Dieter Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Dear all, I recently made some more photos which I would like to share with you. I start with both of my D. microphylla. Even my wife likes those plants and flowers, which is not exactly the case for all my plants. The second species I would like to show you today is a batch of plants grown from seeds (with lots of thanks to the person who provided the seeds ;-) It is so far a compact form and the plants currently reach about 10-15 cm in height. I hope you like them as well! Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Great to see that the D. stricticaulis are growing so well for you! Should you ever have any seed to spare...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iggy Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Woooow Dieter!! Just brilliant !! I agree with your wife , you must be crazy if you don't like these flowers. Beautiful almost red wine coloured flowers. Never seen in cultivation except Mr. Aussie. My D.microphylla forms are still confused and not the best growing plants for the moment. Looks like they are pollinated? Colony bees in the wintergarden ? Also very nice photos with caught prey, fantastic quality. ( Iggy, it's time for a new camera.... ) Thanks for sharing!! Iggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pato Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Excellent photos! I was surprised by the flowers of the D. microphylla (Wonderful) As Iggy said, seeing your pictures is time to change the camera! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Thanks for the nice comments. Great to see that the D. stricticaulis are growing so well for you!Should you ever have any seed to spare...... Can you tell me whether this species needs some help for pollination? I may not be at home when the other flowers open so I would have to arrange a "bee" if some manul action is required. My D.microphylla forms are still confused and not the best growing plants for the moment.Looks like they are pollinated? Colony bees in the wintergarden ? The var. macropetala is in its 5th season now and was already looking good in the previous winter. The Darlington form is in its 3rd season and seems to be fully adapted now. However, I am not sure what to make of the description in Lowrie's book. According to the information given there the Darlington for should also closely match the var. macropetala described by Diels. I can only agree with that as I do not see much of a difference between the two forms I grow. And yes, I was the colony bee. At least some of the seed pod seem to be swelling now, so I may have been successful (cross pollination of both forms). Here is another shot I made yesterday: Cheers Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thez_yo Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Wow I never even knew those plants existed.. they're so beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will9 Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Ho Dieter,this microphylla flowers are realy very special,very beautys,i know what i go looking for in future,stricticaulis looks great to. And the most important ,very nice pics ,very clear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Rohrbacher Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Hi Dieter, very beautiful pictures of healthy plantas, again. These plants has a lot of polen ... ... is easy to produce seeds? Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Spence Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Can you tell me whether this species needs some help for pollination? I may not be at home when the other flowers open so I would have to arrange a "bee" if some manul action is required. As far as I can recall, the plants produced seed without any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudo klasovity Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 It is always very refreshing and interesting to see some rarer sundews in the pictures. The d. microphylla's flowers are very beautiful! Thank you for sharing the pics with us, Dieter! Good luck growing these beauties:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 These plants has a lot of polen ... ... is easy to produce seeds? Hi Carlos, I can not answer that for sure at the moment. It seems that the seed pods of the var. macropetala are swelling, but the ones of the Darlington form are smaller. Time will tell... In general this is one of the easier species to pollinate (at least for people like me who have to go to work during daytime) as the flowers will open for several days in a row, thus it is much easier to have different plants flowering at the same day. One just needs to different clones which is the limitation for most of us. By the way, if someone has a spare D. microphylla var. macropetala tuber, I would be happy to swap it for one of mine, so that both of us at least have a chance to get hold of a second clone. The same offer holds for many other species and forms. I have to say thanks to my wife as she did the pollination of many flowers this winter (like most of the D. zigzagia flowers). Without her I would expect a significantly smaller seed list this spring. Cheers Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnie Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 So beautiful pictures，i love!!!! Have any D. zigzagia flowers ? Regards, minnie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andreas Eils Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 Hi Dieter, good there is a D. microphylla with macro petals! Gorgeous flower of D. stricticaulis! D. stricticaulis is one of my favourite tuberous sundews. And it seems to have a good appetite! Regards Andreas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted April 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 So beautiful pictures，i love!!!!Have any D. zigzagia flowers ? Regards, minnie Hi Minnie, D. zigzagia flowered much earlier this year. Very beautiful species and flowers... Best regards Dieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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