Drosera photos

[arvin555]

Thanks Khaos! So your capensis usually does get rained on naturally right? during your rainy season at least?

I have had capensis flower for me, but never ever got any seeds at all! In fact, once I cut the flowerstalk off and planted it, it made plantlets, so more sucessful in propagation that way for me . hehehe!

TTFN
Arvin

[Khoas]

rain, heatwaves and wind. Darn things flower virtually all year. It could tied in with the photoperiod. ie total hours of light per day.

[paphioboy]

Looks great, Khoas.. BTW, the capensis alba seed I bought from you at the Festival of Flowers have started to germinate. Took about 2 months for them to reach a size of 3-4mm diameter! I certainly did not expect sundews to be so slow-growing.. How long does it take to reach full size? Thx..

[strath76]

Hi Paphio,

I have a capensis typical and an alba. The alba came up in another pot of mine and stayed at the seedling stage for several months. The medium it was in was old sphagnum moss. I transfered it to it's own pot and it is now about mature size. This took only about 3 months. You may need to change your cultural conditions. My typical has been throwing up flower stalks for the past 6 months and thanks to this I have little capensis plants oming up everywhere. It really can be a pest.

[Khoas]

Unless you want seeds it is better to cut off the scapes (flower stalks) this will help plant grow faster and larger.
One thing I forgot to mention. capensis grows to the size of the pot. So for a mature plant 12cm full lenght is ideal except for the mini - red form which can go into a smaller pot and the 'Giant' form which prefer a 15cm full lenght to allow for the larger size.