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'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:25 pm
by Matt
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:27 pm
by mnwatson1
Oh that's just cool! I want one!!!
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Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:32 pm
by Cory
That's quite an interesting flytrap
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:46 pm
by Eric
Neat! Are those fuzzy traps functional at all?
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:46 pm
by Dionae
Thats insane! Are the traps with the pom poms functional?
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 7:47 pm
by Dionae
You have 2 Erics asking the same question at the same time lol.
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 8:00 pm
by Matt
Dionae wrote:You have 2 Erics asking the same question at the same time lol.
No, the fuzzy traps are not functional! In fact, they're just like little, thick, fuzzy balls on the top of the leaf. Well, I guess they're more like half-balls or hemispheres on the top of the leaf base.
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 10:35 pm
by Anthony
now thats just plain cool lookin
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:19 pm
by SundewWolf
NICE! Congrats on getting one!
I think I saw it on your want list and a long list of flytrap cultivars on a website i cant remember the name of last year.
I thought I read a story that it was no longer in existence because of failure to propagate, but then i also read it outgrows the pompom traps and needs to be either TC'd again, or propagated via rhizome??
Thanks for the pics too! I've only ever seen one really old photo of Pompom/cheerleader and it didn't show the colors or up-close details of the plant.
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2014 11:27 pm
by Matt
SundewWolf wrote:I thought I read a story that it was no longer in existence because of failure to propagate, but then i also read it outgrows the pompom traps and needs to be either TC'd again, or propagated via rhizome??
Yeah, I've read all of those things as well. Evidently it wasn't lost in cultivation. And it doesn't seem to be shy for me, so far at least, at producing the "pom poms" but I've only had these plants for a couple of months.
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:25 am
by SundewWolf
Matt wrote:SundewWolf wrote:I thought I read a story that it was no longer in existence because of failure to propagate, but then i also read it outgrows the pompom traps and needs to be either TC'd again, or propagated via rhizome??
Yeah, I've read all of those things as well. Evidently it wasn't lost in cultivation. And it doesn't seem to be shy for me, so far at least, at producing the "pom poms" but I've only had these plants for a couple of months.
Complete speculation...But do you think the pompom traps could be a version of the "spring/fall" traps while the normal shaped ones the summer traps? Like how some alter from ground hugging traps to tall traps through the season?
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 12:24 pm
by Grey
Wow... I can't think of what to say to that. LOL! It's just... weird! Marvelous!
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 2:45 pm
by Matt
SundewWolf wrote:Complete speculation...But do you think the pompom traps could be a version of the "spring/fall" traps while the normal shaped ones the summer traps?
Having grown the plant for about 8 weeks, I can't yet even venture a guess as to the timing or reason for the Pom Pom traps. Maybe next year or the year after I'll formulate a theory or decide that it's a completely random event
Grey wrote:Wow... I can't think of what to say to that. LOL! It's just... weird! Marvelous!
Hah, thanks Grey! That's what I think as well every time I see the plant
Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 2:48 am
by ironjaws
Aw, man... That one is going on my want list!
Wouldn't it be interesting if the pom pom parts were to produce dew like a drosera or pinguicula?
On a side note, Matt: what's going on with the Angel Wings? Hopefully they'll be up soon
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Re: 'Cheerleader' - A newly registered cultivar
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:55 pm
by Matt
ironjaws wrote:Wouldn't it be interesting if the pom pom parts were to produce dew like a drosera or pinguicula?
I thought the same thing!
ironjaws wrote:On a side note, Matt: what's going on with the Angel Wings? Hopefully they'll be up soon
Yes, we do have some that are hardening well and should be available soon.