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Looking very good, tish! I especially love all of the Nepenthes, that Hookeriana lip just POPS. Great contrast.

Your plants look beautiful!! I love the documenting as well, with the pitcher forming!


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tish wrote:Thanks! Well, some plants grows, some dies, so there is a turn round. VFT dont really do well here in singapore. Heat and too wet kills them.

The seeds from FTC is good. I hope you have fun growing

Woah and i thought vft are those plant that can stand scorching heat! Well i hope to be able to take care of them successfully then maybe thinking of getting a cephalotus.

Btw i read on your post that you joined a local forum as well, which is that?

VFTs do like heat, but not year-round. For a couple of growing seasons the plants do okay, but they decline because of a lack of dormancy.

Try placing them in the fridge, tish have you tried this yet? I'm sure good ventilation would help as well, but I don't really know what it's like for you over there in Singapore.

Hi katya, so they do like heat! I think i read somewhere what kills them could be the heat trapped in the soil burned their root.

I'm experimenting the fridge dormancy now here from the tiny island of Singapore here too

katya_dog1 wrote:VFTs do like heat, but not year-round. For a couple of growing seasons the plants do okay, but they decline because of a lack of dormancy.

Try placing them in the fridge, tish have you tried this yet? I'm sure good ventilation would help as well, but I don't really know what it's like for you over there in Singapore.

Yep. I'm waiting to catch signs of dormancy before i throw them in

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I bought plenty of Tuberous Sundew seeds a few months back. I guess this is the right time to prepare the seeds and sow them since it's the time where tuberous sundew germinates and tuber awakes.

Some of the seeds require a summer condition before they germinates, I found the process of Scarification from a few links.

ICPS
Dieter's Webpage
GrowSundew.com

I first soak the seeds in GA3 (Gibberellic Acid-3) for 1 night before I prepare the burnt leaves process and soak the seeds in this solution using 60ºC and below water for 2-3 mins. Then, I sow the seeds in 2 part sand and 1 part peat.

It's been a while since I've update some photos. As it's near to end of the year. There's so many events going on so I have lesser time on the net. But I have not stop taking photos. So here's the late update.

N. Miranda


N. Rafflesiana - The roots seems very happy.


N Rebecca Soper - However, I got many comments on the moss


N. Lady Luck


N Lady Luck - Nice color


N. Ampullaria - Cute pitcher ready to balloon up.


N. Hookeriana - This one shows very nice color on the outdoor


N. Bicalcrata - The one without a lid


N. Bicalcrata - Another clone with wet fangs


N. Campanulata


N. Ampullaria - Tiny ground pitchers


N. Ampullaria - The ant has some good skills. It didnt fall in.


Byblis Liniflora - This one went crazy, the stem is as thick as my thumb


Sarracenia - Growing well under my grow rack


Heliamphora Minor - Still growing well


Pinguicula Moranensis Hybrid Tiny leaf pulling


D. erythrorhiza ssp. erythrorhiza - Pushing out well under 25C


Drosera mix - No idea what these are



Darlingtonia Carlifornica


Cephalotus F - One of the latest addtion



Byblis Guehoi - almost 1 meter tall, at 80cm now...

As work load gets heavier, I have lesser time to write posts. However, if you've been following my facebook page (link below), I've been doing photo updates almost every weekend. There is about 40 over phoos, which is considered little because I used to take many photos, now I've only gone for those that really stand out more. I have to split the photos into 2 post as too many in 1 post gets you sick of it easily. Here's first half

Nepenthes Lowii X Campanulata 09Jan




Nepenthes Northiana 10 jan


Drosera Marston Dragon flower stalk 10Jan


25Jan


29 jan


NepenthesSpectabilis x aristolochioides 10 Jan</span>


16 jan

20 jan


Drosera Nidiformis 10 jan


Drosera ? from Chris Davis (could be intermedia) 13 jan




Nepenthes Ampullaria 16 jan I cut off the stem for rooting along with this pitcher a week later.


Nepenthes Lady Luck 17 jan Old and new pitcher


Sarracenia Red Apache 17 jan Don't really look like 1


Drosera MArston Dragon 19 jan The spider must have miss a footing when it jumped.. smash it's face into the dews lol


Nepenthes Miranda 21 jan


Nepenthes Gracilis 21 Jan Ground basal.


Nepenthes Hookeriana 22 jan


Nepenthes Campanulata 29 jan



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Nepenthes Ventricosa x Rafflesiana 29 Jan


Heliamphora Minor 29 jan


12 Feb


Nepenthes Ampullaria 31 Jan The main stem has been cut for rooting. These are the ground pitchers


15 Feb (it's my birthday!) There's a diversity in pitcher color...... actually, the gree pitcher from another wants to join in this crowd lol


Nepenthes Bicalcrata 6 Feb


Drosera Finlaysoniana 9 Feb These pretty stars are from David Flocken


Cephalotus F 12 Feb From T4Phage


Dionaea Muscipula Cupped Trap 15 Feb


Nepenthes Campanulata 15 FEb


Drosera ? from Chris Davis 19 FEb (likely intermedia)


Nepenthes Tiger from Daryl C 19 F eb


Drosera Madagascariensis21 Feb


Nepenthes Ampullaria X Aristolochioides 26 Feb


Nepenthes Viking 27 Feb from Nep's Plants


Darlingtonia Californica 29 FEb


Dionaea Muscipula Tish DM02 07 March


Drosera Marston Dragon 9 MArch 5 point leaf


Drosera Nidiformis 08 March


Nepenthes Hookeriana 9 MArch


Nepenthes Miranda 16 March 3 is a crowd!