Newbie on sundew plants
 

Hi All,

Greetings ! This is my first thread in here, also my first experiences on growing Drosera plants.

Here mine's so far, only got 3 different species for now, all from Brother Caseyhoo :1thumbup:

My Burmanii which recently just start flowering"
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3046/...c34d7356_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3185/...61355167_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3063/...1b2047c7_o.jpg

Intermmedia 'Cuba' ? izzit? forgot the name for this liao
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/...14d10e52_o.jpg

& also the bug sucker, Adelea :
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3209/...6d50981b_o.jpg

feel free to comment, cause i think my plant not really doing well..:tongue:

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Welcome Foxngn. Your plants look to be growing very well. It is a sign they are growing well and enjoying the conditions when they are forming new leaves and have plenty of dew.

D. burmanii is an annual plant and so you need to make sure you collect the seed from the flowers.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Thanks.
Now i only knew Burmanii is an annual plant after you told. Any symptoms i shall be aware that the seed is ready to be pluck out ? It won't drop itself one right ?

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Cool... yours plant like yours place... But, if can, give them more light... Yours plant will enjoy it under more light and will show you how happy they are when you do so...

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

The sign to look for in a mature seedpod is it turn brown. With burmanii the lower seedpods will mature before the top flowers have finished. The seeds which do reach the surface of the pot will germatate in about 6 - 12 weeks depending on the temperature.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

What Khaos said is correct... Once it turn brown, I personnally will wait for 1 or 2 days before harvest it. Becuase, sometime, the seeds inside it still green color.

BTW, the 2nd photo is D. intermedia 'cuba'

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

I've been experimenting plucking out the flower shoots of one particular pot. So far that fellow is still growing. Wanna see for how long.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

I hope so, but currently only that got 1 place available to put the plants, somemore that's the place where i can get most of the afternoon - evening sunlight. Maybe when i found another spot to place the flower, will setup a light system for them.

erm, sorry Khoas, not quite get this part, the lower seedpod u mean is below burmanii, or the one which are below the flower within the stalk ?

thanks for the clarification again. :tongue:

Wow...! so the plant already reach the 'child' stage ?

I heard that some people actually cut off the flower stalk when it grow up til some certain size, to avoid the burmanii plant to shrink. How is it going on, why the plant will response like that by shrinking ? :confused:

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

No strinkage. Plant just normal. I feed them with small insects very often. But I do keep a set of for seed producing purpose.

Re: Newbie on sundew plants
 

Welcome to the forum, foxngn.
Your plants are growing happily at your place, provide them with more sun light if you can. All your sundews species will turn more reddish if they get more sun, especially the D. intermedia 'cuba'.
As for D. burmanii, the plant normally shrink after flowering. I normally cut away the flower stalk to "keep" that healthy look. :laugh: But if you want seeds, then you would have to risk the plant to death by letting the plant to flower then get seeds to start the 2nd generation. It doesn't mean that the plant will surely die, it could survive if the plant is strong enough before it flower.
D. burmanii eventually become weed, they invaded almost every nearby pot in my garden! :crying: