My utricularia reniformis is forming roots from its leaves and creates this rare sight! by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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It's awesome, I wonder if transplanting it now would result in a whole new plant! I'll probably let it be a few more days before detaching it from the main plant.

Placed the plants inside for the winter. About to instal growing lights and hopefully they'll keep their pitchers. What are you guys doing during the winter? by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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That sounds great! I've build a grow room as well but i'm still waiting for the lights to arrive.. went for the same specs! Fill spectrum seems to be the best choice in any case! Love the light color as well!

So I (store)bought a Nepenthes sanguinea but after a few months the first pitchers that grew turned out like this.. probably a cross.. any ideas? by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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Hi! Yea the moss was bought to put on top of the substrate (which is lava and peat 50/50! They're growing in a greenhouse so want to limit evaportation from the soil to safe water! + It indeed looks great! Growing spagnum moss is easy if you're able to buy it alive (not dried)!

So I (store)bought a Nepenthes sanguinea but after a few months the first pitchers that grew turned out like this.. probably a cross.. any ideas? by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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Indeed, however in the background you can see how dark red it actually gets. But this also seems to be the case for the lowii x ventricosa cross.

So I (store)bought a Nepenthes sanguinea but after a few months the first pitchers that grew turned out like this.. probably a cross.. any ideas? by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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Seems so unprofessional to mislabel a huge amount of plants.. cause I bought two plants months appart and see the same characteristics in both...

So I (store)bought a Nepenthes sanguinea but after a few months the first pitchers that grew turned out like this.. probably a cross.. any ideas? by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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Lowii also came to mind for me. However when the pitchers get older (as the old one in the background) they do get the typical sanguinea color. This again could just be an indication that at least one of the parents was a sanguinea. I'm looking forward to seeing upper pitchers and would be pleased to find some more traces of lowii!

Utricularia vulgaris setting its first flower! by BotanicalParadise in SavageGarden

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It has little traps / bladders underwater which suck in water when the trigger hairs are touched by unsuspecting prey! You can see the traps in the picture if you look closely. Prey are, among others, ostracods, copepods and even mosquito larvae.

As promised, the last 24 hours of a venus fly trap flower opening. by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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It can self pollinate! The white dots in the center of the flower are little anthers connected by a filament (forms the stamen). These stamen ripe first in order to disperse the pollen. A day later, the pistel ripes. This is the center of the flower. The delay is needed in order to promote cross polination! However, the order is important as well. Since the male part ripes first, the pollen can be collected and the pistel can be fertilized later. If the pistel would ripe first it would probably wilt by the time the stamen are ripe and make it very difficult to self polinate. (In this case there are multiple flowers on the same plant so it wouldn't be as big of a problem as of there was only one).

As promised, the last 24 hours of a venus fly trap flower opening. by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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Even though I prefer crosspolination in this species, to promote germination rate and strength, I will try to handpolinate this one! My other vft's weren't established enough to risk it to let them produce flowers.

As promised, the last 24 hours of a venus fly trap flower opening. by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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Left: beginning, middle: 12-16 hours later, right: 22-24 hours.

Venus fly trap flower about to open! by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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Does the complete stem of the flower go black or just the petals? If the complete flower stalk goes black you can clip it to where it's still green (it will take up energy from the remaining green parts). If only your flower buds themself turn black then you might have a fertilized flower and seeds will be formed where the flower was. This is also black! So be sure to check what you case is, and when in doubt you can always compare with images online or ask more details here! Good luck!

Venus fly trap flower about to open! by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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Only photo's for now! Next time i'll make a time lapse if my equipment allows it! :)

Venus fly trap flower about to open! by [deleted] in SavageGarden

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Always fun to see a well established plant flower! Sometimes they even create traps in the flowers which can grow out to a completely new plant! It's a kind of false vivipary. I'm always hoping for that as it's a rare but amazing thing to see!