spathulata & intermedia

[shawnintland]

A while back Athena sent me some D. spatulata (pink flowering) and it looks like I'm gonna be a daddy! Thanks Athena!

The Momma;


Pollinated flowers;


Bagged seed pods;


Then Bactrus sent me a packet of D. intermedia 'great swamp' that after 2 months I had almost given up hope for...


Unfortunately, he warned me about how well they germinated...the day AFTER I planted them!
Thanks Bactrus! (I mean for the seeds!)

congrats! they look great.

i dont have any sundews but after i saw your spatulata, im told mself im definitely gonne get one!

[plantlover]

My sphatulata turned yellow and brown after an ultra-hot day with an ultra-dry media cause I forgot to check. Its slowly recovering now but the traps are still small.(Stress). My intermedia became weeds and now some of the leaves turned black caused???I poured the seeds I collected in my intermedia flower frenzy all over the media and accidentaly on some leaves. Oops.....

[Khoas]

One of the best about Drosera is that they self seed. Make it harder to lose the bloodline. Best at self seedling is the Cape sundew. You can end up with hundreds of plants with a year. I think the average plant would produce thousands of seeds.

[Cindy]

Khoas, interestingly the Cape sundew doesn't do as well as expected here in South East Asia. Some growers managed to get some "heat-resistant" plants from seeds but that is just a couple of them. The lack of substantial night temperature drop seems to be the problem. We have got similar reactions from other South Africa species like D. aliciae too.

[arvin555]

I tend to agree with Cindy, well first of all I have had some of our capensis flower, but for some reason they don't produce much seeds. Compared to Spatulata.

I am not sure why, but the Capanesis plants that we have are growing "tall" will post photos in future, and not having too many leaves. I have started experimenting by putting a cup as cover, over one of the plants, it seems to be happier. I have a feeling that they don't like being rained on. Will continue with experiment, my brother also started to do with his Capensis. I however need to put holes on my cover, because the medium started to have some molds and I fear that the Capensis might get too used to high humidity. However biggest difference is that it is dewing really well and leave colors is better. Didn't know they liked a drop in temperature.

TTFN
Arvin

[Khoas]

Originally Posted by Cindy

Khoas, interestingly the Cape sundew doesn't do as well as expected here in South East Asia. Some growers managed to get some "heat-resistant" plants from seeds but that is just a couple of them. The lack of substantial night temperature drop seems to be the problem. We have got similar reactions from other South Africa species like D. aliciae too.

That is one of the good point about seed grown plants, you are more likely to get a plant that better adapted to your local climate. I found this with indica.
With Cape sundew I found there is difference in the growing vigour between varieties but all my plants still have go through summer where we don't really much temp drop at night. In fact the hottest part of 'day' can occur at 3am! The average temperature through Janurary is around 27.5 C. My highland Neps stuggle through summer while the lowlander love it!