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It seems these plants grow in pine/oak forests in situ.
I prefer to grow them in an all mineral mix with locally obtained ingredients, that tend to lend more of an alkaline pH to the mix.
As fas as their dormancy is concerned, mine are grown indoors under lights and their growing media is kept bone dry throughout their dormancy period.
dvg
I prefer to grow them in an all mineral mix with locally obtained ingredients, that tend to lend more of an alkaline pH to the mix.
As fas as their dormancy is concerned, mine are grown indoors under lights and their growing media is kept bone dry throughout their dormancy period.
dvg
suite
excellent your substrat .
this specie is may be under a pine/oak forest but clearly in a gypsum substrat like you see here
for my part I grow this specie in this substrat : pur gypsum/river sand 50/50
my problem the dormance , and particularly the perenity on several year , if you have some solution I would love to know
also on the transplanting and the growing's perenity to the keikis
jeff
excellent your substrat .
this specie is may be under a pine/oak forest but clearly in a gypsum substrat like you see here
for my part I grow this specie in this substrat : pur gypsum/river sand 50/50
my problem the dormance , and particularly the perenity on several year , if you have some solution I would love to know
also on the transplanting and the growing's perenity to the keikis
jeff
Jeff, that's an interesting question about the plantlets from this species.
Here are some P. heterophylla plantlets from leaf pullings taken Oct. 1 of last month.
You'll notice that there are a variety of plantlet sizes, and i'm curious as to how the smaller ones will continue to grow, or if they will cease growth at a smaller size, only to make small dormant bulbs.
If that is the case, the smaller ones may prove to be harder to coax through their resting phase and into their next active cycle.
In the meantime though, i've been making sure these plantlets are well fed, in the hopes of encouraging as much growth as possible for this current growth cycle.
dvg
Here's an update on these P. heterophylla leaf pullings.
The leaves were pulled on Oct. 1, and only two months later, these plantlets are growing quite quickly on their own roots.
Some of the larger clumps of these are already putting out the mature summer-type leaves, with the smaller plantlets getting ready to start theirs as well.
It's going to be interesting to see how large of a bulb these plants will be able to produce before they go dormant, but in the meantime they are being heavily fed and are also being kept on the damp and humid side.
dvg
The leaves were pulled on Oct. 1, and only two months later, these plantlets are growing quite quickly on their own roots.
Some of the larger clumps of these are already putting out the mature summer-type leaves, with the smaller plantlets getting ready to start theirs as well.
It's going to be interesting to see how large of a bulb these plants will be able to produce before they go dormant, but in the meantime they are being heavily fed and are also being kept on the damp and humid side.
dvg
DragonsEye
carnivorous plants of the world -- unite!
Awesome lil buggers!
Jeff, the plantlets are still growing rapidly and still continuing to put up new growth.
Once the plantlets stop putting up new leaves, i'll let the media dry out and allow the plants to go into dormancy.
The parent plants that the leaf pulls were taken from are now completely dormant.
dvg
Once the plantlets stop putting up new leaves, i'll let the media dry out and allow the plants to go into dormancy.
The parent plants that the leaf pulls were taken from are now completely dormant.
dvg
These two dormant bulbs have finally started to awaken and appear to each be pushing out a flower.
I tried to force these into active growth by wetting their growing medium a few months back, but it didn't work out at all.
I then allowed the media to completely dry out and waited for them to resume growing again, once they were ready.
dvg
I tried to force these into active growth by wetting their growing medium a few months back, but it didn't work out at all.
I then allowed the media to completely dry out and waited for them to resume growing again, once they were ready.
dvg
