Drosera aka Sundews

[Simon]

This is my new hobby Carnivorous plants


Pygmy


Pygmy


Pygmy





Some newly acquired TCs (D. binata, hartameyorum, puchella 'red' and 2 species of VFT) going through the hardening process


bottom tray


top tray, plastic containers are Tissue cultured Drosera and Venus Fly Traps

Just bought a 3ft wire rack from Ikea to expand my collection
cheers

[trident]

Simon,
What a surprise.
Your new hobby looks interesting.
Are these hard to keep?
I see you have made full use of the aquarium light.

[CK Yeo]

I see you are poisoned deeps deeps.
Nepenthus! ampullaria?
What? no pings or Utrics? Or not yet?

Good thing you have everything indoors. I don't think the NEA inspectors will like the standing water in the plastic containers very much. I used to do that for my echi but they claim mosquitoes can somehow make their way in... amazing?

ck

[hwchoy]

why never post to show the aunties?

[kuching]

Welcome to this new hobby! I also interested in CP, esp. pitcher plant.

[Simon]

I see you are poisoned deeps deeps.
Nepenthus! ampullaria?
What? no pings or Utrics? Or not yet?

Good thing you have everything indoors. I don't think the NEA inspectors will like the standing water in the plastic containers very much. I used to do that for my echi but they claim mosquitoes can somehow make their way in... amazing?

ck

Yup, you can see the N.amp at the corner. For me, although the plants are standing in water, there are covers for each container, so even if NEA guys pop by, they wouldn't find anything , I'm waiting forTCs for pings and sacra

why never post to show the aunties?

Wait for better pic

Welcome to this new hobby! I also interested in CP, esp. pitcher plant.

Neps requires alot of space, which I can't afford plenty of, but right now I got about 10 so far, also my mom bought an extra N. albo 'black' from the market today

Simon,
What a surprise.
Your new hobby looks interesting.
Are these hard to keep?
I see you have made full use of the aquarium light.

Lights are totally new, the pic was taken on sat, but I went out and got a new 3ft wire rack, more space. Need to change the ballast to E-ballast, can feel the heat, especially during wind-less nights like tonight

[luenny]

Simon,
Nice new hobby. So what are you suppose to feed these plants? Insects?

[Simon]

I let them catch their own meal, with artificial lights, insects is attracted it to. I feed them frozen bloodworm once a week as a treat

[benny]

Pretty!!

Cheers,

p.s. they eat frozen bloodworms!!!?

[hwchoy]

yes your flower not fully open yet. on the other hand it can close very quickly when it decides to. the last time I was shooing ifurita's sundew, just a 5 minutes delay while was shooting something else saw a perfectly opened specimen starting to curl and close! damn wasted.

[Simon]

Pretty!!

Cheers,

p.s. they eat frozen bloodworms!!!?

They absorb the nutrients from it and ditch away the dried carcass. The interesting part is, once the prey gets caught by the sticky dew, the tentacles will wrap itself onto the prey and release their digestive juice. Same as the pitcher, except in Sundew, you get to see it in action

yes your flower not fully open yet. on the other hand it can close very quickly when it decides to. the last time I was shooing ifurita's sundew, just a 5 minutes delay while was shooting something else saw a perfectly opened specimen starting to curl and close! damn wasted.

Ya, this is the first time I managed to witness it flowering only to shoot it in the wrong timing. Sat 11am to 4pm, unfolding and in the matter of a few mintues after ~4pm it bloom fully and starts to curl back. No wonder I never see any of the flowers when I get back after work/school.

[hwchoy]

mad flower. next time can you try to catch it full bloom? shoot for me a full frame straight on flower can?

[Simon]

next time when I'm free, then setup a laptop to do timelap photography on the darn flowers :P