RL7836 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) Here are some updated pics of the flowers on my D. schizandra & some recent plant pics.... Flower side view: Flower close-up - notice the split-red anthers for which the plant is named (with pollen poking out from the sides): Pic of the entire plant from yesterday: Top view - this plant lives under a 7" (~18 cm) diameter glass dome and as you can see, all of the largest leaf ends are bent from hitting the glass. The true diameter is something north of 7"... Side view: Close-up of the 'aerial' roots it's sending out. This plant really wants to make a mat of schizandra plants - as seen in native habitat pics: Edited April 20, 2010 by RL7836 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ced91 Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 What a beautiful one How do you cultivate it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Beautiful work and picture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zlatokrt Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Very nice plant, you are lucky to see the flowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 Wonderful healthy plant! It loks very happy and the flower is amazing! Thanx for posting! :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UtricSeb Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 A rare event, congratulations and thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Tonnerre Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Incredibly charming plants, well done on the growing. It makes me want to start again with the Queensland Droseras. You grow them in pure Sphagnum? I used an "airy" substrate and had the plants in a basket/pot for aquatic plants, worked pretty well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted April 20, 2010 Report Share Posted April 20, 2010 Great plant with beautiful flowers. ( stunning colour!! ) The second photo is superb !! Thanks for sharing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RL7836 Posted May 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2010 (edited) Thanks for all of the nice comments. What a beautiful one How do you cultivate it ? I've been growing them for a number of years now. There are some links on media & growing in this longer Terra post for those who like to read. While their conditions for 'happiness' is not wide, once you find out the range, the plants are very easy, grow well, put out many babies & are very easy to propagate. I highly recommend experimentation with multiple clones (keeping one as a 'safety') to see what works for you & your conditions. For most of this time I kept one 'mother plant' and a number of smaller ones of different sizes. I stupidly allowed my original 'mother plant' to die from neglect. To replace her, I took a small plant, gave it a larger pot & started to regularly feed it with wingless fruit flies*. The plant responded with great growth, outgrowing the pot at least once (or twice). The largest my original plant got was probably 4-4.5" (10-11cm) iirc. This plant is currently larger than 7" (18cm) diameter. For media, I use 100% live LFS in a pot 3.5" tall which typically sits in a small amount of water (when I tried peat-based media - the plants died). If I use a shorter pot, the plant gets too wet and doesn't tend to grow well**. To maintain very high humidity, a humidity dome is normally used (see pic). Although keeping a plant 'sealed' & sitting is water is normally not recommended, with my experimenting over the years, this setup has produced the largest, strongest plants. If you want to grow them in warmer, more open conditions, check w/ Andrew or Pyro - they've had success in the southern USA without being fully covered. While the plants can be quite picky with conditions, they are very good at letting you know when they are not happy. This plant sits in a north-facing window in my office all winter & when temperatures rise, I take it into the basement (where it pouts all summer). While the flowering is indeed quite uncommon, I tend to believe that the combination of conditions (temperatures, media, food) combined to induce the blooming. Another plant that I fed much less frequently also sent up a flower stalk but it ceased development several weeks after I stopped feeding it. D. schizandra in its 'home'. * - which is a pain btw. Once a week or every 2nd week or 3rd week), I would stick 3-5 wff's on a section of leaf, keep them there for 2-4 days & ideally remove them just before mold started to form. In addition, I wiped that part of the leaf with 70% isopropyl alcohol after removing the partially-digested wff's. If I did not do this, mold would form & create holes in the leaves. ** - I'm growing another plant in a pot barely 1" high & I do not keep it sitting in water. The tray stays dry & I water a little every week or two. Edited May 10, 2010 by RL7836 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Allan Posted May 3, 2010 Report Share Posted May 3, 2010 These are absolutely the best photos of this species that I have seen, Ron. I will certainly try the Queensland Drosera again after seeing this. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsivertsen Posted May 4, 2010 Report Share Posted May 4, 2010 I feed mine with "blood worms" (which are actually some kind of moquito larvae) and they don't get the mold problems that flies seem to bring. - Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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