Hi there,
I have received a Drosera prolifera , 2 months ago. I have put it with my others sundews, thinking that it would do as my Drosera prolifera, for the time I build my heated terrarium. It grew very well, the plants make stolons but no dews on the leaves. The I put it in my heated terrarium, along with my DD. dilato-petiolaris, ordensis x ?, adelae, Cephalotus, NN. ramispina, hirsuta and x coccinea, and few pots of sowed seeds. The temp is at 25°C (70-75°F), and the photoperiod is at 16h. The plants (substrate: 100% sphagnum moss) still grew well , make new stolons, but no dews on the leaves.
After few days, someone recommand me to lower the temps, keep the humidity high (apparently, such high heat would kill the plant in no time...). So did I, I made a terrarium for these plants alone, with my old mix of 50/50% sphagnum/perlite, which was the most succesful mix I had for D.adelae. The top of the substrate is dressed with living sphagnum. Still no dews, and there is condensation on the terrarium wall. Any idea on how to improve my cultivation condition for this specie (except to avoid to transplant it every 2 weeks?). The plants began to have brown leaves at the base, so it don't look good to me... Any advice from experience are welcome... Thx!
I have received a Drosera prolifera , 2 months ago. I have put it with my others sundews, thinking that it would do as my Drosera prolifera, for the time I build my heated terrarium. It grew very well, the plants make stolons but no dews on the leaves. The I put it in my heated terrarium, along with my DD. dilato-petiolaris, ordensis x ?, adelae, Cephalotus, NN. ramispina, hirsuta and x coccinea, and few pots of sowed seeds. The temp is at 25°C (70-75°F), and the photoperiod is at 16h. The plants (substrate: 100% sphagnum moss) still grew well , make new stolons, but no dews on the leaves.
After few days, someone recommand me to lower the temps, keep the humidity high (apparently, such high heat would kill the plant in no time...). So did I, I made a terrarium for these plants alone, with my old mix of 50/50% sphagnum/perlite, which was the most succesful mix I had for D.adelae. The top of the substrate is dressed with living sphagnum. Still no dews, and there is condensation on the terrarium wall. Any idea on how to improve my cultivation condition for this specie (except to avoid to transplant it every 2 weeks?). The plants began to have brown leaves at the base, so it don't look good to me... Any advice from experience are welcome... Thx!
