Drosera regia

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

Nice looking plants! That’s one plant that I have had so much difficulty to make it thrive! I have one left alive.

Any suggestion to what D. Regia needs?

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I started mine in TC. I kept then in water until the roots were well developed. Then into mesh pots with perlite/LFS. The pot sitting in a few mm of water. At the bottom of my Heli terrarium, with small fans. Terrarium misted but not on dews. A good distance from the LED lights, still bright. High of 25°C, low of ~19°C. Fertilized with 100 ppm MaxSea less than monthly. Doing well but not going crazy. Very dewy.

 

[Sib]

Lloyd is far kinder than me lol. They are in my standard cp mix which is just peat and perlite. They're on a grow shelf in my room, so regular household humidity, in a tray with other sundews. Sometimes they stand in water, other times they don't. They catch the odd moth/mosquitoe/fly/gnat. If I kill one I toss em on... nothing major.

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

Hummmm so I wasn’t doing anything wrong lolll I guess it’s just bad luck on D. regia as I can grow many difficult plants but this one doesn’t what to comply haha

 

[Sib]

What Temps? Maybe it likes cooler? Lloyd said he keeps his with helis, mines inside?

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

My last location was hotter than now (around 32C during hot time)

Now I can have around 26C during hot days which I think that’s why the little one survived.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I sort of thought that D. regia liked cooler conditions.

 

[Les serres de Paolo Inc.]

Yes colder temp that’s what I read on this species requirement. I should be ok now in the new greenhouse as I can cooldown the temperature in hot summer.

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

The local climate where they are endemic seems to vary from 5-34°C, with the average more like 10-25°C. So mildish.

 

[Sib]

Thanks for the insight Lloyd, I kind of gathered that cooler is better but that makes sense

 

[Sib]

Little ones are doing well on their own now that they've been separated

Momma needs more space

 

[Diabolik]

I recently aquire a splendid regia but i find only the minimun care to give them ,water and light its ok but feeding : what is better osmocote pellet ( if yes how much i put in the pot ,) blood worm ,maxsea ? And at wich frequency ? Thank you

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

I've been applying freeze dried blood worms to the dewy parts of the leaves every 2 days if there's a new spot to feed. So far they seem to like it.

 

[Shoggoths]

I always lose mine so I can't help but if your's big enough, try to propagate it so you'll have some back up.

 

[Diabolik]

Atm the leave are maybe 3 inch long , but for what i've read you need to feed them constanly or they will starve to death and die , not to much water as they dont like to be sit in ,they prefer colder temperature , i cannot post a photo because its to big

 

[31drew31]

Well the wind storm we got 2 nights ago in BC managed to blow one of my regia pots over, down a couple of stairs and knocked it completely out of its pot... Sad times lol. Decided to take this opportunity to give it some fresh media and take a few root cuttings. Hopefully by spring I'll have a few extra for trades/sales.

 

[Shoggoths]

Good luck with the cuttings and let us know if they strike.
Nice regia by the way!

 

[Lloyd Gordon]

That happens to me without the wind.

 

[31drew31]

Good luck with the cuttings and let us know if they strike.
Nice regia by the way!

Thanks Martin, I definitely will!

That happens to me without the wind.

I don't want to jinx it (knock on wood!) but so far the animals around here have been very kind and stayed away from my plants other than my damn cat lol.

 

[31drew31]

So it's been a little over 6 weeks now and the first signs of life are poking through the moss. There's 2 for sure but looking closer I think I see a third. Hoping to get a few more still over the next few weeks.