Dieter Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Dear all, I hope you had a great weekend. We had some warm and sunny weather (after lots of rainy and cool days) which made me take my camera to take some shots of my plants, especially of those I did not show very often. I will start with my Dionaea collection. This is the tray with my large plants. I keep the division in a separate tray on the balcony where the plants get much better colouration but may also suffer when the weather gets extreme. This summer the plants were either drowning or drying out. As there is not much detail to see, I made a shot of Dentata youngsters (from divisions in spring). I like them very much in this stage. The plants form a rosette on the substrate surface, only large plants produce erect leaves for me. At the time of the shot most traps are closed, probably some insect walked across them: When I had a look the the Bristle Tooth the trigger hairs looked very thick so I took the macro lense to get a closer look: 2 others for comparison: As there are not that many pictures of Coquillage around, I have another one for you: So much for the Dionaea. Now I have some purple Utricularia flowers for you. Those shots were made early in the morning with the sun just appearing. Therefore the colouration is a bit off (Sean, that one is for you ) As I did not make that many photo posts without a single Drosera I have to stick to this... This is potentially a new hybrid. I am afraid I will have to wait until next spring for confirmation. I am sure I will show this one again once I get a first flower in front of my camera. Next is a genus which is somewhat underrepresented in my collection. At least I grow one species. Not only that, I even grow 3 different forms of it. Finally a snapshot of one of those little guys who try to hide nuts everywhere, including my pots. This summer they nearly emptied a D. graniticola pot and even started to use a pygmy drosera pot in my winter garden for this. I am not aware that they hid anything in my wintergarden before (but on the balcony in front of it, no problem to climb the two stories), but this summer they are in my impression much bolder than before. It has a hazelnut in its mouth. The bush is nearly empty now (mostly harvested by two of those squirrels). Next in line will probably be the walnut tree a few meter apart...:wallbash: Anyone looking for hazelnut or walnut seedlings? I have fresh seedlings each year... Cheers Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Very happy to see the purple paletted U. dichotoma still going strong, especially considering that there is a good chance it may be extinct in nature. BTW, the "L" of the U. uniflora form relates to the town of Lismore in northern NSW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimscott Posted August 23, 2010 Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 LOL! I thought you only had sundews! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 BTW, the "L" of the U. uniflora form relates to the town of Lismore in northern NSW. No, I did not know that and I will make a note in my grow list. Interestingly, this very flower stalk on the picture is somewhat unusual in that respect that it actually is a "biflora". The second flower is currently opening. All other flower stalk produce just the name-giving single flower. Best regards Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hi Dieter, It is a strange form of U. uniflora. It quite regularly produces scapes with 2 flowers and often 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel O. Posted August 24, 2010 Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Hi Dieter, really nice plants. About the U. uniflora from Lismore, it´s really a strange one. My flowers are having a very big variation, in the form of the flower but also in the colouration, a few of the flowers are very deeply purple coloured, nearly the colouration of U. dichotoma, but till now i´ve only had flowers scapes with one flower. In a few days i´ll show pictures of them. Best regards, Dani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted August 25, 2010 Report Share Posted August 25, 2010 Some old photos. Only single flowered specimens shown here too. I'll have to locate some shots with multiple flowers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob158 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 i cant see any photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted August 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 i cant see any photos It seems that too many people had a look at the pictures and the traffic limit was reached. The pictures should be back on wednesday. Sorry for this! Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted September 1, 2010 Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Hi Dieter, great pictures, I liked these tiny utricularia, congratulations! Regards. Carlos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav Macháček Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Nice photos! Mostly the utricularia leptoplectra & dichotoma are splendid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchasselblad74 Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Very AWESOME VFT PHOTOS!!! I can get lost in that dionaea forest....very nice thanks for sharing.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allenphoon Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 wow....awesome collection of venus flytrap, how i wish i will have them, but i now, i just got them germinated, two carnivorous leaf so far!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toimeme Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 very beautiful plants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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