Drosera oreopodion

[Sparrow]

So my Drosera oreopodion from @Chen have flowered! They are wonderfully, tiny flowers. From sowing the gemmae to flowering only took less than a month (Oct 30th - Nov 21st)!
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This photo of the flower is really good. POTM worthy

 

[Patrick S.]

This photo of the flower is really good. POTM worthy

Thank you, I'm really happy how it turned out. But I haven't had the plant for three months yet, which I'm pretty sure is one of the rules.

 

[bernnie]

If you grow it by seed it can be less then 3 month, gemmae should be the same i wood think.

 

[plantant]

These sundews aren't doing so well. After they produced a small flush of gemmae, I moved the plants to a shadier location temporarily. Unfortunately, the plants did not take that very well and some of plants are dying off. Other plants are not producing opened leaves. Right now, I am keeping them in an inch of rainwater, and putting tjem under grow lights. Is there anything I can do to save them? Thanks!

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

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These sundews aren't doing so well. After they produced a small flush of gemmae, I moved the plants to a shadier location temporarily. Unfortunately, the plants did not take that very well and some of plants are dying off. Other plants are not producing opened leaves. Right now, I am keeping them in an inch of rainwater, and putting tjem under grow lights. Is there anything I can do to save them? Thanks!

I grow mine in full light, here are my babies

 

[plantant]

Wow! How pretty! Do you think that higher light would make the plants grow better? I have started to put them under lights, and still seem to be dying off.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Pygmies do tend to die off. I have found that replanting in new medium can rejuvenate them.

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

Wow! How pretty! Do you think that higher light would make the plants grow better? I have started to put them under lights, and still seem to be dying off.

The problem I see is they are too light green…..not enough light to produce enough energy to provide for dew and colors

 

[plantant]

Pygmies do tend to die off. I have found that replanting in new medium can rejuvenate them.

I thought that pygmys take very badly to repotting. How do you repot them?

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

I thought that pygmys take very badly to repotting. How do you repot them?

I don’t! I simply put one gemmae on each pot so that I don’t disturb the roots.

 

[plantant]

Ok, I have changed the setup to be almost directly under the grow lights, and have increased the amount fo water in their tray. Do you think covering the pot to increase humidity would help with the plants? Does it also look like any fungal issues? This sudden change in sundew health really is quite jarring. Over the spring, summer, and fall, all the plants formed pretty strong pink rosettes.

Could this decline be related to their gemmae production? It started in November, but later flushes of growth did not compare to previous growth.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

Pygmies are fine with repotting. Float the roots out with distilled water and tuck them carefully into the new medium.

 

[plantant]

Thank you! I'll some time to do that after this week!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

The roots are fine and long. But they separate easily in water. Just saturate the old medium with water and tease the roots out. Then you poke holes in the new medium and tuck the roots in gently with a toothpick.

 

[Shoggoths]

How deep is your pot ?

 

[plantant]

About 8 inches deep! I made sure that a larger pot was used due to the size of their "taproots". Actually, some of the plants are starting to recover, with some new bright pink leaves!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I grow Pygmies and tuberous in average size pots with no problems.

 

[buttermeup]

Just curious is you can make any hybrids with other sundews with drosera oreopodion? Also has anyone ever got viable seeds from drosera oreopodion? I know they are self-incompatible so you would need 2 genetically different specimens of the same plant to produce viable seeds if I understand correctly.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I think pygmies are generally not great at seed production.

 

[coconut]

Hi, How long do the gemmae survive for shipping ?