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[bluemax]

Congrats on your D. lowriei!

 

[hcarlton]

Trying again, we'll see if I can get this one to do any better than my last attempt...
D. regia by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. spatulata "Coloane Island, Macau, China" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. flexicaulis "1585 m, Biano Plateau DRC" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. elongata "1700 m, Kundelungu Plateau DRC" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. madagascariensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. katangensis Kibara Plateau, DRC by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. anglica "CA x HI Snyder" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D tubaestylis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. menziesii by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Currently the unhappiest of my Petiolaris group...needs the warm weather to return
D. kenneallyi by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
The rest, on the other hand...
D. dilatato-petiolaris? by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. ordensis "Timber Creek" x "very wide leaf, Kimberly" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. lanata "Flying Fox Creek" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. ordensis "Timber Creek" x ordensis "13 km W. Kununurra" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. falconeri "Giant Red" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. falconeri Palmerston x ordensis Lake Argyle by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. ordensis "Kingston Rest North" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. fulva "E. of Girraween Lagoon" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. paradoxa "type" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Couple more coming...

 

[hcarlton]

D. spatulata 'Tamlin' x "Royal Natl. Pk. Sydney" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

D. natalensis x aliciae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia "Luepa, Bolivar Venezuela" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. adelae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And...some hitchhikers that won't be around for much longer, but they're amusing...
D. natalensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

D. intermedia Luepa, Bolivar VZ by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia Luepa, Bolivar VZ by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
My first tomentosa flower was negatively impacted by the relocation...
D. tomentosa var. tomentosa by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
But the stalk is still fantastically furry
D. tomentosa var. tomentosa by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. kaieteurensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. kaieteurensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. kaieteurensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. darwinensis Palmerston by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. broomensis Coulomb Point by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. broomensis Coulomb Point by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. lanata NT by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
First flower on the type paradoxa
D. paradoxa "type" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. paradoxa "type" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. paradoxa "type" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. paradoxa "type" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Funky flowers on indumenta; this thing has become a beast of a vine, and the inflorescence at the end of the longest stretch no less
D. indumenta by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. indumenta by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. indumenta by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

D. affinis "Uningi Pans, Zambia" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. affinis "Uningi Pans, Zambia" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Intended to see this fill the sides with plantlets, and it's already begun:
D. adelae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also the biggest plant in the pot is now well over a foot across, maybe pushing 16"
D. adelae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
These NEVER stop blooming
D. felix "Tuku Muruku" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. felix "Tuku Muruku" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Gonna need to rework the tuberous pots a bit, but at least a fair few are doing well again
D. gracilis "Peter Murrell Conserv. Area, TS" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. gracilis "Peter Murrell Conserv. Area, TS" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. hookeri/gunniana? Greenvale, Victoria Au by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. hookeri/gunniana? Greenvale, Victoria Au by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also FINALLY got a flower off my last happy looking 'Dork's Pink'
D. 'Dork's Pink' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. 'Dork's Pink' by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. rotundifolia "typical" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. rotundifolia "typical" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. nidiformis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

First flower after years of growing on a second variation I made of this odd cross:
D. filiformis "FL Giant" x sp. Lantau Island by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And yes, I know it's this hybrid
D. filiformis "FL Giant" x sp. Lantau Island by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Comparison of linearis and its progenitor
D. anglica Germany and linearis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Repotting has I think made this guy abort most of its flowers, but there's one bud still developing...
D. roraimae "Gran Sabana" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. roraimae "Gran Sabana" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Fungus gnats from the flower seed pots have been bulking this thing up
D. serpens "pink flower" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. serpens "pink flower" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
First flower...which I crossed with AF intermedia...
D. anglica "CA x HI" Snyder by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And the pot, in much need of upgrade...
D. anglica "CA x HI" Snyder by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also a first flower
D. aff. paradoxa "Mt. Bomford" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. paradoxa "Mt. Bomford" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. aff. paradoxa "Mt. Bomford" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
I have also just attempted crossing that plant with this new bloomer
D. broomensis "Coulomb Point" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. broomensis "Coulomb Point" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Literal living firework
D. broomensis "Coulomb Point" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Also crossed the broomensis with aff. lanata
D. aff. lanata "Flying Fox Creek" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. graomogolensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
graomo ain't no slouch in the root department
D. graomogolensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And, another new arrival that hasn't skipped a beat luckily...
D. magnifica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[bluemax]

'Nice photos. Good luck with your D. magnifica. I'm trying to grow D. spiralis before I take that one on but I'm guessing you'll have success.

