SAY WHAT? I haven't got any white flower clones. My two mature clones
of this plant (one was from Mike) have distinctly different growth forms
but both are red flowered (at least in the G-house). I have some
seedling plants called D. adelae `green' from the ICPS seedbank, but
those might just be poorly named or could refer to leaf colouration.
Are you growing these green plants in low light?
I was fiddling around in my greenhouse today, just enjoying my plants
and seeing the sights. So much time is spent repotting, dividing,
hybridizing, getting plants to trade, watering, etc that I don't get
much time just to pick up a pot and say, "Hey! What a cool looking
plant!" Well I did that today! :)
Some neato observations:
My D. cistiflora red is around 3cm across and they are possibly breaking
into erect growth! It took 2 years!
On 11/90 Rob M sent me some seeds of D. linearis. I planted them, froze the
pot for 4 months, and upon thawing the seedlings started to germinate. I
prick them out for winter stratification, and now there are more seedlings
germinating this spring!
Roridula gorgonias germinates.
D. macrantha `Wheatbelt' dies back. The tuber is successfully well formed!
My U. resupinata is going to produce at least a couple flowers this year!
My D. peltata `Kandos Area' is flowering profusely, and ovaries are plumping
up without any intervention from me.
The B. gigantea is entering a long internode growth phase. The plant's about
16" tall.
The Drosophyllum seed pods are plumping up well. Even if they are not
going to produce seed they do this {Mike take note :( } but looking
through the tranluscent capsule I can see seeds forming inside. The
capsules on this plant are very weird. Rob M, I'll get seeds for you
soon from Paul McMillan. Now that tax time is over he'll come out of
his hole. I have many plants I have to give him.
My clone of D. binata multifida extrema from Paul is producing a flower stalk
that's seven mm wide at the base! Humongous!
Lastly, my P. lutea is flowering nicely. These N. American Pings are so
goofy! As soon as the peduncle is a few mm long, the flower starts to
open. Then, with the flower open, the peduncle daily elongates till it
is a few decimeters long. I wonder what purpose is served?
My Sarracenia are outdoing themselves this year, too. This is the first year
I've let my rubra jonesii flower, and it's going crazy! The only plant over
4 years old that hasn't flowered yet is my minor `typical' and minor `Okee
giant' and those have buds all over!
Some of my hybrids are semi-mature now. The S. leucophylla X (flava rugeli
X rubra gulfensis) is producing lovely coloured pitchers. Looks like a deeply
veined leuc, lots of red, and a rugelii throat splotch! The purpurea X
(minor X purpurea) has a compact rosette of a bunch of sharply curved
pitchers, like a bunch of conspirators in a huddle.
Lastly, a very precocious S. flava `red tube, yellow lid' from Rob M is
already living up to its name, and it's only 2.5" tall!
These CP are fun!
BAMR