Ridetsu
Gamer
hey folks,
I've been away for a super long time, but I usually stroll through and look at stuff every now and again. Having just lost my job, I find myself with an abundance of time, so here's some pictures of my plants 'n such! If you could help me ID them, I'd be grateful... I've always just called them "big mouth", but have no idea what their actual type is.
Note: I've been growing these plants for about 6-8 years. I have only ever propagated them through their own cloning process, and dividing up the new clone bulbs from the original. I've never really let them seed before and tried to work with it.
here's the group. Sorry for big pictures (but kinda not sorry at the same time)
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This one has a tall red buzztoothed VFT in it. Very difficult to grow. It also has the longest living big mouth of my collection (I call her the Matron) - which is probably close to 6-8 years old.
Here's some tall green ones with a buzz-tooth trap that only ever gets pink instead of red. I bought a clump of about 3-4 jammed in a plastic death trap at a Home Depot and nursed them back to life. Two years later I have this!
Here's a pot full of the big mouth bushy ones. I regret how little space I gave them, and they often fight with eachother over territory. Next year I'll try to space them out more or find some other solution for the bushy ones. They grow very horizontal, so any advice on a good planting method for them would be appreciated.
SEED QUESTION
So here they are about 2 weeks ago. They were ready to burst with seed so I harvested them. I planted them a week ago without doing any stratifying since they would have essentially dropped their seeds at the end of July, and I figured there's no way they could last through a cold period in the wild like that. I just kind of put them on some peat moss/sand mixture and have been monitoring them. Should I have tried to stratify them? I've heard differing opinions on this issue, and used this as a guide: http://www.flytrapcare.com/growing-venus-flytraps-from-seeds.html
The seed harvest. So many seeds...
I've been away for a super long time, but I usually stroll through and look at stuff every now and again. Having just lost my job, I find myself with an abundance of time, so here's some pictures of my plants 'n such! If you could help me ID them, I'd be grateful... I've always just called them "big mouth", but have no idea what their actual type is.
Note: I've been growing these plants for about 6-8 years. I have only ever propagated them through their own cloning process, and dividing up the new clone bulbs from the original. I've never really let them seed before and tried to work with it.
here's the group. Sorry for big pictures (but kinda not sorry at the same time)
This one has a tall red buzztoothed VFT in it. Very difficult to grow. It also has the longest living big mouth of my collection (I call her the Matron) - which is probably close to 6-8 years old.
Here's some tall green ones with a buzz-tooth trap that only ever gets pink instead of red. I bought a clump of about 3-4 jammed in a plastic death trap at a Home Depot and nursed them back to life. Two years later I have this!
Here's a pot full of the big mouth bushy ones. I regret how little space I gave them, and they often fight with eachother over territory. Next year I'll try to space them out more or find some other solution for the bushy ones. They grow very horizontal, so any advice on a good planting method for them would be appreciated.
SEED QUESTION
So here they are about 2 weeks ago. They were ready to burst with seed so I harvested them. I planted them a week ago without doing any stratifying since they would have essentially dropped their seeds at the end of July, and I figured there's no way they could last through a cold period in the wild like that. I just kind of put them on some peat moss/sand mixture and have been monitoring them. Should I have tried to stratify them? I've heard differing opinions on this issue, and used this as a guide: http://www.flytrapcare.com/growing-venus-flytraps-from-seeds.html
The seed harvest. So many seeds...