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« Thread Started on Mar 13, 2008, 7:08am »
Hey, I'm new to the forums and plants in general. I'm in high school and recently I have taken a interest in carnivorous plants. I have a p.primuliflora, drosera, and a flytrap. I keep them in a fishbowl terrarium right by a window that provides plenty of sunlight. I use peat mixed with sand. I also make sure there is always enough water at the bottom of the bowl and the soil doesnt dry out.

I just got this ping 5 days ago and it looked fine and now some leaves are brown on the outside. I'm hoping it is just reacting to a change in environment. should I take it out and re-pot it? whats going on?

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« Reply #1 on Mar 13, 2008, 8:44am »
Hi there laxgoal! I am no expert in pings and I am also only starting out with them. However, your primuliflora seems ok to me. Just look a little dehydrated. We'll wait for the experts here to give their coments.

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« Reply #2 on Mar 13, 2008, 1:01pm »
hi laxgoal

i`m also not an expert on pings but some basics i adhere to....try to keep the pings leaf clean from any media, i think any stuff other than insects on it might be irritating the leaf. i use pure LFS as medium for my p.primulifolora.

may i know what the green growth next to it is plse ? is it to retain moisture levels or sumtin ?
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« Reply #3 on Mar 13, 2008, 1:05pm »
the plant next to it is a drosera. Should I clean off the leaves? I think there maybe be some peat and sand on them.
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« Reply #4 on Mar 13, 2008, 1:12pm »
I just isolated the ping in my terrarium by moving the drosera away from it. I hope this might help.
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« Reply #5 on Mar 13, 2008, 1:52pm »
yes, plse clean the leaf. pings & drosera shouldn`t be in contact with each other.
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« Reply #6 on Mar 14, 2008, 3:49am »
Thanks guys, I moved the Drosera to a further spot and I cleaned the leaves off with water. Now I'll just leave it by a sunny window and pray i guess
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« Reply #7 on Mar 14, 2008, 8:53am »
good for the ping. *smile* keep us updated.

btw, what kind of drosera was that plse ?
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« Reply #8 on Mar 14, 2008, 1:45pm »
It was a D. Adelae, or atleast thats what the card that came with it said. Heres a pic of it...

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« Reply #9 on Mar 14, 2008, 1:55pm »
also, I know this is a ping forum but i thought I'd share the rest of my plants just because i'm a noob and only have four .



Could someone please identify this plant for me, I cant figure it out. I think it is some kind of drosera though.

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« Reply #10 on Mar 14, 2008, 2:42pm »
It could be a d.nidiformis....

actually, the green growth i was asking was the fern like plant...*smile*

tip for d.adelae : it`s very susceptible to changes & being repotted for my garden. don`t worry too much if the adult dies off, there`ll be plantlets coming up from the roots soon enough. You`ll need to maintain the adult for a while to get the plantlets tho.

usually i tell if a sundew is happy in my garden ( or not ) by the appearance of dews of their leaves. no dews mean wrong conditions or plant is still acclimatising or not enough water in the water tray.

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« Reply #11 on Mar 14, 2008, 9:42pm »
laxgoal,

The sundew in the last photo is growing in media that has some Utricularia.
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« Reply #12 on Mar 14, 2008, 10:08pm »
Thanks guys!

the fern like plant is just some moss for decoration Im thinking about taking it out though.

THey guy at the nursery said it shouldnt be a problem, but then again he said a lot of things that I have found to be wrong through my research.
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« Reply #13 on Mar 14, 2008, 10:13pm »
im just learning new things every day with these plants! i love it!