White Hairs Growing In Spatulata

White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397148

By TrapsAndDews -  Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:19 pm
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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:19 pm #397148

Can anyone tell me what this is? There are these white hairs growing right in the middle of the spatulata where the new leaves are coming out.

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Re: White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397151

By thepitchergrower -  Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:23 pm
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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:23 pm #397151

Thats normal. Its on Tokaiensis, and capes too. I think the function is it just helps protects new leaves??

Re: White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397156

By ChefDean -  Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:28 pm
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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 7:28 pm #397156

A lot of sundews do it, it's a sign of dormancy. While spats don't necessarily have a dormancy period, if conditions aren't within an optimal range, essentially lower than normal photoperiod or temperature, they'll go into a sort of brumation. Not quite a dormancy, but slower than regular activity.

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Re: White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397166

By TrapsAndDews -  Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:07 pm
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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:07 pm #397166

It's weird because that seedling is growing the fastest out of all the others, so I don't know how it could be going into a "brumation".

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Re: White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397167

By thepitchergrower -  Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:11 pm
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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:11 pm #397167

I believe there are two types of "hair". I have seen hair on Filiformis, when going into domancy. But on Tropicals, it forms near the crown, and when they are growing.

Re: White Hairs Growing In Spatulata#397188

By ChefDean -  Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:21 am
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- Wed Jan 12, 2022 12:21 am #397188

TrapsAndDews wrote: ↑Tue Jan 11, 2022 9:07 pm It's weird because that seedling is growing the fastest out of all the others, so I don't know how it could be going into a "brumation".

Cool. Mine do the opposite and slow down.

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