 

[hcarlton]

spiralis has seemed to stabilize for me (soil issues I think were the problem before), may just have to go with milled sphagnum for some of the plants from SA. Something about my peat seems to be probematic; I lost chrysolepis recently. Otherwise as long as they're getting the same conditions the Helis and highland Neps are they seem okay.

 

[hcarlton]

D. derbyensis "Prison Tree" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. derbyensis "Prison Tree" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Flowers have appeared for the first time on several of the Petiolaris plants...however in my attempts to cross them, seems I need to get better at judging when the pods are done because the first one I pulled too early...
D. derbyensis "Prison Tree" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia "Carolina Giant" x "Roraima State" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. intermedia "Carolina Giant" x "Roraima State" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. roraimae "Gran Sabana" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. roraimae "Gran Sabana" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. "Andromeda" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. "Andromeda" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. schizandra by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. trinervia by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[bluemax]

There are lots of similarities between your sundew collection and mine. Have you ever been able to make any crosses with either D. 'Andromeda' or D. adelae? I've always wondered if either of them are sterile or just won't cross with anything else. It's always seemed to me that an adelae x schizandra cross would be interesting.

 

[hcarlton]

I have only ever flowered adelae once and it was years ago when I had nothing else in that group, and this is the first time "Andromeda" has ever bloomed for me. I could try crossing it back with prolifera, but haven't yet.

 

[hcarlton]

Made several crosses recently between this guy:
D. aff. lanata Flying Fox Creek by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And both of these; very little interest has popped up for the seeds though. Would have thought Petiolaris are more popular than that...
D. broomensis and derbyensis by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[bluemax]

Nice to see your successes with Petiolaris sundews. I am back in this game recently and, again, enjoying them immensely. I recently received a true D. lanata after growing the aff. Flying Fox Creek form for years. As much as I love FFC I can see now why it carries the 'aff. ' prefix - a very different plant. 'Wouldn't surprise me if it becomes a separate species someday.

 

[hcarlton]

I also have one locality of what's supposed to be the true lanata (though apparently debatable depending on if you believe it's a Queensland endemic or not) and definitely different. One species I am not having reliable luck with yet: the ordensis/aff.ordensis group. Had a couple rot for reasons I cannot track, though luckily still a representative of each hanging on.

 

[bluemax]

I lost almost everything about two years ago so I had to completely rework my heating system. Spontaneous rot is certainly a hazard with this group. My salvation was using a standard screw-in ceramic heating element, and getting rid of the heating mats I had. Having the heat be dry while the general environment is very humid, due to the whole bottom of the tank being essentially a watering tray, seems to strike a balance for me.

 

[hcarlton]

First time this hybrid has been happy enough to flower. Now just to catch a bloom open...
D. tokaiensis x capensis "typical" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
Other things also in bloom
D. darwinensis Palmerston by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. darwinensis Palmerston by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. murfetii The Druids by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Come on you glorious bastard, flower again....
D. neocaledonica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. neocaledonica by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
To my surprise, my tokai x cape cross hasn't collapsed again yet.
D. tokaiensis x capensis "typical" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
And it's tiny, but I caught the flower open for once
D. tokaiensis x capensis "typical" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[adnedarn]

D. neocaledonica looks pretty slick! I need to look up more info on that... What's your care of it look like?

 

[hcarlton]

Same general soil mix as most common sundews (peat, perlite, blasting abrasive), but the important part is once it's in a pot, NO TOUCHY. You bother it, try to repot it, it collapses for a long while.

 

[adnedarn]

No specific temperature requirements?