New Drosera adelae (Lowe's Purchase)

[EverDave]

Thought I would update the progress of my Drosera with a couple pics taken tonight.



Dinner

[tommyr]

Looking good Dave! Here's one of mine under a T5 light this past spring:

[EverDave]

Very nice Tommyr!!! Mine is really starting to look up once I moved it into the greenhouse. Will snap some pics tomorrow.

[TheFury]

Wow that's a nice looking plant. I can't wait until I get some flowers out of mine...

I think I realized what was causing my D. adelae to decline so rapidly. I posted another thread about this in the Greenhouse/terrarium board. Turns out that the sand I had used to mix up my last batch of media was absolutely packed with carbonate minerals (it failed the white vinegar test that I neglected to perform last time I mixed my media). Being that these plants are particularly sensitive to chemicals in the soil, my D. adelae probably took quite a bit of offense at this.

I repotted it last night but I fear I was too late. Luckily, my local Lowes just got a new shipment of death cubes so I can always make a fresh start!

Looking forward to seeing your perky sundew, Dave. You started things off the right way!

[EverDave]

Taken today

[Dexenthes]

Just goes to show - every Drosera counts.

[tommyr]

Looking good Dave!

[Joseph Clemens]

I especially like them after they've attained a nice dark red coloration when growing under strong light and planted in a peat moss/redwood bark mix:

It looks kinda like blood.