Does Capensis ever die!

[amphirion]

i wonder if you can do the same thing with the slackii and admirabilis how you'd treat a capensis when it grows too tall: decapitate, replant, repeat.

anybody willing to try it out?

 

[BigBella]

Much like the old joke about Keith Richards -- that he cannot be killed by conventional weapons -- the very same is true of Drosera capensis . . .

 

[theyellowdart]

Anyone ever had capensis sprout from the carpet under their untamed grow rack?

 

[amphirion]

Anyone ever had capensis sprout from the carpet under their untamed grow rack?

yes. but i was too lazy to pick it out. it was growing in a water tray--and so after about a month of persisting, it died.


new question: is there a means by which to create a multi-crowned plant? i kinda want a capensis bush.

 

[CPlantaholic]

Hey amphiron,
I'm not completely sure this will do it, but I've found that when I reeeaaaaly compact down the soil in a pot with my D. capensis (Bainskloof) it started to split into 2 plants at the crown now. The same thing happened with D. oblanceolata and a few others. However, the D. oblanceolata didn't do so hot this summer while I was away and now it is finally coming back, so that could be the reason...


As for my favorite Capensis palm tree photo, I finally found the link again:
http://drosera.dr.funpic.de/album/Drosera_subtropical/slides/Drosera_capensis_giant01.html

What an awesome pic!

 

[amphirion]

As for my favorite Capensis palm tree photo, I finally found the link again:
http://drosera.dr.funpic.de/album/Drosera_subtropical/slides/Drosera_capensis_giant01.html

What an awesome pic!

that is an awesome pic! and exactly what i was going for, except, it'd be cool to have new growth points along the stems, almost like a nepenthes shooting out basals (that's what i meant by a multi-crowned plant, and i think your method will help me get there)

im beginning to think that my capensis is a 'narrowleaf' not a 'typical'.....i guess it will take longer.

 

[blokeman]

Here's a link to some pics of capensis in the wild that another member from abroad posted on OCPS.
http://ocps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=photos&action=display&thread=3336
you can see more of his pics 'in situ' here http://ocps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=photos go to the column 'started by', with the name: christian, a must see!

 

[sss]

I'm not an expert and this might have been said, but I think when plants get older the growing tip dies and they start growing from a new point. Plants don't really die because they can reproduce in many ways

 

[jimscott]

And then of course there's Ozzy, who has a D. capensis bog that eats neighborhood pets....