Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Sorry for the late replied guys.
My Burmanii didn't flower yet, It just grown some stalk with new grown seedpod.
Previously it had flower for quite some times without dying already.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Here's another quote from the Savage Garden book by Peter d'amato.

'The Wooly Sundews-Northern Australia has a warm, tropical climate marked by six months of rain and six months of droughts. This sundews grow in sandy areas that are wet to waterlogged during the rainy seasons. When the soils dry out during the annual drought, most of these plants die down to their thick, often hairy, bulblike stems for several months of dormancy. However, in cultivation the plants remain in growth if they are kept wet.'

Since our country does not have any drought season as long as northern australia, Drosera paradoxa shouldn't have any dormancy.:1thumbup:

Cheers

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Ken,

In the wild, D. paradoxa goes dormant during summer when it is extremely hot and dry. With our conditions, keep the plant in bright and warm year round and it should be fine. However, sometimes it does go dormant on its own and with D. paradoxa, it does not seem to recover well from it.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

geez, my thread suddenly become a price discussion topic already.

Anyway, back to the topic, i already throw the dead burmanii, does the substrate still suitable to use for trans-planting adult drosera ?

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Sorry bout that

Anyways well by substrate you mean the media??? No so good with words but if thats what you meant then you have to see probally how long has that been used...If its a couple of years then you can use it but not so good though......New media are normally better....But i've also heard that older media is suitable for germinating seeds.

Ken

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Seriously, I get my best results for seeds germination from 'old' substrate!

Whenever I use fresh new media, I get almost next to no germination.

You can always transplant other plants to the old media provided you make sure it's pest free. Otherwise you might end up infecting the new plants too :)

Just my 2-cents worth.

~A~

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

* Off topic discussion has been moved to the appropriate board. Please help keep to the topic of discussioon guys. Thanks.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Well, Athene, maybe thats why my burmanii seeds aren't showing any signs of life at all. I used newly chopped sphagnum moss for germinating the seeds.

Cheers

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Yeah that makes sense athene......My germination nep seeds out of hundreds has only about 20+ germinations.

And sticking with the main topic....Anyone thinks that using a media of a dead burmanii which has been taken away can still be used for other plants? Same goes with mine if one pot has no germination can i use it to plant other neps?

Ken

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Ken, it depends on how the burmannii died. If it died of old age, then no problem. But if it died of pest infestion e.g. mealy bugs, then don't re-use the media.