The Escaped Ape":ymzjhhig said:
I really like the U. sandersonii, but be warned it could be the start of an obsession - there are many beautiful varieties of Utric to choose from!
There are indeed. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it, most of the ones I'd really be interested in are almost impossible to get here in the US.... I'd really love to get u. reniformis, for example, but just about the only way I could would be to get it from europe.
As for the sundew, give it time. Mine was a rescue from a garden center and looked terrible when I bought it. Given lots of light and warmth it recovered really nicely. Needed lots of light though. Ended up with 36w of PC close over it, despite the fact it was on a sunny windowsill.
That's encouraging, thanks. Mine does look really awful, but here's hoping. I've got 48 watts of t5 lighting on this tank, but I've been thinking of throwing another 48w over it as well. I've got the second fixture just lying around, only reason I hadn't added it so far was not being sure if it would be too much light for the fern and the selaginella (which no longer resides in the tank, anyways). Everything in the tank seems to be doing fine with just 48w, but there are some things like the HC that I know would grow significantly faster with the second fixture added on. I might just go ahead and toss it on the tank tonight when I get home.
[Edit to add: Oh, and this is drosera adelae, one of the three Queensland species of sundew. They don't like as much light as the rest of the family does, although d. adelae tolerates it better then the other two species from the area.]
Oh, and I was told that the Utric would spread like no-one's business, so keep your eye on it....
Heh. I'm hoping it does. If it really takes off I'd be content to let it have most of the tank
Had to do weeding last night. Three or four different plants have hitchhiked in with plants I bought and were really springing up.
