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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2014 21:50:24 GMT -5
Very cool thread. I've been reading it from the beginning and every couple of days catch up on the progress. Certainly looks like frog eggs to me. That greenhouse is like a sauna. I'd probably break a sweat in two minutes. Walk out of it and 100F feels like a relief. Guess it's all relative.Yes, Jim, instant sweat. |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 14, 2014 22:00:33 GMT -5
You don't see me ? I am lounging on the other side of the house in a pair of patriotic speedos made out of a US flag ! haha I took another look - No, I didn't see you. But you've said yourself you like to tell fibs, lol! |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2014 22:15:38 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2014 23:48:04 GMT -5
Drunken fire ants. Dying to get to the attractant of the plant. come on in...  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 14, 2014 23:55:25 GMT -5
Since I shipped those plants to California i carefully washed the peat off. Strict out that way about shipping soil. Had i not washed them droseras would have germinated on the peat. The beads are mucus like and bugs stick to it. For digestive reasons.    typical bloom  |
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Post by jamesp on Mar 15, 2014 0:04:10 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 15, 2014 0:06:56 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 14:43:41 GMT -5
UPDATE:  Only one little bud, nothing else. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2014 14:47:22 GMT -5
Toad eggs - paired string is diagnostic  unidentified frog eggs - clump too large for common treefrogs.   Jean could you have spadefoots? Or a Rana? What 'phibs do you have that are not Bufo or treefrogs? |
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 15, 2014 18:10:13 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Mar 16, 2014 6:51:19 GMT -5
Toad eggs - paired string is diagnostic unidentified frog eggs - clump too large for common treefrogs. Some eggs are in a connected blob Scott. About the size of a hardball in volume, but flatten out like a discus shape. When picked up the blob stays together. I was curious about the egg structure for salamanders too. And never knew a toad leaves the double strand. I think the most common frogs here are spring peepers. grey and green tree frogs, bull frogs, toads and most common is what looks like a leopard frog ? Southern Leopard frog. They are variable. And can absolutely hop a long hop and repetitively. True speed demons. I would say this is the primary food frog for water snakes, coons, green and blue herons, bass, hawks and my fish bait.  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 16, 2014 21:35:18 GMT -5
Ohh! somehow I thought they were Jean's! rotflmao
Yes, Rana pipiens or Rana sphenocephalus as the case may be is the likely culprit for the baseball sized mass of eggs. Problem solved!
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Post by rockpickerforever on Mar 19, 2014 15:52:04 GMT -5
UPDATE 3/19/14
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I think this one's a goner. Tuber got too wet  
Taken this am, temp in shade was 69 degrees. Top of substrate 103. 
Temp of black pot in direct sun 151 degrees
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 17:41:41 GMT -5
wow - gotta go check mine!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 15:55:43 GMT -5
 I am a week behind Jean. Lost two plants, two seem to be thriving. The surface of the "sphagnum moss" that came with them is dry and crusty but the part touching the soil is damp and greened up. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 16:01:48 GMT -5
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Post by Pat on Mar 25, 2014 16:57:23 GMT -5
Those look good! I see two more little buds in the same pot. My one bud is growing taller, but I haven't seen any more. Hope the short spike growths develop. A couple of the plants look like they are definitely hibernating. Rain is predicted here for tonight and most of the week, so we put the bin under a roof. Is that advisable? It's shady under the roof, but the rain won't get to them. jamesp, advice, please! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 17:14:06 GMT -5
I'll defer to Jim, but rain should be fine.
In the south and east where the pitcher plants live - out in fields under full sun - they also get full rain and way more than we see here in Cali! Mine are on the edge of a sprinkler pattern, so every other day they get about 15 minutes of sprinkling.
Jim even made a remark that they do well with hail! (what's that?)
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Post by Pat on Mar 25, 2014 17:19:26 GMT -5
Scott, thanks. That's good to know. We'll put them back. I was concerned that wind might blow our one bud off.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2014 17:24:35 GMT -5
Nature is NEVER that fragile! Back in my lizard days I realized outdoors with no protection (except access to the earth for burrowing) was best, then I started getting babies from every species! If it gets super windy that bud, in nature, would be protected by a "patch" of other pitcher plants so perhaps wind protection would be wise. jamesp? |
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