September 1st 2019
In two months, not much has happened. Any winter bud that was on a soil mix containing peat molded. I'm not sure if it was bad peat or if they simply do not like it.
Some of the others have started to wake up. The most notable has been the ones placed on pure orchid bark. They awoke a month sooner than the others. This is a very, very slow growing plant!
Orchid bark, I've been placing a drop of maxsea (70TDS solution) on the leaf about once or twice a week and this is as big as it's gotten!
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This mix has 'some' peat in it. The bud is still alive, and actually beginning to grow, but you can see some mold around the edges...
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My mineral mix, you can see the center of the bud is just starting to begin carnivorous leaf development.
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**I have contacted and spoke with several people who have attempted to grow this species in the past from BCP. They commented that once the species got a season in, it develops a much more true to type appearance to native plants. My hypothesis is that being grown TC has some affect on the plants development and once they get in a natural rhythm they create their tighter resting bud and stolon development. We will await the hopeful development of a flower to verify this hypothesis.
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