Pigmy dew dormancy

[jimscott]

I have been cultivating scorpiodes, enodes, stelliflora, nitidula, and pulchella this year. This has been my first go around wuth them. I know that they would normally experience very hot, dry conditions during summer in Australia. Such is not the case in SE PA. Will they still produce gemmae in a couple of months?

 

[Starman]

I think they will, because they will notice the days getting shorter and colder.
I have kept my pygmy sundew(I only have one) wet through the summer tho, because an expert who sold it to me reccomended it.

 

[pond boy]

What species you have Dino?

 

[pond boy]

I have palacea and scorpoides.

 

[CP2k]

Yes, they will produce gemmae provided that the photoperiod shortens in the winter.

 

[Starman]

Quote[/b] (pond boy @ Aug. 29 2004,2:04)]What species you have Dino?

I dont know.

I will take it back to the expert, he said that its D.minuata, but there is no such plant.

Its too small and dewy to take a picture of, the photos come out blurry.

 

[Tamlin Dawnstar]

Be sure to maintain a natural photoperiod. Light after dark retards the gemmae formation process which is daylength cued.

 

[jimscott]

We have this silly lamppost that automatically comes on at dusk. Will that affect them?

 

[CP2k]

It might, if the light is strong.

 

[jimscott]

Great, now I'll have to move the lamppost - I mean the dews.