[TC drosera (mostly before deflasking)]

Here I would like to share with you pics of TC jars

drosera graniticola

drosera zigzagia

seedlings

drosera ultramafica

drosera villosa (real)

drosera hirticalyx

drosera camporupestris

drosera graminifolia 'spiralis'

drosera kaieteurensis

drosera alba

drosera glabrata

drosera afra

drosera hilaris

drosera spatulata var. gympiensis

drosera spatulata var. bakoensis

[interesting petiolaris crosses in TC]

Some time ago I obtained seeds of this interesting group of plants and now i can post pictures of them. The crosses look very attractive and photogenic. I hope you like the pics:

drosera (ordensis x falconeri) x darwiniensis

drosera falconeri

drosera darwiniensis x kenneallyi

drosera falconeri x petiolaris

drosera darwiniensis x kenneallyi

drosera fulva x ordensis

drosera petiolaris x ordensis

drosera petiolaris x kenneallyi

drosera paradoxa "Metallic orange flower"

drosera (ordensis x falconeri) x petiolaris

[Drosera and P. mirandae]

Absolutely stunning! Thanx, Dieter!

[Few photos from Floralab tissue culture lab ;)]

Very nice cultures,,,you are a hard working man:)

[update on my TC jars]

@Michal: Yes,,,Space,,,the ultimate problem for every grower who has not been lucky enough to have a garden (like myself). Hopefully this year I will get myself a medium sized greenhouse:)

[update on my TC jars]

Thank you,

@Shinkaku: that particular jar with p. lusitanica is very old, they are running out of nutrients so I will have to replate them to fresh medium when I have time.

@Slavek: if everything goes well,,most of these species will be for sale in the springtime (after deflasking and acclimatisation to regular substrate and conditions).

[winter pics]

Thank you all for nice comments!:-)

@Tonk: My d. neocaledonica is grown in tropical conditions , and seems to like it very much. The day temps 25-30C, nights 20-25C. Plenty of artificial light (or sun) and higher air humidity (60-80%). I've had d.neocaledonica in TC so I had many specimens to experiment with and these conditions seems to suit her the best.

[winter growing drosera]

Phenomenal photos, Dieter, like always,,a pleasure to lay my eyes upon. Thanx!

[winter pics]

Hi,,CP lovers!

I did some pictures of some plants, only a few I would like to share with you:

drosera neocaledonica colony sets flowers

drosera natalensis

drosera sp. "Pretty Rosette"

drosera capillaris 'Colombia'

nepenthes benstonei deflasked 2 months ago

drosera hilaris colony wakes up

[update on my TC jars]

Drosera spatulata/gympiensis

Drosera hirticalyx

Drosera ultramafica-grows OK,,but not too fast,,and is a kind of pale. I guess she would really liek the medium more ultramafic :-) I try to tune it up with more Mg Fe and see what happens

[update on my TC jars]

Hi,, I got bored today, having to stay at home with a bad cold for a few days,,I entertained myself by working with the plants and so I did some more photography. Hope you like the sterile plants:)

Pinguicula lusitanica

Nepenthes benstonei (on this medium doestn produce pitchers, they develop after deflasking)

Drosera brevifolia 'Parana'

Drosera alba

Drosera camporupestris

Drosera collinsiae

Drosera rotundifolia

Drosera villosa

Drosera burmannii

Drosera burmannii "Humpty-Doo"

Drosera planchonnii

Drosera felix 'Turuku' (this one olamost died on me, but after replating to a new medium they started to grow again)

Drosera kaieteurensis

Drosera trinervia

Drosera intermedia 'Gran Sabana'

Drosera marchantii/marchantii

Drosera falconeri freshly replated to a cytokinin medium,,will propagate soon

Drosera regia replated to a prop. medium

Drosera afra frenzy

Drosera graminifolia started to make ofshoots, but not many,,maybe she needs encouragement

[D. spiralis x tomentosa var. tomentosa]

Congrats, Daniel! You are very successful with these sundew crosses. This particular hybrid is one of the most interesting so far! Love its elegant appearance! Thanx

[rare sundews on gelrite]

Dear CP/TC fans!:-)

I took shots of some new cultures in jars today. Besides the species, that I have already posted (and thankfully, are grown into big plants by now), I did some sowing on gel few months ago and would like to share with you the pics of seedlings and plantlets:

drosera villosa (propagates well without PGR)

2 rarer d. spatulata varieties:

d. spatulata var. gympiensis (the time needed to germinate this spatulata variety is the longest of all spatulatas. Usually other varieties germinate within 20 days. This one took almost 2 months)

d. spatulata var. bakoensis (a very nice pygmy-like sundew, replated)

d. tomentosa var. glabrata

d. regia

d.kaieteurensis

d.trinervia

d.graminifolia (the difference in growth rate for TC and non-TC plants is striking, these are a month old/5cm)

d.camporupestris (great germination rate, a fast grower as well)

d. alba seedlings

d. ultramafica seedlings

[some 2011 pictures part 1]

veeeery nice! :-)

[october pictures]

Thanx , Carlos!

