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Sean Spence

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  1. It will be a few weeks until any plants down here will break the surface. I would be hesitant to receive any tuberous Drosera species while they are growing. There is a real chance that the stem will rot or be damaged in transit.
  2. I really shouldn't take the credit for these plants as I only grew them from seed supplied to me. Graham Sadd is the man!
  3. Hi Paul, Glad to hear that my VFT creations are the reason for your return!
  4. I've got some images of Paul's plant hidden away somewhere. I'll try to track them down.
  5. I stand corrected, Paul does grow CPs. Welcome back Paul! Oh, and I think the plant was named by Gus Franco.
  6. It is a plant grown by Paul Edwards but not named by him. Paul no longer grows CPs.
  7. Looks like a pale flowered D. natalensis to me.
  8. D. macrantha is always the first to emerge for me, usually several weeks before anything else.
  9. I was also going to say that those rosettes do not look like D. gracilis which are normally much redder. Rather than D. hookeri, they look more like a regular D. peltata to me. Post some photos when the plants are mature and we'll know for sure.
  10. Good question. I possibly incorrectly assumed South Africa rather than South America. Most, if not all South American species will be happy with temps no lower than 5-7 celcius.
  11. With a minimum of 5-7 degrees you could happily grow all South African species. Mine are happy with a minimum of 0 degrees occasionally.
  12. Give it more time to settle in. Looks fine to me.
  13. Yes, been growing it since 2004 when I sowed seed. I currently grow my plants in a glass vase that is about 40cm in height. The vase is placed in my bathroom where it receives indirect light. It grows well, particularly during the cooler parts of the year but has never flowered. The leaves are about 30cm in length.
  14. Hi Les, Unfortunately the information you have is not correct. Firstly you will need an import permit from the Department of Agriculture. Upon arrival the plants will be inspected to ensure that they are free of any pest or disease. Following this they must be directed to an approved quarantine facility for a period of 3 months. During their stay they will be treated with methyl bromide and a nematocide dip. Each plant imported costs a certain amount to clear the process- whether it survives the process or not. I'd suggest checking the Dept. of Agriculture website- www.agriculture.gov.au The ICON database will provide more information if you perform a search on Nepenthes. Regards, Sean
  15. Hi Les, Have you organised post entry Quarantine for when the plants arrive? Did you organise an Import Permit? Regards, Sean (also in Melbourne)
  16. Can't wait to get up there when I get the chance.
  17. Do you mind if I ask what this meeting will involve and what will be discussed?
  18. Contact the local herbarium in the state/s that you will be visiting.
  19. It was earlyish afternoon and we had found what we'd been seeking at Falls Creek within an hour. We had the choice of heading to either a lowland location where we may find some late flowering Utricularia beaugleholei or a detour to visit another alpine mountain, Mt. Buffalo where I knew tht a beautiful deep red late emerging form of Drosera auriculata could be found. We chose Mt. Buffalo as the temps were in the low 40 Cs on at the base of the mountains but a comfortable 27 C on the alps. We arrived mid afternoon and headed for the spot that I believed we would find te D. auriculata. Unfortunately the car would only take us far far before the end of the road n neither of us could realy be bothered walking and sort fo a distance so we aborted that search. On the way there I had noticed some splashes of purple around the margin of Lake Catani. I was confident that these were patches of U. dichotoma. I was right. The inflorescences were very tall compared to the other forms we'd seen the previous day and many more flowers were clustered together. This form appeared very similar to the tuberous form that I had discovered about 10 years ago at a lower altitude. This time I did not think to check for tubers. There was also some variation in flower colour with a pale mauve coloured form quite common. the pale form You'll notice there havn't been many close ups of the Utriularia flowers. This was bcause I wasn't keen on laying in water to get th shots. Call me soft. The final stop at Mt. Buffalo was a small stream that cut under the main road. Alongside the road growing on the rocks were small colony of Drosera gracilis. One of the few chances we'd had to get a clear shot at the plants. From there, 5 hours later we were home. We'd travelled 1400kms and gone as high as 1800m in altitude. It's amazing what you can get done in less than 2 days. We didn't find the orchids that we were hoping, but were more that compensated with the amount of CPs we found at a time of year that most would consider the poorest time of year in this part of the world.
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