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Drosera adelae bush?

Ant

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I am getting sick of this plant! I it was tiny 2 years but had just out grown its pot so I moved it to a 6 inch one just sitting around. Now it is filling up THIS pot. I have had a 0 success rate on rooting them on purpose. (made one without knowing it in the water tray) Any ideas on how to get more plants from this thing instead of this thick bush? ??? Here are some pics. It doesn't look as heathly because it is covered in fruit flies. (long story short, we have fruit flies in our hose and my mom confiscated it for a fly trap :-)) )

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Just divide it.

xvart.
 
Well, I don't really want to ruin the top's layer of moss.
 
Give them to friends!
 
Well, I don't really want to ruin the top's layer of moss.

But you would divide the moss in the process, and then get more of it.

xvart.
 
wait until a trade thread is made.
 
Yup those babies multiply like crazy! I can almost start my own Adelae nursery/farm!

Ya got to love it!
 
I purchased an adelae because it looked interesting and was extremely cheap to add to my order. I wonder if I will wind up regretting my decision? :-)) I've got it in a 4" pot at the moment. I guess that won't last forever.
 
  • #10
I've got the same thing going in a 9-10 inch pot. As boring a plant as it is, I actually like them once they get really full. You can try an experiment, I did it with this pot. I had a 3 inch pot originally. It got overgrown, so I split it into 4 or 5 pretty small plants, and threw them into here. After a few weeks of them all looking crappy, I chopped off the tops of all 5. 5-6 months later, this is what I got, only starting with roots. It can be quite a grower at times, and the flowers are really nice if you can get them. I expect this pot to be overflowing in probably 3 more months.

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  • #11
Only 15... and already pounding away cans of Budweiser while watching sundews. Just a warning, one you start drinking and gardening there's no turning back.
 
  • #12
This is an 8" x 13" tray of Adelae, now the tray is overloaded completely! This photo taken in March of this year. I have to thin it out a bit now.

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  • #13
This was just a couple small, extremely sad looking plants. I think I've finally made them happy. I always found D. adelae to be a difficult dew to grow. I'd say they've been in this 5" or so container for 5 months.

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  • #14
Wow Crissytal, those are some really red D. adelae. If you weren't reporting success I'd say they maybe had too much light. The leaf shape certainly is attractive, though, and they're definitely showing all the general signs of good health. Are those in direct sun for part of the day or something?
~Joe
 
  • #15
Hey Joe,

Thanks for the compliments! I had absolutely no success with growing outside. Probably too much light. These are grown under lights, with no natural light at all. They are in 100% peat moss and often stand in 1" of water. I still had trouble even growing inside. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong, only that I leave these alone and the container is larger. I only move them to water plants behind them. Other than that I just forget about them. Maybe I just finally found that one adelae plant that decided to like me (and it multiplied from there) haha.

Crystal
 
  • #16
This is my D. adelae at the balcony receiving the breeze and some direct sunlight in the late afternoon. It grows next to N. ampullaria. It is getting less red than a couple of months ago because it is the monsoon season now.

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  • #17
My adelae tends to grow more compactly, with wider, shorter leaves. The leaves are greener than many of the pics here, and the tentacles are a very dark red. I guess I do well with mine, because I've been able to split off more than four dozen adult-size plants from my main colonies this season.
~Joe
 
  • #18
Cindy, how long are the leaves on your plants, and how old are they? They look huge!
 
  • #19
just by guessing, i'd say those leaves are 4-6 inches. I've seen some at Lowes that are a little smaller than that, but after growing the smaller size from Lowes for a half year in LFS, my plants keep growing small oval-shaped leaves, like seedjar was describing. They're covered in dew and look great, but they never get long like that.
Wonder what encourages the leaf elongation?
 
  • #20
Spot on, CPlantaholic. I think the longest was about 7"-8". The plant was 3" tall when it arrived last December. I left it at the same spot since then because it was just growing and growing. I was a little concerned when the weather turned hot and dry during the warmer months but at 90F and 40%RH it was still going strong. In fact, it looked its best then when it had some direct sunlight on it. The whole plant was maroon. :)
 
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