Fero Posted January 17, 2016 Report Share Posted January 17, 2016 Hi all. My tuberous droseras are finally waking up. They are quite late. I made a mistake and kept them after planting on windowsill and they got probably too hot. This is my first year growing them. I am still learning. Today I will show you the tubers. I bought them from Dieter and Lutz. They were photographed before planting on 21.8. 2015. Later I will add pictures of the plants. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fero Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 (edited) As I promised below some pictures of my plants. Name/date when plant emerged from the soil. I know the plants are strugling - shock from heat after planting and consequent stop in growth, lack of light when they emerged, now days longer but still they manage somehow. Can not wait for better weather to put them outside. D.macrantha Rock Outcrop form/21.9.2015 D.macrantha Rock Outcrop form/21.9.2015 D.stolonifera/15.1.2016 D.aberrans green form Maldon/3.1.2016 D.erythrorhiza var.imbecilla/5.12.2015 D.erythrorhiza var.imbecilla/5.12.2015 D.andersoniana/31.12.2015 D.andersoniana/31.12.2015 D.andersoniana/31.12.2015 D.menziesii/22.12.2015 Edited February 14, 2016 by Fero 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Looking really nice! I presume the white bits are just a topping, and the plants are potted in something more like peat, etc? What did you use for potting, and what's the topping? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fero Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Standard mixture for tuberous droseras: 2-3 parts of aquarium silica sand + 1 part of peat. But I am far from expert on tuberous drosera. The topping is about 0.5 cm of pure sand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted February 16, 2016 Report Share Posted February 16, 2016 Standard mixture for tuberous droseras: 2-3 parts of aquarium silica sand + 1 part of peat. But I am far from expert on tuberous drosera. The topping is about 0.5 cm of pure sand. Thanks for the info. When you say "pure sand," what kind is it? Doesn't look like the sand I usually see in aquaria shops or builders yards. Looks more like some sort of quartz. Where did you get it? Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fero Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 It is a silica sand. It should be natural not ground - not sharp. I bought it in a local aquarium shop. But not in every shop they have it. I have tried also a sand for pool sand filters which is cheap - 15 kg bags for 13 eur here but I think it is not pure silica. It contains probabky some calcium. But then there is a lot of suppliers of this sand so it is worth checking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yossu Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Thanks for the info, worth checking that out. It looks really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fero Posted March 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) My first tuberows sundew flower - drosera andersoniana Edited July 12, 2016 by Fero 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fero Posted August 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2016 (edited) Hi all. I "harvested" for the first time my tubers 3 weeks ago on 11/7: D. andersoniana had one daughter tuber placed on the very bootom of 10 cm pot in sphagnum. The larger one on the picture: [/url] D. macrantha Rock Outcrop Form had also a daughter tuber, though I was suprised that one of the tubers had already a big stolon. These tubers I planted this week only, the stolons continued to grow, also on the other tuber one formed. Macrantha is one of the earliest species but it is a bit too early. D. erythorhiza var. imbecilla looked like this: (no tubers, only tuberous roots). I planted them and I can see today couple of plants emerging on the surface. Though now we have a heat wave of tomperatures around 25C;-( D. aberrans I unpotted carefully after imbecillas and just about the surface I found green stolon/leaves. I put the substrate back. Today the plant is still below the surface. D.stolonifera D. gigantea created a replicate tuber even though the plant never made the surface. I had 7 tubers and this is the only survivor On the other hand D. menziessii had no tuber = lost. And I lost many tubers which did not grow and which I haven't found: 4 big tubers of D. platypoda, 1 D. zonaria, and 1 D. peltata As you can see not a good first year ... I hope the next season will be better and may be this will help others not to make same mistakes as I did. Edited August 2, 2016 by Fero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fcotg Posted March 3, 2019 Report Share Posted March 3, 2019 On 17/1/2016 at 22:37, Fero said: Hola a todos. Mis droseras tuberosas finalmente se están despertando. Llegan bastante tarde. Cometí un error y los guardé después de plantar en el alféizar de la ventana y probablemente se pusieron demasiado calientes. Este es mi primer año de crecimiento. Todavía estoy aprendiendo. Hoy os mostraré los tubérculos. Los compré de Dieter y Lutz. Fueron fotografiados antes de la siembra en 21.8. 2015. Después añadiré fotos de las plantas. hola buenas tndrias algunos bulbos para vender est verano si es asi dame precios porfavor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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