Yes, the that is the full locality designation for that particular plant. I think Iggy send me the seeds (thanks ). Sometimes I dont list the full name of the locality when posting pics. I just went through some of your pics and your collection is amazing (in both diversity and quality) !

[Drosera quartzicola, a new species from Brazil]

Very exciting news! Phenomenal plant and great pictures! :-D

[october pictures]

Thank you for kind comments!

@Dani: thank you for pointing out the typo, I corrected it. I will definitely hand-polinate the flowers of d. graomogolensis to get quality seeds. Thanks for the tip.

@Deadly weapon: d. neocaledonica best open air environment, several hours of direct sun a day , nights ~20C days 24-28C. I use peat/sand (60/40). Hope you find it helpful :-)

[some pics take today]

Great work Will!

Your lithops collection amazes me!

[october pictures]

Hi!

We have had some pretty weather for last few weeks. The cool temps at night and plenty of sun and warm days really made my sundews happy (especially the south americans). here I took some shots today,,hope you like them :-)

drosera graomogolensis (definitely one of the most elegant and beautiful for me). The sun made her colour up nicely and will be flowering for me for the first time!

drosera ascendens "red hairy form"

drosera ascendens 'Palmeira' with interesting shape of the leaves

drosera hirtella/lutescens (a.k.a. veeeeeery slow grower:-) )

drosera graminifolia - it is hard to take a good picture of her because of the complicated focis- she is all over the place :-)

drosera montana var. schwackei - a newcomer to my collection, seems she likes the conditions so far

drosera brevifolia 'Balsa Nova, Parana'

drosera capillaris 'Colombia'

drosera ramentacea - just adjusting her to sun slowly,,still pale, hopefully will colour up a bit later

drosera hilaris 'Stellenbosch'

drosera slackii x capensis (I think when it comes to speed of growth she took more after d. slackii and is not as easy as I thought she would be as well)

drosera trinervia

drosera adelae, drosera peltata and heliamphora minor

drosera anglica 'Hawaii'

drosera spatulata var. bakoensis - the smallest pygmy spatulata, very cute

drosera spatulata var. lovellae

drosera capensis "Albino form"

drosera schizandra

drosera prolifera

drosera neocaledonica

[tissue culture pics]

@Loligo: With Gelrite I only had one case of vitrification with drosera sessifolia. I did find one drawback of this gelling agent though...when the plants consume some of the elements (metals, specifically), it liquidifies quite fast). I think it is due to the loss of cations crosslinking the gelrite compound and the inevitable release of protons. In acidic environment ( below 5.2) the Gelrite is not gelling very well (even if the sufficient ions are present). But for me the transparency of the gel is the overcoming advantage so I keep on using it. I just got hands on some high quality Agarose so I will do some experiments to compare the properties.

[tissue culture pics]

Thanx!

@Cain: Yes , it is drosera intermedia together with darlingtonia

@Sativ: I know! I was just thinking the same thing going through the jars with tuberous species how Martian they look in TC :-D There are some exceptions,,of course:-)

@Pato: The gel is clear because I use Gelrite and not Agar. It is easier for me to spot the contamination early enough (when I dont use PPM). In some pics it is hazy but that is because of opaqu PP containers.

[tissue culture pics]

Hi everyone!

I took pictures of some drosera jars today:

drosera anglica 'Hawaii'

drosera glanduligera

drosera falconeri (crowded jar)

drosera hilaris (turned out to be very weedy species when correct medium is used)

drosera afra

drosera rotundifolia

drosera spatulata var. lovellae (the big plants germinated a bit early, the rest gave 100% germination later)

drosera intermedia 'Gran Sabana'

drosera trinervia

darlingtonia californica on propagation medium

drosera burmannii 'Humpty-Doo'

drosera burmannii

drosera macrantha "Rock outcrop form" x drosera macrantha aff. ssp. cremaea

....some massive germinations:

drosera ascendens 'Itarare'

drosera tomentosa var. glabrata

...and some latest germinations:

drosera regia

drosera felix 'Turuku'

drosera macrophylla ssp. macrophylla x drosera macrophylla ssp. monantha

drosera graminifolia

drosera spatulata var. bakoensis

drosera planchonii

...the next season will be fun! :-)

[Something from my collection]

Hi, ADAM!

I see that your sundews are looking pretty good! The way you are growing pinguicula species is so natural, looks really neat!

[Cephalotus in TC . . .]

I am using PPM free medium now,,have been for some time actually. It is true that PPM can hide many types of contamination and they do show very quickly when switching to PPM free medium. I use PPM free medium from the very first step of introduction of tissue, to make sure there is no contamination present (if it is it shows within days -funghi or months-bacteria). It is harder to produce a contamination-unaffected tisue in a jar without PPM so I can understand why many people use it. it is up to each TCer to decide what suits him the best. PPM may become an issue when trading and replating the cultures though.

[Cephalotus in TC . . .]

Great Work! :-) Hope it grows fast on that solid solution!