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Re: Succulents

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Flutterby wrote:Are these yours Dzombo?
Yup, currently growing in my greenhouse.


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Re: Succulents

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\O They look very....succulent! -O


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Re: Exotics

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I have a small collection of carnivorous plants too:

These are flowers of Utricularia bisquamata. The flowers are really tiny. A few mm across. This has small traps in the soil. In the backround is Cephalotus follicularis
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Cephalotus follicularis
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One of the pygmy Drosera, Drosera scorpiodes
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Do you live in the Little Shop of Horrors? =O:

That last one is quite pretty! \O


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Re: Exotics

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Flutterby wrote:Do you live in the Little Shop of Horrors? =O:

That last one is quite pretty! \O
I do! :evil:
I like growing wired and wonderful things. The more bizzare, the better.

I lost that Drosera unfortunately. They are winter growing, and although the greenhouse is heated, light levels are poor. And no matter how hard I try to switch the growing period around, the plant refused to co-operate.


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Re: Succulents

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Here is one of the "Spinnekop" Haworthias.
Haworthia bolusii

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Do you have to get insects to feed the plants? :-?


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Flutterby wrote:Do you have to get insects to feed the plants? :-?
No, I don't feed them.
But there are quite a few midges that get attracted to the peat they grow in :twisted:


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Re: Berg Bamboo

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This is Phyllostachus auriocaulis fma auriosulcata - from China. A small planted out offset. It will get a lot taller, and the culms a lot thicker.

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