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Originally Posted by TS
Really? That's interesting! But can they stand the fluctuation of the temperature, the day temperature here would be 35°C. Can this method be applied on other sundews like rotundifolia to induce it to flower? My D. rotundifolia never produce any flowers since I grow them.  |
Sorry about taken so long to answer, did not notice your question
I would try with a pot of a hybrid varieties to start with. I would not be too worry about the temperature range. It can change by 20 C or more naturally here in a few hours. Last week we had couple of days in the low 30's with night temp dropping down to 12 - 15 C.
With the round - leaf sundew (Sorry I love common names) I think it would useful inducing winter dormancy with some species but the temperature range might be bit of a problem, maybe spending some time with ultrahigh Neps for daytime would be closer to the natural temperature for the North Hemisphere winters. Why induce dormany? well once species such as filiformis and rotundifolia break dormancy they generally flower as they are throwing out their new leaves.