Please help on my D. paradoxa

[LJ_Tan]

Dear all,

My D.paradoxa was 'sick'
I did not notice it until this morning
I do not sure this is due raining day ?
or because of flowering ?
The baby also rotten



I repotting again on this morning and hope get more advice to save this plant.

Please help

Thank you

[caseyhoo]

Raining will not causing drosera looks so bad.

The plant still producing new leaf that have dew? Is there parasite attach to it?

P/s : The media that you use seems got root/stem. Please make sure the media dont have such media before you use it for drosera.

[LJ_Tan]

Noted and thank.

Yes. The plant still produce new leaf but it was dry very fast.
I did not see any parasite on it but the root look like rot.

I will change the media again, do I needs to cut the root that rot?

[marvin1997]

I think it's some pest, not sure though.

[piscesilim]

I guess is parasite too.

[LJ_Tan]

Originally Posted by marvin1997

I think it's some pest, not sure though.

Dear marvin,
Pls give same advice to save this plant.

Originally Posted by piscesilim

I guess is parasite too.

Dear Lim,
What should I do now?

[piscesilim]

Change the substrate and give it more sunlight. It should recover if got no parasite.

[LJ_Tan]

Dear Mr Lim,

Noted and will do it.

Thank for advice

[LJ_Tan]

My D.paradoxa was start re-cover.

Thank all

[jason840220]

I've experienced such phenomenon before. The plant stop forming open traps and shrinking by days.

After some casualties, only to find out the plant's root system was parasited by fungus gnat larva. These worm-liked xenomorphs sized less than 1mm and their bodies are partially translucent making detection fairly difficult. They penerate roots and suck up the sap from plant further stressing the limited energy CP has for proper growth.

I notice if the media is consistently wet and rich in nutrient, the tendency for such occurance to happen is pretty high. Also, I do found out petiolaris complex members (judging from what I've seen) can't endure these onslaughts in relative to other sundews (1 of my trays with mixed species was infected whilst only petiolaris complex suffered).

Repotting is rather a direct alleviation, alternatively, you can try soak the infected pots in Newro 505 (Chlorpyrifos 45.9%, Cypermethrin 4.6%) for approx. 10~15mins to kill them in contact. A side note, neem oil killed most bugs but these worms.

To prevent such inccident, I always wash my media for a couple of times before using it. This also prevent moss / slime to grow on your media (especially if you're using water tray method) for a really long time.