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My vfts.....
« Thread Started on May 2, 2007, 3:56pm »
here is the most common CPs around....heheh. my typical VFT & the all red :





The all red gets moody in our weather...meaning very very slow growth « Last Edit: May 12, 2007, 2:53pm by tarence »Link to Post - Back to Top Logged bifurcatum
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« Reply #1 on May 2, 2007, 3:59pm »
Is thet akai ryu?

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« Reply #2 on May 2, 2007, 4:15pm »
I call it the `red dragon` , cultivar from Atlanta botanical gardens.....i think....
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« Reply #3 on May 2, 2007, 4:16pm »
Yup, as far as i am concern, akai ryu and red dragon are the same (correct me if im wrong)
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« Reply #4 on May 2, 2007, 4:27pm »
Nice plant you have Tarence!
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« Reply #5 on May 2, 2007, 4:39pm »
Why my VFT grow like weeds? Looks untidy, all the leaf grow straight up, not like yours.
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« Reply #6 on May 2, 2007, 4:50pm »
Yours is a combination of many many VFTs plants....i agak got about 6 VFTs there...and they are all sprouting spring time leaves......some remain like that all the time, some will follow the seasons a bit...meaning dormant, summer leaves etc, depends on your plant`s genetic heritage i guess. I suggest you break it up, the poor thing looks congested to me. You can wash off all the medium, then see the whilte bulbs below.....just separate it according to which petiole belongs to which bulb......then you can start selling VFTs. heheh.
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« Reply #7 on May 2, 2007, 4:52pm »
as far as i am concerned, yes, akai ryu = red dragon......sorry, i`m not so much into variety names.....if i don`t have it, i want it ! that`s my basic rule of thumb.
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« Reply #8 on May 3, 2007, 12:29am »
Nice Akai Ryu!! Tarence

Wah! bifurcatum
You got V. Fast!!

So envy to see healthy plant now....
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« Reply #9 on May 3, 2007, 12:37am »
aaa? V. Fast?
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« Reply #10 on May 3, 2007, 8:20am »
Errr. I have about 37 VFTs in the garden...or more I think. Heheh, lost count. some admittedly do not do well or go into dormancy. So if your VFTs don`t look healthy now, perhaps re-look into their conditions or mebbe it`s just going into dormancy. Don`t throw away a VFT coz the leaves dried up or turned black...wash off all the medium & see if the bulb is still white. If it is, keep it in a dark place for 3 or 4 months. It might work....
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« Reply #11 on May 3, 2007, 12:30pm »
V. fast i meant the name for this form.
Dionaea "Fast"
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« Reply #12 on May 3, 2007, 2:02pm »
Ooh, i see i see. So thats V. Fast?
Not good in identifying VFTs
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« Reply #13 on May 3, 2007, 2:31pm »
V. Fast??
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« Reply #14 on May 4, 2007, 1:31am »
Yes, aki ryu = red dragon.

Tarence's is nice. Did you grow it under full sunlight, Tarence? It looks quite red.

Bifurcatum, your vft look like getting insufficient of sunlight, quite green, try repotting them, and provide them with more sunlight. As much as you can and as long time as you can.

But it depends on what form you have, too. Some VFT will grow upright, some grow ground hugging form regardless of the season, some grow very fast and some grow relatively slow. It is difficult to identify a VFT if the VFT is not a really different appearance form for instance cup trap. With poor growing condition, two different forms could just look the same. I don't know what form bifurcatum have, but if it is a "Fast", it should named "D. Fast" (Dionaea muscipula "Fast") and not "V. Fast". But we can't simply put the name to a VFT if it is not from the named clone. For example, you can not name your VFT as "D. Fast" when you see it grows fast, even a VFT grown from seed of a red dragon for instance, you can't call it as red dragon, the offspring from a certain form grown from seeds may grow differently from the parent plant. Hence, a plant propagated from tissue culture, leaf cutting, part of the parent plant or division from a "red dragon" could only called as "red dragon".

I suspected the one we bought from Sungai Buloh was not a red dragon, with the recent weather (not much sun light), my red dragon grow quite red and that red VFT from SB doesn't show the red colouration as much as the red dragons I have. « Last Edit: May 4, 2007, 1:41am by cactustts »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedTS tarence
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« Reply #15 on May 4, 2007, 8:34am »
hi cactustts : thx for the compliment. yes, they are grown under max sunlite conditions. the younger VFTs tend to have a more brilliant red `inside` trap whereas the older ones tend to be a lil` greener. Some of my 1 to 2 year olds used to be almost purple inside....this holds true for this particular variety. Cheers.
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« Reply #16 on May 4, 2007, 8:37am »
To share, I also bought one so-called red VFT from sg buloh recently ( about 1 month ago ). It`s not retaining its colouration as well.
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« Reply #17 on May 4, 2007, 11:50am »
Try not to double post. Use the modify button in the up right corner of your post that's already there.

