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Old 05-24-2014, 11:56 PM   #66
WebSlave
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Originally Posted by Gordon c. Snelling View Post
Excellent, one of my favorite species.
Got any tips for me to successfully raise these guys up to large size?

I've read that a lot of people have trouble growing them from seed because they will lose the small plants to mold. So I'm now setting the containers out to catch the morning sun without the lid that has been holding in the humidity.

Also got some extremely small D. burmannii popping up. Man, those seeds were ridiculously small. The plants (and seeds) make the regia look gigantic in comparison. So I probably have more per container than I should have. I had to put the seed onto the soil by simply laying my finger on the dust like seeds and then just pressing the finger on the moist soil to hope the seeds came off where I wanted them. I tried to get photos of them but I just could not get my depth of field correct using my close-up filter lens to get the plants themselves into focus. Have to try again and try something different, I guess.