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[bluemax]

Nice! My several D. cisitflora plants are finally bolting now. I've never had a flower in the years I've been growing them but I have my fingers crossed now that they're in a new environment. Have yours bloomed before, Hawken?

 

[hcarlton]

The cream form bloomed last year. The rest...are either too new to expect anything, or will bolt but then at best form a couple aborted buds. The salmon version are gigantic and have been for years but still no flowers on them.

 

[hcarlton]

D. gigantea by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. auriculata Ballance, NZ by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. anglica British Columbia by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. pulchella "orange flower, red center" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. pulchella "orange flower, red center" by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

Finally getting around to sharing the photos from last month...spring has been hectic
D. pygmaea Mt. Lofty by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. pygmaea Mt. Lofty by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. pulchella red center by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[hcarlton]

The Jacky Jacky are finally back in action
D. serpens Jacky Jacky by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. linearis x spatulata Fraser Island by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
One of the few pygmy sundews not giving me a particularly hard time right now
D. allantostigma by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. allantostigma by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. adelae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr
D. adelae by Hawken Carlton, on Flickr

 

[bluemax]

I've had very little luck with the D. indica group so good to see someone is. It's also nice to see D. allantostigma doing well for you.

 

[hcarlton]

Serpens is a weedy species, it takes no effort; I keep failing with hartmeyerorum and finlaysoniana however.
Some of that failure though I think is currently because the peat I've been trying to use has ungodly high levels of tanninsnutrients in it; 3 multi-day soakings and it still puts out 60+ ppm readings...also screwing over the Petiolaris plants, a lot of other sundews and butterworts and some of the bladderworts...

 

[bluemax]

Yeah, "bad" peat is a tough issue. I put my bags out in the rain with the top open to let them leach through the winter, which is our rainiest time of year. This isn't a perfect solution but it helps. I hate rinsing the stuff but sometimes that is all you've got. It's ironic that the unwanted elements in it would probably make it better for regular potting soil.

Ha! Findlaysoniana and hartmeyorum are the two species I have seed for.

 

[hcarlton]

Yeah, "bad" peat is a tough issue. I put my bags out in the rain with the top open to let them leach through the winter, which is our rainiest time of year. This isn't a perfect solution but it helps. I hate rinsing the stuff but sometimes that is all you've got. It's ironic that the unwanted elements in it would probably make it better for regular potting soil.

Ha! Findlaysoniana and hartmeyorum are the two species I have seed for.

We don't get enough rain here, ever, to get things rinsed that way (and this year, where I've seen the rain collection pool fill up ONCE, even worse...it's been so freaking hot...). Would be nice if it were otherwise.
Also an irony that the brands I've been trying out for regular soil have also been crappy and killing seedlings or stunting plants a lot...around here seems like the only brand I can trust not to immediately cause fungal problems or anaerobic root rot is Miracle Grow. But I am strongly considering trying to make my own mixes, since a bale of peat plus some compost and manure would be a lot cheaper than a similar amount of potting mix...