Dieter Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Dear, today quite a few plants opened their flowers despite the overcast sky. Luckily, all of my three D. menziesii ssp. menziesii flower colours were part of the show. Here they are side by side. On the top left is the typical form most of you know and grow. On the right is a somewhat redder form and on the lower left the orange flowered D. menziesii, at that time not fully opened. pink form: here is one of my typical pink flowered forms a bit closer: The redder form is grown from seeds which came from the orange form below. However, I do not know the pollen parent. Last year I spread around some F2 generation seed (from crossing different plants of the F1 generation). I am quite curious what the flower colour of that generation will be. Some closeups of the reddish form: More seeds of this one should be available in a couple of months again. This orange form is somewhat smaller compared to most other D. menziesii ssp. menziesii I grow. In addition, the plants are dark red which I only find in one other ssp. menziesii form in my hands. Have some colourful easter holidays! Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted April 3, 2010 Report Share Posted April 3, 2010 Simply beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avery Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Congratution Dieter ~ The one with sawtooth edges is real nice ~ Hope to see your own breeding results soon ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 Great plants Dieter, congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHNANOG Posted April 5, 2010 Report Share Posted April 5, 2010 (edited) Beautiful And some of your seeds sprouted. Thanks Edited April 5, 2010 by CHNANOG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted April 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2010 Thank you for your nice comments! Congratution Dieter ~ The one with sawtooth edges is real nice ~ Hope to see your own breeding results soon ~ Hi Avery, I noticed that one as well. Currently I am not sure whether this was unique to this single flower or wether the plant does that regularly. I should probably look for a job where I can watch my plants flower during the day... Last year I had a "flowering season showdown" with about 10 open D. menziesii ssp. basifolia flowers open that day. When I came home from work the flowers were nearly closed again but it was apparent that one flower had a much paler colour than all the others. I never saw this before with this species and so far did not get to see it again. Was it just a single flower a bit off colour? I just do not know. It is quite likely that I saw that plant in flower before (it was the 3rd flower bud on that plant last year) and probably this year again, so it does not seem to be a general trait of one of my plants, but I am not sure. Best regards Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avery Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Dieter, I had good results changing day-night pattern and thus, flowering time with FL ~ Although it is a bit artificial but you can see your drosera blooming while you get home after work ~ Give it a try ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Hi Dieter! Very beautiful flowers! My menziesii slowly went to dormancy last week, but it never flowers for me during the growing season. I guess they are still too young? How old do they have to be to be capable of blooming? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted April 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Dieter, I had good results changing day-night pattern and thus, flowering time with FL ~ Although it is a bit artificial but you can see your drosera blooming while you get home after work ~ Give it a try ~ Hi Avery, you are certainly right with this. The pity is that my plants enjoy natural light (plus some extra light during winter). My menziesii slowly went to dormancy last week, but it never flowers for me during the growing season. I guess they are still too young? How old do they have to be to be capable of blooming? Hi Dusan, the D. menziesii you send me is still growing and one of the plants should flower today. However, just one of the plants will flower this season. Some others should follow next year. The reddish flowered form shown above started to flower in the second season (last year) but I am not sure whether the plants reached full size yet. At least, not that many of them flowered this season. I gave one or more tubers of that form to the BG Bonn last summer. When I visited them a few weeks ago, their plant was about twice as large as my own but still looked robust and good. I am not sure whether the different light conditions they have are the reason for the larger but still very robust plants. However, other D. menziesii ssp. menziesii seedlings flowered in their third season at the earliest. Plants adapting from the southern hemisphere might take a while (2-3 seasons or even more) until they get fully established, at least that is my experience. They may even loose in size during that time. Best regards Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted April 8, 2010 Report Share Posted April 8, 2010 Thanx for a prompt reply, Dieter! I am glad the plants are doing well (with you, how else:-)) So hopefully next season they will flower for me. So far, they have just propagated from 3 tubers to 12 in one season. Daughter tubers are fine, but I would like to get to see the flowers and get some seeds. Thanx once more for sharing your observations!:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Daughter tubers are fine, but I would like to get to see the flowers and get some seeds. Thanx once more for sharing your observations!:-) Hi Dusan, you may need a second clone for pollination (at least I do with most but did not test all clones I grow). However, we can arrange that during the tuber season Cheers Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Hi, Dieter! I just harvested some tubers of d. menziesii ssp. menziesii and also fresh tubers of drosera squamosa ssp. collina. If you are interested in the latter, write me an email and we figure something out:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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