Look! My first
Utricularia sandersonnii blue form flower in months and months.
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| These little flowers are so darn cute. |
Lost in a sea of moss and
Utricularia subulata flower stalks, the Angry Bunny rises again. I don't remember if
U. sandersonii is self fertile. I hope it is, cause I'd really like to have a clean pot of it, and I feel like it would be difficult (though perhaps not impossible) to clean off a chunk of stuff from this pot to transplant. Such a pretty lavender color.
After much waiting and speculation, the truth is revealed: my
Drosera filiformis Florida Red was dormant rather than dead. It's waking up now!
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| Rise and shine little guy. |
It went to sleep in August or so, which is a long time for a nap. No matter! I'll let it wake up, feed it heavily for a couple months, and then get propagating. Everybody likes red
D. filiformis.
My aphid-ravaged
Drosera anglica CA × HI is actually looking pretty good right now.
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| It helps that this is such a vigorous hybrid. |
It may be almost time to repot it (and wash away all the soil) so that I can have a clean, aphid-free start. Not sure what I'll do with that
Drosera ultramafica × spatulata in there. I'd love to share it around, but I don't want to introduce aphids into anyone's collection. Maybe it'll just end up getting tossed. It happens.
Finally, remember that
Drosera brevifolia that came back from the dead
a while ago? Now it's in danger of being totally consumed by
Sphagnum.
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| I need to clear out this moss. |
I feel like I need to start a new clean pot of these guys as well. I have a few seed packets, it's just...I need to make more room under my lights. Again. Story of my life.
If you want a clean pot of Sandersonii "Blue" I'm pretty sure you can use the flower stalks, "leaves" and runners to propagate them in a fresh pot, also selfing Sandersonii supposedly is possible (though it's hard) but when you self Sandersonii "Blue" it starts losing the classic Sandersonii bunny ears (making me think that it's a hybrid)
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