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Old 14th January 2009, 08:38 AM
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Default Genlisea violacea

My G. violacea just started flowering for the first time so I thought I would share them. It has just started sprouting new plants all around the pot which is a pleasant surprise. I hadn't read of this occurring with Genlisea but I have been informed by others that grow the plant that this is normal. I apologize for the picture quality. The macro setting on my camera is very ordinary.





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Old 14th January 2009, 10:14 AM
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Nice Adam! I tried to germinete some seeds but no results even after almost a year. Bought the seeds from an online nursery. Any tips on germinating the seeds? Might decide to try again.

By the way, the leaves are so cute
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Thanks David. I bought this as a plant and have only just acquired some Genlisea seed that I am trying to germinate at the moment. From what I have heard and read it can be very difficult to germinate. The seed needs to be fresh as well. I do know a guy that has had success with germinating through TC. Temperature is apparently another important factor. As they are tropical plants they must be kept warm, above 18 degrees from what I can gather. This shouldn't be too much of a problem for you but I have to put mine in the terrarium to keep them warm enough.

Having said this my violacea has grown year round in my outdoor glasshouse that is unheated. Temp's in winter here get down near zero so a lot depends on individual plants as well. I wouldn't try this treatment with any others though as I lost a G. hispidula last winter and this is supposed to be on of the easier species that tolerates the lower temps.

I will let you know if I get any germination from my G. repens seeds. Cheers.
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Wow, Strath!! Nice genlisea.
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What is Genlisea?
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Old 14th January 2009, 10:24 PM
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Its a kind of carnivorous plant that has underground traps. Marvin, why don't you check the petpitcher homepage? Theres a list of carnivorous plant and their information.
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