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[Daniel O.]

Hi Carlos,

it seems not to be adult till now but it´s looking healthy.
How old is it?
Perhaps you should feed it from time to time.

Best regards,

Dani

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Hi Dani,

I neet to see the pot label, in saturday.
I see my plants at intervals of seven to fourteen days, is difficult to feed.

Regards.

[Fernando Rivadavia]

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In Jonanthan´s field report he showed also some pictures of the very hairy D. tomentosa var. tomentosa, do they occur sympatrically?

The really hairy D.tomentosa var.tomentosa is the dominant Drosera at the Chapada Diamantina.

I'm not sure I saw it growing sympatrically with D.sp.Bahia though... Possibly at one or two locations.


Good luck with your hybrids!
Fernando


P.S.     BTW, beautiful D.villosa!!

[Daniel O.]

Thanks, also for the information.
Yes, the D. villosa is really a monster.

BTW, have you noticed the small number of hairs on the emerging flower stalk in the 4th picture. The other flowering plant had not had a single hair.

Best regards,

Dani

Edited by Daniel O., 14 April 2012 - 23:00 PM.

[Daniel O.]

Hi all,

here is an update.
From the big number of plants only 2 plants flowered this season (BTW, the biggest has not flowered), the others for sure will flower next year.
Till now i cannot see any differences in the growth rate depending on the substrate, both substrates work.
Meanwhile the biggest plant is about 8cm in diameter (last time i showed pictures it has been 5cm in diameter) and it began to form a stem, but of course it´s much smaller than D. villosa.
If grown in full light the plants achieve a deeply red colouration as you can see in the pictures below. Even plants that grow under a relatively low light level are slightly reddish.

And here are the pictures.


















Best regards,
Dani

[Marlon]

nice plants!

i have just started with some south american Drosera's, i hope one day mine will look as nice as yours

[Fernando Rivadavia]

Wow, beautiful!! And 8cm is reaching the maximum know record of this usually small species, congrats and keep us posted!

Thanks,
Fernando

Edited by Fernando Rivadavia, 01 November 2012 - 04:38 AM.

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Oh, nice pictures Daniel.

My plants are tiny (but lives in full sun), I will put my future seedlings
in shadows to see this species in big size too.

Regards.

[Daniel O.]

Many thanks to all of you.

Marlon, yes, it´s worthy to grow south american Drosera, in my eyes they are some of the most beautiful species.

Carlos, i placed one of my pots at the edge of one of my trays where they receive a much lower light level but i have to say that the plants don´t get bigger till now, they even have less leaves than the plants grown in full light.

Fernando, so it´s adult now.
Interestingly my biggest plant has a lot of active leaves, all in all about 20. In Jonanathan´s field trip report they have had only about half of them.
OK, in a few months i will show again some pictures.

Best regards,
Dani

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Daniel O., on 05 November 2012 - 00:45 AM, said:

Carlos, i placed one of my pots at the edge of one of my trays where they receive a much lower light level but i have to say that the plants don´t get bigger till now, they even have less leaves than the plants grown in full light.

Interesting, we need to exchange more information on the cultivation of this species, it is very similar to D. grantsaui and D. ascendens, is intriguing.

[Rodrigo]

Beautiful plants, Daniel . Its cultivation is impeccable , typical of a person who is dedicated to the hobby .

Best Regards,

Rodrigo

[Daniel O.]

Hi all,

here is another update.
The plants flowered a second time so this species seems to flower twice a year.
The flower scape of the biggest plant is really long, in fact about 40cm, all the other plants have less than 30cm long scapes but these plants are also smaller but don´t seem to increase in their size.
Here some new pictures.

















Best regards,
Dani

[Fernando Rivadavia]

Wow, amazing!! Please send me an exact measurement of that flower scape. As for flowering, this species seems to flower year round.

Congrats!
Fernando

[Rodrigo]

Beautiful plants, Daniel. Thank you for sharing these wonderful photos with us.

Best Regards,

Rodrigo

[kisscool_38]

I second that. Those are really beautiful plants!

[maurizio]

Really beatiful and well grown species!

[Sockhom]

Fantastic! Congratulations, Daniel!

François.

[Daniel O.]

Many thanks for the kind words.

A few days ago i also took some pictures of the seed but i forgot to show them here as well.
50-times magnified


and 200-times magnified

different lights


Have a nice week,
Dani

[Carlos Rohrbacher]

Oh, very tall floral scapes with a lot of fruits.

Regards.

[Daniel O.]

Carlos, how are your plants doing, have they already flowered?

Fernando, you mentioned that this species seems to flower year-round, really interesting. All my adult plants flowered at the same time, last year they also flowered at the same time, none of them flowered in between.
As for the flower scape, i will send you an exact measurement of that flower scape these days when i´m back at home.

Best regards,
Dani

Edited by Daniel O., 16 January 2013 - 00:57 AM.