D. scorpioides and D. rosei Question

[fischerCP]

I just received a D. scorpioides and a D. rosei. Not sure how to care for them and if they need a dormancy or not? They are in my greenhouse. The humidity is all ways above 75 and the temperature is 65 and night and a max of 85 in the day.
Thanks
Jeff


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[Pyro]

Pygmy sundews. No dormancy per say. Just keep warm and wet and they should do well

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

I don't have any experience with D. rosea, but I grow my D. scorpioides in 6" & 8" pots. Give them as much direct sun as possible. They can take mild frosts, but I don't advise temps below 40°F. Give them lots of direct sun and they are very tolerant of low humidity in my experience.

 

[rattler]

dont worry bout the humidity, it doesnt matter. though high humidity + no air circulation = dead Drosera in my experiance but in a greenhouse there should be no worries, most of my experiance in this revolves around fish tanks at 55gal and smaller. alot of my dews see humidity as low as 15% with no effects

 

[fischerCP]

Thanks all of you for helping me Is this normal for the sccorpiodes to look like this for this time of year?

thanks

 

[Pyro]

Perfectly normal. Those are gemmae, and it would probably be a good idea to knock them loose as occasionally they will stick to the demise of the plant. Each one should sprout into a new plant. Makes for much easier propogation than seed

 

[fischerCP]

Pyro is this what you are talking abought?

 

[BigCarnivourKid]

No, he's talking about the little nubby things at the top of your D. scorpioides. Those are the gemmae. A modified leave produced by pygmy drosera as a means of asexual reproduction. Much like a leave cutting. Your arrows are pointing at old, dead leaves.

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Jeff,
I am entirely unfamiliar with any Drosera rosei, are you perhaps referring to Drosera paleacea subsp. roseana?

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Here is a crop of your image - these are gemmae:

 

[fischerCP]

Ok I got. thanks to all of you.

As I was doing that I found a baby!

Here is my Rosei. Its not that dewy now.

Jeff

 

[Seandew]

As Joseph has said, there is no such plant as D. rosei. The correct name for the plant is D. paleacea ssp. roseana.

 

[fischerCP]

I bought it at CC and thats the name on the web site and the name on the plant tag. I will look up the palescea ssp. roseana.

 

[flytraplady5]

I'll let him know that i may have mislabled some plants, again
Lois