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D. adelae problems

i was curious if humidity levels was keeping my dew from dewing? it seems to be growing considering its made a couple of divisions but it just has no dew....granted that most of the leaves were/are quite torn up when i got it in the death cube, but it did have clear dew all over it, now its just sitting in the windowsill and not looking like its dying, so i guess thats good...am i being impatient?

~b
 
The biggest reason for no dew is not enough light. Provide more light if you can. Are you growing by a windowsill or under lights or outside? I got one of those dews from Lowes a long time ago and sounded the same as you describe. I ended up cutting the entire plant down to the roots and letting it grow from there.

xvart.
 
D. adelae can sometimes be somewhat of a mystery. It is said to be very easy, which it is, but from my experience it doesn't like being disturbed. I grow mine as a windowsill plant, and they do quite well. When I first received mine, they were in a huge clump, which I promptly separated, which also caused them to lose are their dew. It would not come back. Old leaves which have lost their dew on this plant, seem not to get 're-dewy'. I would make the same suggestion as wise xvart has. It may sound drastic, but the results are stunning. I chopped half of my plants off at the stem, and left the rest. Where the stumps where, now 3-4 weeks later are some smaller plantlets which have sprung from the roots. They are all growing extremely fast and of epic proportions. Although it may sound drastic, just chop them off, and wait, while giving them the same normal conditions. As the Beatles once said, "you know its gonna be alright."
 
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This reminds me of what just happened to my D. adelae after I had to re-pot the root-bound critter into three separate pots: All the leaves promptly dried up and died.

I'm thinking of hacking off all the dead material from said three pots. How readily does adelae spring back from mere roots? Is all hope lost?? :(
 
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Mere roots will work just fine. This thing plays possum for me too. They always send out pups around the edge of the pot, through drainage holes etc.. Mine seem to prefer shady warm and semi-humid but they tolerate a wide variety of conditions.
 
Mine seem to prefer shady warm and semi-humid but they tolerate a wide variety of conditions.
While D. adelae is the most tolerant 'sister' of the three, I've found that they thrive in moist highland-type parameters.

In addition, after many stressful activities (dividing, re-potting, etc), many plants will do better if temporarily placed under hospital conditions and later transitioned to their 'normal' area. I've killed many plants (or greatly set them back) by just placing them in an environment to which they were not accustomed without any transition - an environment where they will grow well once they get used to it.
 
Yeah, I haven't had any D. adelae really thrive.....merely "survive". :(

I'm beginning now to come to the conclusion that I've given them too much light and kept them probably too wet.

For the three pots I have now, I am going to put them on a windowsill this spring/summer that receives West-North-West light and water them less. That's gotta work I figure......
 
I have mine in a tank and its really humid,I doubt its beacause they are too wet mine sit in an inch of water and they are growing in a 50/50 mix of peat moss and perlite.
I started with 3 tiny plants from a lowes cube and now I have 6 pots not counting the ones I ahve traded and in each pot here are about6-20 adelae.
I thik in one pot there is 20 of them and the rest of the pots there are mroe like 6-7 plants.
they are flowering for me.
they are more shade plants I believe they don't like really strong light go wiht diffused light or flourescents.
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lol. DM, I was looking at your picture and I thought, "wow, that D. adelae in the back looks awfully like the one in the front." After analyzing the flower stalk I finally realized it was simply the reflection! :crazy:

xvart.
 
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wow DM, do you have a top on that tank? does it cover the whole top? i would love to get mine looking like that even if it means becoming a shelf plant with artificial light.

~b
 
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Mine are in a west window and get a little late afternoon sun. As you can see they are blooming now.

<a href="http://s64.photobucket.com/albums/h183/tommyr2006/Plants/?action=view&current=trayofadelae.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h183/tommyr2006/Plants/trayofadelae.jpg" border="0" alt="Sundew"></a>
 
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yeas I use a lid on my tank,my D. adelae are in a sealed ten gallon under a flourescent fixture.
I don't know why but there are more experienced cp growers who have trouble witht his plant but I find it very easy to grow.
 
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Wow Tommy!

Those are great! Nice dewy and green, and flowering!

My adalae are always reddish/rust colored (too much light) and mine have never flowered.

I'm taking them from my growrack and moving them into a windowsill; see if that perks 'em up a little.
 
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Looking real good.
 
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looks great tommy!

one question,
is the rippling effect on the leaves a symptom of something wrong?(ph?). i see alot of pictures where the leaves look perfect but mine kind of shows the rippling as yours does...

thanks,
~b
 
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looks great tommy!

one question,
is the rippling effect on the leaves a symptom of something wrong?(ph?). i see alot of pictures where the leaves look perfect but mine kind of shows the rippling as yours does...

thanks,
~b


Not sure about the rippling effect, might be just a sign of a little too much sun. Doesn't concern me a bit however!
 
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This is my first adelae "above". I have separated several times sense I got it. I believe this is the best cp for first timers. I have actually ripped a piece out of the planter and shoved it a small potter and my buddy threw it in his kitchen window and it just took off. When I separate it I just leave a nice silver dollar clump in my new soil same pot and it takes about 6-7 months to fill this pot up, you can even take roots and set them right underneath the soil and a few weeks you have little starters.

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I had this one in my window at the old apartment and it was thriving, we moved and you can see the new window doesn't get as much sun as the last one so it has kinda died off "well the big multi fork dew died" the capes and lance leafs are still making it. So what I did was just slapped one of those cheap hardware store light dish clamp "below". They are getting back some dew and new shoots. ez.

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Hope this helps
Josh
 
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Generally speaking, D. adelae loves high humidity and slightly cooler temps. I've grown nice sticky Drosera on shelving under lights with no special provisions for humidity, but my adelae only do well in a mostly enclosed environment. Right now, mine are under a glass greenhouse but with the bottom raised so there is air circulation. I also had more success with the plant grown very wet...almost aquatic in pure LFS.
 
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