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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
It bought it in June of 2014. Still going as new foliage is unfurling. As you can see,its much happier than the sad Venus flay traps now out for sale. There are bigger types of Drosera binata including a giant hybrid. If that's as easy to grow- snatch it up asap if run across it. Not evergreen...but its good for 9-10 months of the year growth.
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Sun Mar 26, 2017 12:04 am |
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Alexander
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 11:55 pm Posts: 3344 Location: Leidschendam, The Netherlands. (52 N latitude)
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
Drosera binata dichotoma gigantea. I had one overhere for many years. It got killed one winter by to much frost! Damne winters always overhere...
Alexander
_________________ Living to close to the arctic circle!
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Sun Mar 26, 2017 2:38 am |
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SilverShaded
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:37 pm Posts: 60 Location: Cheshire UK
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
The t-form from new zealand is the hardiest, i had one for 30 years, but the -10C winter we had killed it.
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Sun Mar 26, 2017 9:27 pm |
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ArtV
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:46 pm Posts: 151 Location: Middlesex, UK
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
multifida "extrema" is another of the bigger forms of binata. Mine though seems pretty average. Might pot it into a bigger one and give it more space to develop.
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Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:02 am |
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Tom Velardi
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:20 pm Posts: 4337 Location: Kyushu, Southern Japan (33.607N latitude)
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
I haven't killed mine yet - comes back like a champ every summer and even flowers.
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Tue Mar 28, 2017 10:03 am |
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SilverShaded
Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2016 7:37 pm Posts: 60 Location: Cheshire UK
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
They should flower like crazy in Japan, here in the UK i've got rogue seedlings popping up in all my other peaty pots.
Drosera capensis is usually hardy in the UK as well.
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Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:21 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
Years ago I had a labeled "dichotoma". Snails ate it. I also had the idea back then,they liked some shade. Wrong. They like full sun and I put there peaty pot inside of a ceramic container with no drainage. Every few weeks I pour that water out to prevent a chance of salt build up.
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Tue Mar 28, 2017 8:51 pm |
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ArtV
Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2017 3:46 pm Posts: 151 Location: Middlesex, UK
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Re: Drosera binata. EASY to grow carny.
Repotted my extrema. Hopefully it will respond.
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Fri Mar 31, 2017 7:10 am |
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