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Drosera Capensis help??

I got this today for very cheap. I am not to sure how health it is. I trimed a lot of the dead leaves off and it looks better now. I am going to repot if nessecary. It is two D. Capensis's in one pot. I have it in a warm room with a full sun window at 60% humidity standing in some RO water. Here are some pics.

when I first brought it home...
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Now...
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Hi Chase,
Sundews (Drosera spp.) often look a bit rough for the first few weeks after being shipped, it's just how they are. So be patient and leave it in one place for at least a month to allow it time to settle in. Your plant looks perfectly healthy and will grow like mad in no time. Fortunately, capensis is one of the easiest of all the Sundews!

Paul
 
no need to repot either. your plants look fine!
 
Sweet :) I found a place local that sells them. The lady gave me is cheap because she thought it looked a little rough. I just trimmed and took some tweezers to it and cleaned it up. It has some babies all over the moss when I looked close. $5 was not such a bad deal :)
 
for plants that size i would say you got a good deal. like everyone was saying capes are easy to grow and they look very healthy to me.
 
D. capensis is so easy to grow, in fact, that in many collections it turns into a noxious weed (much like Utricularia bisquamata!) and has to be purged from pots where it's not wanted. I am constantly pulling plants of it from my Dioneae pots and from around the Sarracenia! So, watch out! You may not want to let it seed itself indiscriminately.
 
D. capensis is so easy to grow, in fact, that in many collections it turns into a noxious weed (much like Utricularia bisquamata!) and has to be purged from pots where it's not wanted. I am constantly pulling plants of it from my Dioneae pots and from around the Sarracenia! So, watch out! You may not want to let it seed itself indiscriminately.

I was just wondering what negative effects having volunteer cape's around your sarr's has? I am getting into a "group planting" phase and earlier this year introduced some capensis around the bases of some of my taller sarr's. If this causes trouble, I will be glad to know about it while I still have an easy chance to "grub" the sundews back out.
 
The only "negative" effect is that you will find them growing everywhere and odds are you will grow tired of having to weed them out again and again. I do permit D. capensis to populate some of my Sarracenia plantings, since they do add texture and color, but they are not permitted inside my Nepenthes house, where they would get into everything. Curiously, I am finding D. burmanii seedlings in the Nepenthes pots now, but they seem much less aggressive, and hopefully will not become a problem. (They are prettier anyway!)
 
To keep the little buggers from taking over your entire collection, simply cut all flower stalks before they have a chance of going to seed, don't let even one go to seed unless you have it well away from anything you don't want to see capes in. Having said that though, the seed will find its way around by wind, birds, on your clothes, and any instrument you use around your plants regardless.

I have many capes growing in a bog around my sarrs without any ill effect on them whatsoever other than too many ruin the visual effect of the bog.
 
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I guess I'm lucky with my capes so far, as I was able to collect the seeds mine produced before they all escaped. But once they get a hold yes, they will grow everywhere! Especially if there is only a slightly fluctuating climate. However, I think I'd rather have what Whimgrinder does, D. burmannii everywhere, but mine never set seed. D:
 
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Ill make sure it is not anywhere near my others :)
 
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