I'd advise that you learn to grow your Drosera from seed vs buying plants which were grown in conditions different from those you have. Plants grown from seed always seem healthier and happier since the weak die off and the rest are preadapted to your own conditions. The added plus is that you get many plants with which to experiment, trade and share. It's also cool to be a part of the whole process, sort of like seeing a movie from the start instead of halfway through. Seed is often available for far less money and the shipping is just a stamped envelope. I wrote out the whole process awhile back and I think it's still around in the article section.
Unless it's one that pops up as a hitchhiker in another pot. Then it grows like a weedThe only hard part is waiting for a plant to grow from a seed to an adult!
I have 3 books on cps and one just on sarracenias and I STILL don't feel comfortable trying this. We never did cps in my horticulture classes.
Unless it's one that pops up as a hitchhiker in another pot. Then it grows like a weed
A fellow CPer was nice enough to send me a number of pings to round out my collection and he included one D. capensis...it died. The pings are doing fine.
I have always had good luck with burmannii...as in the photo below.
http://www.cpforums.org/gallery/albums/album01/burmannii_takeover_2.jpg
Need any burmannii or sessilifolia Jim?Ironically, as I looked at my pings, I could see a baby capensis in several of them... all unintended plants! I should probably ship a ping and capensis on each gumball container!
I noticed last week one of my D.adelae's have a baby plantlet coming out of the pot's bottom drain hole! I just now potted it up in it's own little pot. You GOT to love 'em!
Tom
Tom your not along.. I just noticed that mine is growing a baby from the drain hole also and it's growing under 2 inches of water to boot.
Need any burmannii or sessilifolia Jim?
LOL! You can't kill 'em! Got my new camera today, a Canon A630. It's awesome! When I get the macro mode down I'll shoot some CP shots....
Tom
I'd advise that you learn to grow your Drosera from seed vs buying plants which were grown in conditions different from those you have. Plants grown from seed always seem healthier and happier since the weak die off and the rest are preadapted to your own conditions. The added plus is that you get many plants with which to experiment, trade and share. It's also cool to be a part of the whole process, sort of like seeing a movie from the start instead of halfway through. Seed is often available for far less money and the shipping is just a stamped envelope. I wrote out the whole process awhile back and I think it's still around in the article section.