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Tuberous season

Drosera peltata ssp auricilata Bathurst, Australia, NSW Dec. 28, 2011
Can see this one will potentially become a weed. I am seeing seedlings pop up in other pots.....
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Drosera menziesii ssp. menziesii Dec. 28, 2011
Wishing this one would hurry up and bloom for me. Like a watched kettle never boiling
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Very nice photos! D. peltata is a total weed! I keep it way on the other side away from my other Drosera..

Finally starting to see my D. gigantea poking up..

D. macrantha flower up near the sprinkler lines... a little pinker in person but hard to get the right color with the sun shining through.
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Ah!
Let me know when you start picking out the weeds! Very nice! :bigthumpup:
Love them!

I lost a few "weedy" plants a few years ago, and realized that it is a no win situation sometimes.
When a plant does overly terrific & grows like mad, propagating in every free spot available... we no longer are as amazed at its beauty, growth & vitality, as it becomes "just a weed"! But when a plant grows poorly & is difficult to propagate, we want it to grow more and it won't, which then is generally unrewarding!
As for me, I have learned the hard way, that when a plant gets so prolific it is "weedy", that is when things are going just right for it & for me! Indeed there is variation among plants and their growth capabilities, which provides good contrast & thus makes me enjoy them all!

So someday if anyone has too much D.Peltata seed (stolonifera and/or other such thrivers'...) feel free to let me know. I am sure I can come up with something in trade. (Talk about weeds, I actually have a dandelion growing in my kitchen currently!) I will have to post a pic of it when it blooms!
In my experience, plants that have older leaves dieing off all over while the new ones form at the growing tips, makes for a sloppy looking plant. I often end up neglecting them until they look a mess and then do a major pruning of old growth. I love when they look clean & new, but it never lasts.
I think that with automating other things, I am wishing I could figure out how to make that job easier too!

Nice plants! Keep them growing!
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ah crap. Forgot about that note to self..

Can't wait until spring so I can pot these up something proper. And this is my first year with tuberous dews, so suggestions and recommendations are welcome. I already know they need better (bigger) pots.

front right: D. lowriei 'Giant' looks like it's breaking a new clump to the surface.
front middle: D. macrophylla ssp. monantha
front left: Seeing a bunch of stalks coming up in the D. menziesii ssp. menziesii pot
back right: D. peltata with a couple D. allantostigma
back left: D. erythrorhiza ssp. squamosa (Albany Hwy) pushing out a 3rd growth point. YAY!


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D. menziesii update.. kind of. The other pic was even worse.
Whoa.. wait. I think this was the misc. unknown tuber pot. That's right, 3 unknown tubers. One of which was ruled to be menziesii. Any guesses on the smaller cluster in the front right?


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I just got my first tuberous sundew, D. peltata. It arrived dormant and I'm wondering when the best time to ease it into active growth is
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I like to mimic what they experience in habitat (SW and S. Australia). For me it is 12 hrs in September, 10 hrs in December, and 12 hrs again in March.
 
I like to mimic what they experience in habitat (SW and S. Australia). For me it is 12 hrs in September, 10 hrs in December, and 12 hrs again in March.

I would like to do that as well. But my nepenthes get priority over all others..
So the tubers just get moved out of the GH when spring comes.
 
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