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« Reply #18 on May 4, 2007, 3:31pm »
It's so funny how that Sg. Buloh VFT does not retain it's red coloration. I bought a few for myself too and I thought my lighting was not enough as I grow them under artificial lights. But it seem the same for you guys too, even when you grow it under direct sun, the colours are also not red.

I repotted a few baby plants from the main pots and these are growing very well for me. New leaves are red. Lets see when they get as big as the adult plant whether the they can still maintain its red colour.

I have a red dragon I got from a nursery in Australia and it has new red leaves. « Last Edit: May 7, 2007, 10:31pm by David »Link to Post - Back to Top LoggedMy Wantlist artificialive
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« Reply #19 on May 4, 2007, 3:39pm »
Now since that u all mention it, i also think that the Sg Buloh vft is not an akai ryu. The new traps of my VFT is getting greener, the dark red part is only in the mouth. I provide them with full sunlite from morning till evening..
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« Reply #20 on May 4, 2007, 5:05pm »
David : the adult so-called red vft i got from sg buloh already had 1st & 2nd generation ****es attached. The mother plant is in bad shape. 1st generation also turning green except for the trap. 2nd generation is still splendid red, but tiny.
My fren bujangteruna`s is all in good spanking red shape. The only diff i see in the growing conditions is that his night time temp drops quite a lot as he stays in the outskirts of the outskirts. heheh, meaning it`s quite a new housing area & it`s pretty much near a lot of trees & jungles, hence the cool nite time weather. You can see mists in the early morn there.

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« Reply #21 on May 4, 2007, 9:37pm »
Ah ok tarence, that's ok then. And the sg. buloh akai ryus, they may get a bit greener now but I remember when I first went there and saw the plants some had all red leaves. So them getting greener must be due to growing condition.
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« Reply #22 on May 14, 2007, 9:24am »
Btw, I saw David`s sg buloh `red` VFTs last nite. Awesome....it`s actually now red with green borders. Hahaha. Looks alien-like but awesome, wished mine was that size & healthy. The traps are as big as as i`ve seen. Wished I had brought my digicam along....howz everyone else`s doing ? I mean the so-called `red` sg buloh VFT.
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« Reply #23 on May 22, 2007, 10:58pm »
Managed to take a shot of the red VFT bought from Sungai Buloh, it just don't go back to the original red colouring. Still insufficient of sun light I think. David's is nicer then mine after 16 hours of light on.

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« Reply #24 on Jul 30, 2007, 11:58pm »
OK now, this red vft (from Sg Buloh) had gain it's maroon colour after a few weeks of intense sunlight, but the leaves and the edge of the trap are still green.


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« Reply #25 on Aug 10, 2007, 1:14pm »
TS : how intense is intense sunlite ? whole day ? mine gets almost all day & i think it`s slightly redder than yours...not so much green parts. bujangteruna`s is similiar to David`s indoor red vfts but bujang grows them outdoors.
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« Reply #26 on Aug 10, 2007, 9:35pm »
Mine getting direct sunlight from 9.00am to 5.00pm+. Yours is redder than mine, make me so jealous. How did you do that, give some tips lah...
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« Reply #27 on Aug 11, 2007, 1:00pm »
Dunno lah TS.....yours already getting more sunlite than mine. My traps are not as big as yours tho. Mebbe when it`s smaller, the red colouration is more intense. Did you see David`s before they went into `dormancy` ? they were uprite & very large & very red. But his doesn`t count lah.....coz the conditions are so diff from ours....
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« Reply #28 on Aug 11, 2007, 4:27pm »
Hmm... sounds like I have to dig out the baby to try it out then. Ya, I saw David's, very beautiful and red.
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« Reply #29 on Sept 6, 2007, 5:58pm »
TS, any updates of your red sg buloh vft ? did u manage to split up the baby & re-pot ?
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« Reply #30 on Sept 6, 2007, 11:31pm »
Tarence, no, I didn't split the baby coz I see the plant growing so nicely, don't wanna disturb it. But the recent weather did make my VFTs to confuse again.... the growth of some VFTs stagnant and regrow repeatedly!!! Anything happened to you guys' out there.
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« Reply #31 on Sept 7, 2007, 8:56am »
Yeah, my single potted VFTs are also slowing downa bit coz of the raining wet cool weather. Colour maintain though.
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« Reply #32 on Apr 21, 2008, 1:39pm »
which shop sells this in sg.buluh and how much it costs?Thanks.
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« Reply #33 on Apr 22, 2008, 6:33pm »
it was only there for a while.....doubt they still have it. you can check Hee`s Nursery but this post is old. They may have other CPs for sale.
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« Reply #34 on May 5, 2008, 12:16pm »
got this from Fauzi....it`s vft shark tooth.....



btw, he`s also got red vft for sale. pm him directly or pm me if u need his contact number. thx.
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