My
Drosera burmannii from Humpty Doo, NT, Australia have been blooming like crazy since late May, and I've only harvested a couple stalks. Things were looking overwhelming in there.
![I could really afford to just go through and harvest a bunch of seed from everything. Be so much work though. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/15217029639_9c432857e4_c.jpg) |
Those flower stalks are just asking for trouble. |
![Nobody puts Baby in the corner. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2944/15217040799_77ca8d9395_c.jpg) |
Look how far over it's reaching! |
The worst part is that as the seed ripened and the stalks went horizontal I kept bumping them and doubtless spread
D. burmannii seed into all sorts of fun places. We'll see in the next couple months.
I started my trim up high, so I could remove the seedpods gently and hopefully not spill everywhere.
![Look at how great these plants are looking! I've got a lot of successes front-and-center right now. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo and friends.](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2945/15217019079_58949ff0cc_c.jpg) |
I really like this section of my collection. |
![True story, one of my D. brevifolia bloomed itself to death. I wasn't being good enough about feeding it. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo](https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2950/15380768876_09f814f748_c.jpg) |
They're missing the tops! |
While that took care of the weed danger, I also wanted to make the plants look nice, so I cut down a lot closer.
![Great dew, great color, great shape: I love this plant. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3913/15217213808_50ccb911ff_c.jpg) |
Such cuties! |
![I am definitely sentimentally attached to this pot. Hope they live a long time. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3877/15403484982_c7a1443453_c.jpg) |
They're bouncing back! That one in the center was looking iffy for a while. |
As you can see, my one-time competition pot is looking pretty tired after a season of heavy blooming. Still though, they've started bouncing back. Since I'm going to be trimming new flower stalks and feeding well they should get healthy again pretty shortly. Also I might go in there and trim those flower stalks even closer to the plant so the leaves can lay more flat and look nicer.
Now what am I going to do with all of this?
![Fine-ground pepper. That's what the seed is like. It's a mess. Drosera burmannii Humpty Doo seed.](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3851/15217326140_c95644f112_c.jpg) |
Way too much seed. |
Gotta keep propagating.
are you going to put that seeds on sale? thanks
ReplyDeleteIt already is on sale! Check the Sales and Trades page.
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