australian

Hello, I was surfing around and came across this interesting article. Allot of you may have already seen it but I  thought I would share the link: nep link

Hi Has anyone here tuberous australian orchids in culture? Which species are easy to grow? I have some tuberous drosera...they can grow in the same tray, aren't they? I am searching especially for nice flowering species which are relativly easy to grow and don't grow to tall monster plants...

Ok, I have been growing D. binata out on my patio this spring,  the two plants are doing so well, that with Pyro's help, I expanded to D. binata 'Multifida Extrema', D. binata 'Dichotoma', and D. binata "Marston's Dragon' as well... D. binata and D. binata 'Marston's Dragon' are out and growing...

How may of you soak your orchid bark(or cocohusk) to remove as much tannins as possible. I get the impression some people use it right out of the bag. I just got done soaking some cocohusk chips for about three weeks to a month, changing the water every few days. I did not intend to do it for...

Hi, I posted a message on the CP listserv about some strong growth I've been seeing in my Drosera hamiltonii and one of the PFT moderators (Tamlin) invited me over here to share how I was growing them. First a bit of background. I'm in Victoria, Australia. I grow most of my plants outdoors...

I just finished reading the "Fang" thread in the VFT section here, and I wanted to give my opinion, for what it's worth. I think it warrants a new topic. First, I'm sure everyone has come across some obviously wacky, useless cultivars. Names like "creeping death," for example, refer to some...

I know everyone has read the prior post on the importance of a clean medium.  Now that the substrate is ready for the seeds, all that remains is the careful sowing of them.  The seeds I sent all were stored cold and are ready for sowing without any additional need for stratification. I sow the...

Drosera ordensis "Mulligan's Lagoon" must be considered the "stuffed teddy bear" of the genus: it looks like it was made of cloth and stuffed! The dendritic silvery hairs on the petiole help the plant to acquire moisture: a precious commodity in the harsh Australian climate where this plant...

I sent out a mass of this seed last season. I am curious to know if anyone on the forum has it in cultivation? Btw: I did not name this plant! It was named somewhat dubiously in my honor (as a joke) on a Japanese plant BBS (I believe the post is still there), back when I was trying to...

This isn't strictly to do with CP's and I realise that most posters on this forum are "home growers" but being here in Bali I am kind of stuck out in the backwaters and have no contacts with the kind of people that might find what I have to say important. An Australian lady and her husband came...

hi i was just wondering if im the only australian here??

So what is the D. binata complex related to? I was under the impression that most of the Australian sundew species were either tuberous or pygmies and I was just wondering where D. binata fits in. I'm not expert in drosera and I'm not familliar with a lot of the more obscure species so if I'm...

Found this and thought that some of the growers of Australian CPs that haven't seen it might find it useful.  It was provided by Robert Gibson and Phill Mann. Carnivorous Plants of Western Australia Seasonal Growth Chart While the growth cycle won't match that of the Northern Hemisphere, it...

I was just wondering if anyone knew which of the Nepenthes species were native to Australia and a few details about them, like growing sizes and temperature preferences? Thanks in advance. Simon

Milk Baths Kill Fungus!! While testing traditional sulfur based fungicides for his doctoral research at the University of Adelaide in Australia, Peter Crisp discovered that bathing grape leaves in a weak dilution of milk and water is as effective as the sulfur based chemicals that the...

Hi everyone, I registered with this forum some time ago, and browse here from time-to-time, and thought it was about time for me to "de-lurk" and join in the fun! My name is Adam, and I'm currently living in West Wales (Ceredigion is the county), in the UK. I've been interested in...

Some of the most wonderful droserae in the world are the pygmy species.  Native to Australia and New Zealand, these tiny plants are probably the most powerful and prolific of the entire genus.  They are adapted to survive the brutal Australian summers, where their habitat substrates bake like...

Yes, the nights are getting chilly here in upstate New York bring good germination of the South African wintergrowing species, and a good indication that now is the time to get the Australian tuberous species going again. I have returned my tuberous species to cultivation: watering the pots that...

I just got Drosera pulchella seeds and ive read that they are a pigmy species so--how do i go about germinating them? they are subtropical are they not? So they should germinate rather easily in warm conditions shouldnt they?Do I need to treat the seeds with smoke or soak them? Or are they going...

Has any body here ever succefully germinated D. glanduligera seeds? So far what i know is they like cool temps. nighttime temps can drop from 3-8 C though i dont know the conversion to (F) yet. i dont know the day temps but but will find that out in a little bit. The man at the australian...