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    Crane flies Tipula

    I have or maybe had on some of my floating hydroponics some issue with moss eating Tipula. All the other plants were not affected. Moss is regrowing already. The larvae already hatched and the exuvia popped up al over the islands. This Tipula larvae popped up while I was weeding. And here...
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    Pinguicula longifolia var. longifolia or not?

    I got from an expert seeds from Pinguicula longifolia var. longifolia. They all looked similar the first year. I had two sets. the better growing one was on a tuffa rock. One of a smaller specimens on this island grew the second year the typical leafs I know from P.longifolia longifolia. The...
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    Schrankia nutallii

    Sown last spring. overwintering outside. Coming back now. This plant is quite hardy and not so fuzzy about moisture in both directions. Close to Mimosa and very similar to M.pudica.
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    Rhododendron and Gentiana on hydroponic island

    Besides several Gentianas and Droseras I have some Rhododendron groenlandicum I presume. At least there were seed capsules from this Rhododenron involved.
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    Trillium pusillum var. alabamicum

    Trillium pusillum var. alabamicum I got them last autumn. Today I discovered 3 nearly black shoots. They grow together with some quite dwarfish Trillium grandiflora on a Cypripedium-island.
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    Ulmus parvifolia Hokkaido

    Another interesting plant for wet setups is Ulmus parvifolia Hokkaido. I have already shown it with my Cepahlotus. At first I had some twigs under artificial light in some plastic box. Basis was Sphagnum, but on my islands It is easy. This plant is here complete hardy and grows very slowly. A...
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    Primula as companions for Pinguicula

    I got seeds from Yours Botanically Inclined from two very small Primulas. Primula frondosa and Primula mistassinica. A small amount of these seeds were sown at once last winter. The rest this fall. The first set came very good through the winter and at least P.frondosa will flower this spring...
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    Cephalotus in different environments

    I had my Cephalotus in variable planters, mostly Ceramic planters of my production https://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=13701.15 But since last summer I started to have problems. The heat was so intense I had to water them twice a week to keep them moist. Therefore I transplanted them...
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    Mandrake

    This genus was always a bit troublesome for me. This time I tried again from seeds I collected in 2017 in Krete. Mandragora autumnalis perhaps. I did not fuzz a lot this time. Keeping the seeds with some live Sphagnum in a plastic bag in the fridge. They germinated within a few weeks in the...
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    Another method for selfing smaller flowers.

    This year I had some small flowered Sarracenias in bloom. Like S.minor and S. psittacina. They dont get pollinated easily by pollinators with me. Because I would molest the flowers in attempt to self them I tried a different attempt. I just strongly agitated the flowers with my index finger by...
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    Floating gardens with much less substrate

    I experiment for some time with low tec hydroponics. The floating device varies from plastic bottles to compressed Styrofoam. To provide the substrate with constant moisture I found microfiber (secondhand or new) most useful. The substrate is always aerated because it is all above water-level...
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    Drosophyllum layer propagation

    As it looks now it is quite possible. I started it with a thin outcrop of a 30 month old plant. It was end of May. Led this thin stem through a 5 cm plastic container and left it in the tray of the mother plant. Always flooded it grew stronger through the summer. 4. of November I had to take...
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    Net cage

    I have made my net cage for the bog more comfortable. Probably less dangerous for the passing birds because there are no folds in it. Four poles out of steel into the ground. At the top of each a triangle through which a wire passes around all the four corners. This is the roof. It has its own...
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    Little Islands

    These little islands are grown in homemade ceramics. They stay now since 2014 on my windowsill. They are small versions of the Cephalotus creations.
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    Special planters examples self made

    Special planters examples self made While I was asked to show my planters I decided to show how you could do them by yourself first. My special mix will be kept secret, but this material seems to work as well with some adaptation. It is ordinary lime free clay with 40 % fireclay 0 to 1 mm...
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    Hello from Franken in South Germany

    Hello again. I am an artist which is interested in everything living. My ceramic pots seem to be quite suitable for growing carnivores. I am certainly not a beginner with carnivores, though I had some gaps in my career. My favorites are Cephalotus and Drosophyllum, because they make the...
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