather than d. adelaea. It's growing with at least 4 hours of scorching langkawi morning sun. The leaves are round... Link to Post - Back to Top Loggedtarence
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« Reply #8 on 11 Sept, 2007, 9:36 »Choong : yep, i figured that much, about the improved sunlite levels i mean coz your adelae has now red patches, it used to be all green & very long ( not quite a natural look for it, heheh)...it`s also sprouting ****es coz of the new sunlite levels. Yes, your current sunlite levels should be good enough. But some folks put it in whole day sun & they`ll grow very red & their leaves will be short & lance-like...i prefer mine to have similiar sun conditions like yours which will give it about 3 " leaves & a nice reddish hue...all-red to me looks a bit stressed out. my personal opinion only about the all-red leaves yah ?

your other CPs are enjoying the sun now too ? like the sarracenia rubra, VFT, d.spatulatha ? they are direct-sun-loving & sun-reliant-for-growth CPs......