I didn't even know these bloomed! Cute little flowers and still too many buds to count left on this spike. I can't wait to see what it will look like when they are all open. It is also putting up another flower spike!

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Very pretty plant.

Teresa -
do you know what this one is? I like those flowers! Mine, which I cannot recall the name of tonight, is a round clumping variety with daisy like purple flowers. I didn't know they bloomed until it did either! Very cool.

I'm going to the Mass. Flower Show tomorrow (volunteering for OS display) and wouldn't mind picking up another sundew or two!
That said, my pinguicula has really become quite the upstairs gnat catcher! Another great little CP!

Very beautiful Teresa!

thanks

Very nice :good:

Very nice...! :D Do you grow it in bark like orchids, in acidic lime-free conditions ? I would be interested in knowing, for I too grow sundews (I have never seen yours before).

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Very cool plants, especially the spiral flower spike and buds. I miss all the sundews I used to see in America. You can find some of the tropical species here for sale sometimes, but none in the wild. :(

Teresa -
do you know what this one is? I like those flowers! Mine, which I cannot recall the name of tonight, is a round clumping variety with daisy like purple flowers. I didn't know they bloomed until it did either! Very cool.

I'm going to the Mass. Flower Show tomorrow (volunteering for OS display) and wouldn't mind picking up another sundew or two!
That said, my pinguicula has really become quite the upstairs gnat catcher! Another great little CP!

Heather, I think this one is Drosera adelae. It didn't come with a label but I looked up pictures on the web. I have another sundew that is Drosera capensis and it looks very different from this one. I think the capensis is the one that blooms with little purple flowers on a similar spike. At least that is what I saw in pictures on the web. :confused: I hope to pick up some pings in Chicago this week! I can never find them locally.

Chun: All of my sundews are grown in little plastic 2.5 inch pots with straight sphagnum. I sit them in a tray of about 3 cm standing water and let them suck it up from the bottom. I water with pure water, no fertilizer. They seem to be ok with the water out of my tap but I hear r/o water is best. I never let them dry out, and I have to refill the saucer of water 3 times a week. I put them in a very bright location with sun all day. They do well in my very hot temps. I bring them inside if the weather gets 10 degrees above freezing because I think they like tropical weather.

Thanks gald you all like my little CPs!

I love these plants--all carnivorous plants in general. They have some really beautiful, brightly colored blooms.

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Heather, I think this one is Drosera adelae. I think the capensis is the one that blooms with little purple flowers on a similar spike. At least that is what I saw in pictures on the web. :confused: I hope to pick up some pings in Chicago this week! I can never find them locally.

Chun: All of my sundews are grown in little plastic 2.5 inch pots with straight sphagnum. I sit them in a tray of about 3 cm standing water and let them suck it up from the bottom. I water with pure water, no fertilizer. They seem to be ok with the water out of my tap but I hear r/o water is best. I never let them dry out, and I have to refill the saucer of water 3 times a week. I put them in a very bright location with sun all day. They do well in my very hot temps. I bring them inside if the weather gets 10 degrees above freezing because I think they like tropical weather.

Thanks gald you all like my little CPs!

Yes, it is Drosera adelae. Yes, it is tropical, like D. capensis, which does have a small cluster of purple flowers when it blooms. Some tap water sources contains salts/minerals/chlorine which will put stress on the plant. I'm glad to see that you grow cps.

Very cool T!

Thanks for the ID!
There were only Venus Flytraps at the show. Bummer, they don't like me. Sundews really seem to dig my conditions. So, I will have to keep looking!

FWIW, I do water mine with plain distilled water.

Very cool, Teresa. I wish I could grow these. I don't think I have enough light to really make these guys happy. I have a very limited amount of space that gets strong light and that prime real estate is staked out for orchids.

Chun: All of my sundews are grown in little plastic 2.5 inch pots with straight sphagnum. I sit them in a tray of about 3 cm standing water and let them suck it up from the bottom. I water with pure water, no fertilizer. They seem to be ok with the water out of my tap but I hear r/o water is best. I never let them dry out, and I have to refill the saucer of water 3 times a week. I put them in a very bright location with sun all day. They do well in my very hot temps. I bring them inside if the weather gets 10 degrees above freezing because I think they like tropical weather.



Thank you. It's the way I grow my sundews, I only add some bark to the sphagnum. It is probably unuseful.

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