Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2000 08:20:32 PST From: "Chris Teichreb" <cteichreb@hotmail.com> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3253$foo@default> Subject: Re: D. schizandra and sphagnum moss
Hi everyone,
Two responses in one. Getting lazy!
>Dear List.
>The web site for a photo of Drosera schizandra is in habitat is
>http://www.alphalink.com.au/~andre/dschiz.htm
>Regards,
>Andre Cleghorn
Very interesting photo. I'm not sure if I stumbled across
a patch of these, I'd even recognize that they were schizandra.
The soil looks intriguing too. Looks like a clay based?! Any
input on this Andre?
>From: Sylvia De Rooy <red1@humboldt1.com>
>Subject: Re:sphagnum
>
> > Are you sure you're talking about sphagnum?! The stuff is a
> >complete weed for me and in the right conditions, will grow
> >almost an inch per week.
>Ouch! How do you do it? Not only does the sphagnum on my bog not grow like
>that but I followed someone on this list's instructions and put some in a
>container with well wetted peat and waited.....and waited......and
>nothing. I'm in far northern CA.
>
Well, first I've found that sphagnum dislikes waterlogged
conditions. It thrives best in my Darlingtonia pot, where I've
drilled holes about 1 inch below the top of the pot. I water
over head, and the sphagnum at the bottom is waterlogged, but the
growing, thriving stuff at the top is a bright green and grows
very quickly throughout the year. I do a similar sort of thing
with my S.purps.
I find even indoors sphagnum does quite well, often threatening
to overwhelm the wee plants on a regular basis. Seems to need
very high humidity inside. I've got a N.ampullaria planted in
live sphagnum. It looks great because as the new pitchers are
produced, the sphagnum grows up and surrounds them so only the
top part of the trap is visible. Much like what occurs in the
wild for other neps, from photos I've seen.
I have had problems growing the reddish varieties of sphagnum,
but seem to have done better this year with lots of sunlight,
though it's definitely a slower grower and prefers it a bit drier.
Happy growing!
Chris
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