Drosera photos

[Khoas]

Here some photos of my Drosera, mostly common stuff.



Drosera binata 'Giant x Small Red' This clone has good colour and a shorter dormnacy than the parents. Also has upright growth of the Giant form.



Drosera capensis 'alba'



Drosera capensis 'All Red'



Drosera binata cv. Marstons Dragon



D. Sp. Auyan Tepui



Drosera roseana



Drosera pygmea 'Mt. Lofty'



Drosera spatulata

[David]

Your common stuff is quite rare for some of us in this part of the world. Lovely plants you got there

What is your cultivation condition like for capensis "all red"? I tried to grow this twice but not successful. I would like to try again. This is a beauty!

[Khoas]

Well I grow my capensis 'All red' in very bright condition in the greenhouse and in full sun outdoors.

[kentosaurs]

Hi Khaos

Well grown!!!!!!.....Soo nice....drooling over all those dews....I guess i've said thos few times but sundews just HATE me.. I grow them in same conditions i grow all my other CPs and most are doing fine except them...So far now the only drosera which is doing well for me is burmannii which i sowed almost a month back and now about 0.8-1cm in size...They're so cute..I wonder if i chop of a tiny ant and feed it to them will they grow even faster..One day no sundews next morning i have 20+

Ken

[Khoas]

I see you found the thread Ken. I will have couple new photos of my tuberous sundews posted soon.

[Khoas]

Well I am crook at the moment so I got the time to post some more photos.



Red Ink Sundew Drosera erythrorhiza ssp erythrorhiza . Plants growing in full sun



Tall Sundew Drosera auriculata 'Onkaparinga Gorge, SA' Seeds sown last year. They should flower in about 8 weeks.



Drosera bulbosa, sorry no common name



More erythrorhiza. This pot grow in some shade next to my room.



One of the subspecies of the Bridal Rainbow, D. macrantha ssp eremaea. Unlike the other subspecies will produce lots of daughter tubers.



ssp eremaea basal rosette. only seen on immature plants.



Drosera mooreii Seeds sown last year. One of few yellow flowering sundew.



Drosera pallida? Have to check the label



Pale Sundew Drosera peltata. About to put it flowering stem up.



Scented Sundew D. whittakerii ssp whittakerii 'Hardy Scrub'. Highly variable species....

[funkychips]

See, the reason for living in Aussie is you get to grow plenty of strange and wonderful stuff from the outback.
Those forked sundews especially are coolness!!! Wish my plants had even half the health of yours there Khoas!

[Khoas]

Should see my forked leaf sundews now... A pile of dead leaves

[arvin555]

Khaos,

Yeah those droseras are great! Still don't know when I can start cultivating those, but I have a few questions which I hope you can help.

1. With regards to your capensis, I too have not so great sucess with them, you mentioned 2 types of environment, bright in greenhouse and full sun outdoors, which one is best for your capensis? I am stumped really why my capensis are not happy, heck in your photo of the alba, there are plantlets on the potting mix like crazy. Do they really need cold nights?

How deep are your pots for them?

Do you think they like their roots wet? or dry? I put mine under water tray all the time.

2. About your potting mix, I probably asked you this already before, but would like to ask again, can you please share what is yoru potting mix?

Out of frustration just today I set up an aquarium that is set on it's side, and put my droseras in there thinking that they don't really like rain, so they are getting good sun, not too hot coz of the open side.

Thanks in advance.

TTFN
Arvin

[Khoas]

Well capensis is a south african and south australia has a slimilar climate. This climate is long, dry, hot summer with a cool, wet winter. It reach over 40 C in summer here but it never goes below 2 C. Cape sundew are actually consider a weed in many collections here because it does grow so well here. It is good thing that our soil types and prolong droughts stop it becoming a weed in bush.
I think a few weeks, at night, in the fridge every year would simulate a winter. Other growers in the tropical climate might have suggestions for growing capensis.
All my non tuberous sundew alway stand in a shallow tray of water. They do like wet feet while they are in active growth.
My mix for the 'normal' (i.e not tuberous or pygmy) Drosera is 50/50 sphagnum peat moss (canadian) and wash quartz sand of about 1mm to .25 mm diameter. Only difference for the many of the tuberous and pygmy sundew is a sandier mix.
The biggest problems I have with outdoor cultivation is the very dry winds we have. I overcome this by lining the water tray with 30cm high walls made out of shadecloth.
Final note about the cape sundew I have over 1 gram of capensis 'abla' seeds so if you don't want seedling cut the flowering scape off.