I started collecting carnivores this last autumn, and really got into it in the dead of winter. This meant I had a lot of time to spend with my plants, since I work in a restaurant and January/February is the slowest part of the year. Also I had fewer plants back then. Alas, now I have lots to do in my collection and less time than ever to do it in.
One of the things I really need to do soon is pot up the
Drosera 'Marston Dragon'
flower stalk cuttings I mentioned in the
last post. They're even more well-developed now, but I couldn't get a good picture today.
There's also plenty other chores that are just not being addressed. For example, I have a couple pots I really need to separate out.
![I also need to harvest the seeds from this pot. That's a lot of seed! Drosera intermedia 'Cuba' crowded in the pot.](https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1489/23329605433_8b654b56f3_c.jpg) |
These Drosera intermedia 'Cuba' plants could probably get much bigger with enough room to grow. |
![It's looking even more separatable these days. I wonder what it would look like not in a clump. Drosera capillaris clump.](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3917/14448370384_04a100302a_c.jpg) |
I've been thinking about separating this clump of Drosera capillaris out for months. |
I also need to get these pygmies into bigger pots before their roots get too unruly.
![Pygmies apparently get really long roots, so they like to have more room than there is available in these little seed starting cells. Pygmies in pots too small.](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3861/14262880490_db82ab0c32_c.jpg) |
My Drosera dichrosepala and Drosera allantostigma are both flowering. D. helodes just finished, and D. pygmaea is sort of just hanging on. |
I started hardening off these
Drosera natalensis seedlings weeks ago, and once I finish I can start feeding them for serious growth. I just can't find my scissors.
![I got these seeds from Natch in a trade. Hey Natch! Drosera natalensis seedlings.](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2909/14426371266_c216681eb2_c.jpg) |
Tiny baby Drosera natalensis look super red. A good sign! |
This
Pinguicula gigantea flower won't pollinate itself you know (alas).
![I like P. gigantea a lot. It's a really nice contrast to all the sundews. Pinguicula gigantea with a flower that needs to be pollinated.](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2900/14446138601_4cc2d7e415_c.jpg) |
This is now the fourth P. gigantea flower. I really need to pollinate one. |
Cleaning the old food off these
Drosera brevifolia would be trivial, but somehow it hasn't gotten done.
![Guess they can't handle that much food. Oh well. Drosera brevifolia with old food on the leaves.](https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5508/14446141251_73a74caa2c_c.jpg) |
From now on these guys are getting the powdered food only treatment. |
I don't even know what to do with this
Drosera capensis window-box thing. Weed out the moss with tweezers? Feed the plantlets? Probably.
![Not gonna lie, it looks pretty cool like this, though I'd prefer it with big sundews. Drosera capensis windowbox full of moss.](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3887/14262883510_888fce2ce9_c.jpg) |
There are a couple plants in here that could totally explode in a couple weeks if fed heavily. |
And don't even get me started on this weird little Drosera spatuhaha (get it?) that is in a small pot with weeds and long roots and it's flowering oh god.
![It's probably some sort of D. spatulata or something. I just leave it to its own devices really. Unidentified Drosera in a messy pot.](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3836/14262850979_9f9f49a603_c.jpg) |
This is a descendent of one of one of the sundews from this post, pictured with my dormant VTF. It's been doing pretty well with almost total neglect. |
I am given to understand that having lots of plant chores is normal, but I'd really like to have a couple days in a row to take care of all of this business. Ah well. I guess life goes on. Even in a collection of weird plants.
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