It lives!!!!!!!

[Ifurita]

Originally Posted by piscesilim

Last guess. The king of the sundew - Drosera regia.

You got it! Its D. regia...though it doesn't look much like a king of anything right now. I sure hope it doesn't need royal treatment to survive long-term heh...

[caseyhoo]

huh... The leaves can up to 70 cm (28 in) long and 2 cm (0.8 in) wide !!! (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosera_regia)

[piscesilim]

Yes. It looks like D. adelae but XXXL size. Wanna try?

[caseyhoo]

Originally Posted by piscesilim

Yes. It looks like D. adelae but XXXL size. Wanna try?

If got chance, sure want to try it!!!

[Ifurita]

Originally Posted by piscesilim

Yes. It looks like D. adelae but XXXL size. Wanna try?

You've got one too? How does it do for you? I hear a lot of horror stories about how its cranky and hates heat...

[piscesilim]

No. But will have it soon.

I got this one germinated recently. How much heat can it tolerated according to your experience?

[Ifurita]

Cute! It looks quite like a Drosophyllum seedling at that stage...

As for heat, its hard for me to say, mine only just popped up...although I hope that it coming back instead of just staying dead is a good sign. It takes normal day temps in bright shade at most for me. Your's may be more heat tolerant, being a seedling. Also, if you weren't using chemical treatments to get germination, then the seeds which germinated would probably be those which are more okay with our warm weather...

[piscesilim]

According to Barry Rice, this plant die rapidly if the temperatures ever exceed 41-43°C.
http://www.sarracenia.com/faq/faq5300.html

I have a few seedlings for experiment. I keep them under 50% shade and 70% shade. See which one live longer.

[Ifurita]

I guess my conditions might be closer to 70% shade...though it does get morning sun. I really doubt that our normal day temps even go up to 41°C except for possible freak weather...

You're really lucky to have a few seedlings. Is it easy to get germination or does it require special treatment?

[piscesilim]

This is the 4th time I try to germinate Drosophyllum. This time I divided them into 3 groups.

1. Sow directly without treatment
2. Scrape the seeds with sand paper and dip in GA3 solution for 1 day.
3. Scrape the seeds with sand paper and dip in water for 1 day.

Some seeds from group 2 and 3 germinated within 10 days time. Group 1 no germination.