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  1. Don't give up on your mature plant just yet. My U. reniformis completely dies back to the fleshy stolon every winter in my unheated greenhouse where the temperature reaches near or just below freezing. There are no leaves for several months and then in May or June, it starts putting out leaves again.
  2. Jan's CP Database recognizes these Sarracenia purpurea Sarracenia purpurea f.heterophylla Sarracenia purpurea subsp.venosa Sarracenia purpurea subsp.venosa var.burkii Sarracenia purpurea subsp.venosa var.montana He describes Sarracenia purpurea subsp.venosa var.burkii f.luteola as a synonym of Sarracenia purpurea subsp.venosa var.burkii He considers gibbosa to be illegitimate. Sarracenia gibbosa {Raf.}]nom.illeg. Sarracenia purpurea {L.} subsp.gibbosa {(Raf.) Wherry}]nom.illeg.
  3. There is a registered cultivar 'Don Schnell', but it is S. oreophila. Is your FL33, S. flava var. rubricorpora "Don Schnell" your local name?
  4. BobZ

    D. Regia

    I have found D. regia to be resilient. I have had the tops of my plants completely die back and then a month or so later discover new plants emerging. The large fibrous roots produce lots of offshoots. I grow my plants in an unheated greenhouse near the Pacific coast in northern California. Winter temperatures get near freezing, but the D. regia do not seem to be affected.
  5. Nice photo anyway. It is difficult to tell from the photo, but to me the plant does not look like a D. intermedia but more like a D. rotundifolia. However, I am not a Drosera expert either.
  6. Hmmm. I thought 'California Sunset' was a cultivar of Drosera filiformis. Where does this name attached to D. intermedia orignate?
  7. Try http://www.forumcarnivore.org/ftopic9908.php
  8. rco911, You made your post in January/February. Now that summer is about over, did the plants retain their dark color?
  9. Now here are some really dark Darlingtonia (from an earlier thread). http://www.cpukforum.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=25288
  10. It has always been interesting to me that 'Wacky Traps' tends to grow along one side in a creeping manner (as Melly's photo shows) rather than from a uniform central point. Also, for my plants at least, I have never had a plant's rhizome divide.
  11. Pinguicula lithophytica - a new species from Cuba is described in the September 2008 issue of CPN. Cristina M. Panfet-Valdés and Paul Temple (2008) Pinguicula lithophytica C. Panfet-Valdés & P. Temple (Lentibulariaceae Rich.), a new species from the central region of Cuba. Carniv. Pl. Newslett. 37(3):90-93. http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/Speci...37n3p90_93.html The hard-copy CPN was sent to ICPS members in the snail-mail last week. This new issue of CPN and previous issues are now available in PDF for ICPS members. Log in to Club Express and click on the CPN Back Issues tab. http://icps.clubexpress.com/ The full table of contents of CPN is found at http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn...ackissues.html If you are not yet an ICPS member, you can easily join on-line at http://icps.clubexpress.com/
  12. The September 2008 issue of CPN was mailed hard-copy to ICPS members last week. Also, this new issue and previous issues are now available in PDF for ICPS members. Log in to Club Express and click on the CPN Back Issues tab. http://icps.clubexpress.com/ The full table of contents of CPN is found at http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/index/backissues.html If you are not yet an ICPS member, you can easily join on-line at http://icps.clubexpress.com/
  13. It is an interesting looking plant. All it takes for a plant to become a registered cultivar is to follow the instructions at http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cultivars...tivarsmain.html http://www.carnivorousplants.org/cultivars/register.html
  14. Thanks for the information Andreas. Interesting plant. I will link to the PDF and HTML pages, rather than to the jpg. http://www.bgbm.org/willdenowia/willd38/beck+al.htm
  15. BobZ

    Miniature VFT

    You can see some photos at http://users.humboldt.edu/rziemer/Dionaea.html Look under headings: “B9 form” “Clone B 09 (BCP)” “Cudo” “Dwarf” “Miniature Form” “Minutissimum” “Pygmy VFT” “Red Pygmy” Many of these may be the same clone. The large number of names for possibly the same form is out of control.
  16. The CP Photo Finder has about 70 links to photos of 'B52'. http://users.humboldt.edu/rziemer/Dionaea.html
  17. In the wild, most older pitchers develop these spots. I have often thought they might be the result of insect bites. Just a guess.
  18. You might get some hints here http://icps.proboards105.com/index.cgi?board=societies or here http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq6100.html
  19. This is interesting, because in all likelihood everyone has the same clone. Subtle differences in flower color is probably due to environment rather than genetics -- unless this clone is being reproduced by TC and there are sports emerging. I am growing my plants in an unheated greenhouse under my house deck. In summer, it receives late afternoon sun for a few hours (unless the coastal fog persists), but it is in shade most of the day. Temperatures in this foggy coastal area seldom get over 70F during the day and are around 50F at night. The plants are in half sphagnum peat and half coarse quartz sand. I think I will experiment with different soil mixes and sunlight intensity to see if I can get different flower colors. Of the photos of P. "Rose" that I have linked in my Photo Finder, all are blue, except for http://jcps.hp.infoseek.co.jp/Pinguicula18.html
  20. Dani, I just placed the plant next to my computer screen and the flower color looks the same as my photo. It clearly is not as blue as your photo. Interestingly, a new flower just opened today (the taller of the unopened buds in my the first photo). This flower looks almost white with distinctly light pink edges. Perhaps the age of the flower (or light intensity) determines color. I will watch to see if my flowers turn more blue with age. Perhaps the soil affects flower color (as with hydrangeas). Perhaps not. http://www.hydrangeashydrangeas.com/colorchange.html
  21. Rather than start a new thread, I will add to this one. In January, I was lucky to get a P. primuliflora "Rose". It has been flowering for the past month. This plant has a beautiful double flower and was reportedly discovered in Japanese growers' garden some time ago. It is commonly cultivated in Japan, but not so common in the U.S. Although the plant flowers profusely, the flowers apparently do not produce seed. .
  22. I have several hundred VFTs. For decades, I have experimented with all sorts of mixes. You name it and I have probably tried it. But, for my conditions, 100% Canadian sphagnum peat works best for me. Soil media is only one part of the equation. The other parts are how and when you water, tray or through drainage, sunlight and evaporative stress, temperature, size of pot, etc. Lengthy experimentation is the best advice.
  23. You can also simply rub one flower with ripe pollen on another flower with receptive stigma.
  24. It certainly does. It seens to have regained the S. purpurea veining.
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