Drosera spatulata

I chucked a flower stalk into some water to see if I would get any hits. Still waiting for something to happen, but on looking at the bottom of the container guess what I saw?! We’ll see if they are viable. If not, I’ll just rely on leaf propagation for my endless supply of Drosera spatulata. :)
 
I let a few sundews go to seed and cut the stalks as soon as they flowered half way... I still ended up with seeds everywhere!
 
Well I tapped a predominately not-dried flower stalk and this fell out of one of a multitude of stalks and unopened flowers. Oh, this is Drosera spatulata Jardine River.

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Where’s the “TA-DA!“ emoji when you need it?
 
I finally caught the little bugger! It was already on the way to closing. This was taken about 1 hour after my lights came…way before 10:00 to 1:00.

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This guy was pressed against my lights. Could be that intensity of light may be one of the triggers.

Forgot to mention…that’s Drosera Tokaiensis.
 
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Ok, I have a Drosera spatulata Jardine River that bloomed. Like the only other bloom (Drosera Tokaiensis), this one was pressed near the light. It’s looking more and more like it may be light intensity that’s the trigger. I’ve placed several stalks right next to the light. If we consistently get blooms next to the light and none away from the source, we have probably found our answer.

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It’s official. The light intensity/PPFD triggers the bloom. I placed a bunch of blooms to be right up against the LED strip light (Barrina 42 W, white LED…not sure of the temperature in Kelvin) and almost all of those spikes have open blooms on them.

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So, if you are having trouble getting your drosera to bloom, move them closer to your light source.

I really need a TA-DA emoji!
 
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Sparrow said:
Thanks. I'll submit one without the tag.
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“Jacques Labillardière formally described Drosera spatulata in his 1804 publication Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen. Twenty years later, D. spatulata was included and misspelled as Drosera spathulata in a publication by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. This misspelling (note the addition of a “h” in D. spathulata) is still unfortunately common even today.”
 
Kevin1861 said:
I chucked a flower stalk into some water to see if I would get any hits. Still waiting for something to happen, but on looking at the bottom of the container guess what I saw?! We’ll see if they are viable. If not, I’ll just rely on leaf propagation for my endless supply of Drosera spatulata. :)
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Well, an answer to being able to clone Drosera spatulata Jardine River from the flower stalk has now been answered.

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You can!

I’m beginning to see hits on the woodier parts of the stems as well (not pictured), but they are just starting.

How about that!?
 
Further regarding cloning from woody portions of a Drosera spatulata Jardine River flower stalk…

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No question, flower stalks can be used, as well as leaves for propagation of Drosera spatulata Jardine River.

I’m going to give Drosera Tokaiensis and Drosera spatulata giant a shot and see if I have similar success.

One plant is all you need. Seeds, leaves, and flower stalks all work.
 
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