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Does D. burmannii go dormant?, I've never seen this before.
jimscott
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Baylorguy
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Definitely no dormancy... Your plant looks to me like maybe too much minerals in the media? Pest? Not really sure, that's not what mine do after they flower either so I can't say that's the cause... Mine regularly give many flowerings each, although the plant can shrink after a flowering... Here is a utric pot that I've not bothered removing the "weed" burmannii from LOL I'd be happy to toss ya some seeds Jim 
Just PM me if you're interested. They're super easy from seed (obviously 
) I say they rival D. capensis!
Andrew
Just PM me if you're interested. They're super easy from seed (obviously ) I say they rival D. capensis!Andrew
jimscott
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If there's anything amiss with the media, water, or pests, I just don't see it. It's in with the mini-greenhouse and I give them distilled water. I just cleaned out the tray a couple weeks ago. I'd feed it but the leaves are dewless. The Gro Lux bulbs are 3" above the pot(s). Maybe this particular plant is akin to a 90 year old human?
Drosera burmanii is an annual (in my condition even semi-annual
....that means that when it is done flowering it dies. It starts growing smaller leaves when half of the flowers on the stalk are done blooming. The leaves grow smaller and smaller and look undeveloped, it means that the plant is dying. When it disappears from the surface it still pumps nutrients from dying roots to the stalk to finish ripening of the seeds...then the roots die and the plant is gone completely. It doesnt come back from roots anymore. Leaf pullings are a no-go with burmanii. It comes back from hundreds of seeds as a new colony of D. burmanii. You can delay the death of the plant by cutting of the flower stalk but then you get no seeds and when it flowers later the seeds are less and less viable. I had burmanii for 3 years longest cutting the flowers constantly, but seeds are a very easy to spread the number of plants in your collection
....that means that when it is done flowering it dies. It starts growing smaller leaves when half of the flowers on the stalk are done blooming. The leaves grow smaller and smaller and look undeveloped, it means that the plant is dying. When it disappears from the surface it still pumps nutrients from dying roots to the stalk to finish ripening of the seeds...then the roots die and the plant is gone completely. It doesnt come back from roots anymore. Leaf pullings are a no-go with burmanii. It comes back from hundreds of seeds as a new colony of D. burmanii. You can delay the death of the plant by cutting of the flower stalk but then you get no seeds and when it flowers later the seeds are less and less viable. I had burmanii for 3 years longest cutting the flowers constantly, but seeds are a very easy to spread the number of plants in your collection
jimscott
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jimscott
Tropical Fish Enthusiast
They get around don't they? The same thing happened to me in a pot of D. brevifolia from a small clump you sent me. The D. burmanii was at the edge of the pot of new media and the tiny plug you sent was in the middle. A seed or two must have dropped out of the clump as I was transferring it. That same plant is still going strong while its progeny is taking over the pot as well as invading others.
