Aww...a little stowaway!

Aww...a little stowaway!#277431

By silverfly -  Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:30 pm
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- Wed Oct 19, 2016 5:30 pm #277431

Found this little guy in next to my cape sundew!

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277440

By nimbulan -  Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:55 pm
Location:  Portland, OR zone 8b
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- Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:55 pm #277440

I would not be surprised if it's another D. capensis. They can be rather weedy. I would highly recommend pulling all that grass out before it gets any bigger though, the roots can get quite tangled up in the LFS and difficult to remove when it's larger.

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277446

By silverfly -  Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:53 pm
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- Wed Oct 19, 2016 10:53 pm #277446

So it is grass? I wasn't sure so I left it alone.

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277449

By Shadowtski -  Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:01 am
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- Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:01 am #277449

I bought a plant that came with New Zealand long fiber Sphagnum Moss. A few days after arrival hundreds of seeds started to sprout and I was hoping they were Utricularia hitchhikers. They were grass. I waited until they were 1" tall before pulling them out. By then the roots were deep into the Sphagnum and I had a (*&^%$#@WQ!@W#$ of a time getting them all out.

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277456

By cjpflaumer -  Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:50 am
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- Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:50 am #277456

Yeah, LFSM is very prone to these little grass seeds staying in even with rinsing. I pull them out as soon as possible. Otherwise like everyone has said, they get really tangled up and you pull half the moss up.

BUT I do see a baby sundew in there, that is not grass don't pull that out.

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277460

By silverfly -  Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:25 am
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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277461

By silverfly -  Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:26 am
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- Thu Oct 20, 2016 3:26 am #277461

I know! I've have the plant since April or may and was surprised to see a baby!

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Re: Aww...a little stowaway!#277569

By scap99 -  Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:00 am
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- Fri Oct 21, 2016 3:00 am #277569

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