Date: Thu, 28 May 1998 18:34:28 -0700 From: "vincent uybarreta" <vincent.uybarreta@mailexcite.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg1843$foo@default> Subject: questions about D.regia, cephalotus, etc.
>If anyone can help me with the following questions, I'd appreciate it.
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>1. Are D.regia supposed to grow straight up like D.filiformis or are the leaves supposed to arch? My new and only D.regia has grown its first leaf since I got it and it arches. The plant looks good, but I don't know how it's supposed to hold it's leaves...Hmmm. Right now, it's growing in live sphagnum. Can it eventually be transplanted into peat/perlite?
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>2. My D.slackii started-out a rosette, but now it's more dome-shaped....what's up?! Is this sundew typically less dewy than others (e.g., D.aliciae, capensis, regia)? Does this species clump? Should I cut the flower stalks (i.e., will flowering stunt growth?)?
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>3. My only cephalotus has just grown it's largest pitcher ever, but it hasn't opened. In fact, all the pitchers are barely open, if at all. It's been in indirect sun outdoors for about 2 weeks. Humidity is at a max....New Orleans in the summer. Help.
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>4. Should I hand-feed my mutant clam-shaped VFT? The most distal ends of the traps are fused. I've never seen it closed and since it's growing in a pot with big natural and mutant red VFT's, I'm pretty sure prey pass right over it....poor fella.
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>5. Do mutant red VFT's have pink flowers? The stalks are red/purple as are the buds, but I always snip them off.
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>6. Are roots coming out of drain holes a sign for the need of URGENT repotting? It's a D.capensis in a 6.5" deep pot.
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>7. All of my plants (except D.regia)are in 6.5" deep pots of peat/perlite and some type of velvet-like moss sprouts. How often do I need to repot. What if I use 8" pots...how often then?
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>8. What's the best type of artificial light source? intensity?
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>9. What is Drosera neo-caledonia (e.g., morphology, natural environment, horticulture, etc.) and is it in cultivation? where? who? how much?
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>I wish everyone a successful growing season!!
>vin
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